Who is the Most Influential Person in Us History?
Who is the most influential person in United States History? We will have a 40-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 2-3 minute presentation describing why this person is the influential in United States History. These presentations can be presented however you want as long as it has a visual. Then student one will get 1 minute to explain why their person is the best and the other is not. Student 2 will get to do the same for 1 minute. 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 person is the most influential in United States history. Then the class will vote on a scorecard to which their peers feel was the most influential 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.
Potential Tournament Dates (40 participants, 39 Games)
March 2-6 1st Round – Games 1-4
March 9-13 End of 1st Round – 2nd round – Games 5-7
March 16-20 2nd Round – Games 8-16
March 30- April 3 End of 2nd Round – 3rd Round – Games 17-26
April 6-10 End of 2nd Round – 3rd Round – Games 27-32
April 13-17 3rd Round – 4th Round - Games 33-36
April 20-24 4th Round - Semi-Finals - Games 37-38
April 27-May 1 Finals - Game 39
March 2-6 1st Round – Games 1-4
March 9-13 End of 1st Round – 2nd round – Games 5-7
March 16-20 2nd Round – Games 8-16
March 30- April 3 End of 2nd Round – 3rd Round – Games 17-26
April 6-10 End of 2nd Round – 3rd Round – Games 27-32
April 13-17 3rd Round – 4th Round - Games 33-36
April 20-24 4th Round - Semi-Finals - Games 37-38
April 27-May 1 Finals - Game 39
Instructions/Rubric/Draft Sheet
Scoring Guide