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=Presidents = = Hero or Villain? 55pts = = = **Objective**: Students will create a Wikipage, presentation and analysis of a president’s time in office. Based on research, students will need to write about their president with the “hero” or “villain” perspective and defend their perspective.


 * Directions**: Present your research in the form of a Wikipage, an essay and presentation using MLA citation.


 * Requirements**:
 * Choose your president
 * Give Ms. Holgrimson your email address/log in (1pt)
 * Create a username and password for Wikispaces.com (1pt)
 * Create 10 different posts about your President
 * Create/Manage a Wikipage on your president
 * Must have a table of contents
 * Indicate your different posts, note: posts 7-10 may be done in "different" ways.
 * Look/Feel of Wiki (2pts)
 * Presentation**- You must tell the class the following things about your president
 * Hero or Villain (1pt)
 * Five different reasons/examples of why your president was a hero or a villain (5pts)
 * Creativity-Visuals are helpful (5pts)

**Post 1** **Posts 7-10 are your choice**. Some ideas include; pictures, a quote by the president, music of the era, a reflection by you, misc information-must be analyzed in view of hero or villain, about the president, be creative and have fun with these posts. (2pts each)
 * Who is your President (1pt)
 * What do you already know about your President (1pt)
 * What is the “initial” thought about your president, hero or villain and why? (2pts)
 * Posts 2-6 you need to find five different “events” to portray your president as a hero or villain.**
 * Link the post to an electronic scholarly source (1pt)research helpers
 * Summarize the event (2pt)
 * The Analysis-How does this event fit into your “hero” or “villain” idea about the president? (1pt)
 * At least 1 MLA in text citation (1pt)
 * Cite your source using MLA citation (1pt)[|noodle tools]
 * Be sure to include the MLA citation if you have a picture or misc information.