There will not be a traditional final exam in US History this year!
Instead, you will be creating a Facebook page for a significant person from history. Beginning on Monday, you will be making a paper mock up of a page in social media for the person whose name you drew at the end of class today. The full list of names is linked up here. That list will be important to you later!
For the page, you need to have a number of items, so you should start to gather some information over the weekend. A sample of a Facebook page is linked up here and was shared with you. (Because, let's face it, Facebook is for your parents, so you might not be all that familiar with it...) For this project, however, you only need to have the first two pages for your person: The Wall, and Info. You do not need pictures other than the one bio picture to post on the Wall. The complete list of requirements for the page is linked up here, as is a description of the rest of the final.
We will be working on making these pages in class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On the day of the exam, you will come into class and make friend requests based on who you believe your person would be friends with. You will then have to provide a written rationale for your choices. After you do that, you will need to decide which of the requests you got your person will accept, and then write a rationale for your choices. So you will need to look into those other people on the list to be sure you know who these people are so you can make good choices.
The class will then look at the patterns of acceptance and rejection to see what emerges.
And that will be your final!
