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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

May Madness Update

We are done with the first round!

In the second round, the focus is on the legacy of the rulers.  The rulers have a choice to make: they can incorporate their lackey's legacies or they can focus only on their own legacy.  Each ruler will have three minutes to present on the topic of legacy.  If they wish to incorporate lackeys, then the lackey must come up and speak.  If not, then the ruler is on his or her own.

If lackeys do come up to speak, then they become fair game for the opposing ruler to attack in the second portion, where questions are asked.  If lackeys do not come up to speak, then their legacies are not a part of the questioning; opponents may only talk about or question the ruler's legacy.

Period 3 will have only one set go tomorrow: Emperor Meiji vs. Genghis Khan.  They will start after the class has 25 minutes to work. The remaining three sets: Deng Xiaoping vs. Ho Chi Minh; Victoria vs. Akbar; and Fidel vs. Catherine will go on Friday.

Period 4 will begin with Alexander the Great vs. Napoleon, then Augustus vs. Qin Shi Huangdi, then Charlemagne vs. Mansa Musa and finally Tokugawa vs. Kwame Nkruma.

Remember, the goal of all of this is to help you think about what makes a leader great, and what traits or qualities cause people to shape or influence the path of history.

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