Ballot for the 2013 Greatest American Championship “Get In Round”
Name ______Block ______
This will count as a homework assignment worth 16 points based on the quality of the explanation of your choices. Please turn this in by the end of the class.
1. Hold a 10-15 minute persuasive discussion with your classmates about the following people who could get into the official tournament. (Textbooks and Bracket is in the back of the room)
2. Create a review section in your notebook and put notes on the nominees in your regents review section of your notebook.
3. Candidates for the 15 and 16 seeds. (* indicates making the tournament in previous years)
Government Officials / Citizens and Activists / Business and Scientists / Pop Culture*Richard Nixon / *Lewis Hine / Amelia Earhart / *Dr. Seuss
Charles Sumner / *The Little Rock Nine / Steve Jobs / Andy Warhol
Henry Cabot Lodge / Helen Hunt Jackson / *JP Morgan / *John Steinbeck
John Adams / *Chief Joseph / Workers of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory / *Norman Rockwell
Dwight D. Eisenhower / Margaret Sanger / *Samuel Morse / Horatio Alger
Joseph McCarthy / Ida Wells Barnett / *The Wright Brothers / Elvis Pressley
*William Jennings Bryan / *Frederick Douglass / Elizabeth Blackwell / 2004 Boston Red Sox
*Barack Obama / Sacco and Vanzetti / Clara Barton / *Charles Lindberg
James Polk / *Malcolm X / *Gloria Steinham / Edward Hopper
George W. Bush / *The Grangers / Nikola Tesla / Louis Armstrong
John Foster Dulles / *Cesar Chavez / * Ben Carson / Marilyn Monroe
William McKinley / Dorothea Dix / Neil Armstrong / Tommy Hilfiger
Write down your choices and reasons on the spaces below and on the back.
Government Officials Bracket
Choice #1 ______because ______
Choice #2 ______because ______
Citizens and Activists Bracket
Choice #1 ______because ______
Choice #2 ______because ______
Business and Scientist Bracket
Choice #1 ______because ______
Choice #2 ______because ______
Pop Culture Bracket
Choice #1 ______because ______
Choice #2 ______because ______
Which ever nominees in their respective bracket gets the most votes will earn the #15 seed the nominee which comes in second will earn the #16 seed. If there is a tie the nominees with the best supporting evidence will win the tie breaker.