In class on Monday

Sorry to miss class today, but the flight home didn't pan out as I'd hoped, so I'll rejoin you all on Tuesday. Today in class you'll begin the May Madness project, which is how we will finish up the year. It is an interactive game that will feature your assuming the role of a leader from world history and completing tasks to decide who the greatest leader of all time was/is. To get things started, each class should come up with a list of the world leaders we've encountered. Work in groups od no more than 4, Start a google document, share it with each other and with me, and go through all of history and come up with a list of names of leaders you think are significant. I will compile them into one list and divide them up among all of the classes. You will not be allowed to choose your leaders; you will be drawing names at random, so don't get attached to any one person! Please note that for reasons I will describe later, Adolph Hitler is not included in the game, and you should include no more than three leaders from US history. The second task for you to complete is to come up with a description of the ultimate leadership qualities that you believe the greatest leader should possess. Is it all about conquest? Creation of new structures? Patron of the arts? Kindness? Ruthlessness? Argue it out amongst your group and write down your conclusions in the aforementioned google doc. Finally, brainstorm a list of ways you think we can determine the leader and his or her dominance over other leaders. How can we know Tokugawa is greater than Bolivar? What do you want to do that will help us to determine greatness? No violence is allowed, and you must be in character as the leader are my requirements, but write down what you think would be fun to do as well in the document. That's it. No homework for tonight...