Who is the Most infamous person in Us History?

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Who is the most infamous person in United States History?   We will have a 41-person tournament to find out.  We will have a draft that will determine which time period each person will have throughout the tournament. You will create a 1-2 minute presentation describing why this time period is the most important in United States History.  These presentations can be presented however you want as long as it has a visual. Then student one will get 30 seconds to explain why there time period is the best and the other is not.  Student 2 will get to do the same for 30 seconds.  The last round will be 30 seconds to go rebuttal against what the opponent said and closing statement.   There will be at least 7 games a week for the next 5 or 6 weeks.  The game will consist of two people presenting separately about why their time period is the most important in United States history.  Then the class will vote on a scorecard to which their peers feel was the most important based on the presentations for that day. If you win a game and move on in the tournament, you cannot use any of the information that was used in the previous rounds.  There is a chance that one person could have as many as five games total.  Every game has to have different information.


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Potential Tournament Dates (41 participants, 40 Games)

Oct. 13-17                       1st Round – Games 1-4

Oct.  20-24                        End of 1st Round – 2nd round – Games 5-7

Oct. 27-31                        2nd  Round – Games 8-11

Nov. 3-7                           End of 2nd Round – 3rd Round – Games 12-16

Nov. 10-14                      End of 2nd Round – 3rd Round – Games 17-25
                                                        
                                                                                       Nov. 17-21                      3rd Round – 4th Round - Games 26-35

                                                                                      Nov. 24-26                      4th Round - Semi-Finals - Games 36-39
                                                                                      
                                                                                      Dec. 2                               Finals - Game 40
                                                                                      
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