Tribal+Competition


 * D Period Tribal Competition ** **//The Tribe Project//** is a project that rarely makes it into the Overly annual calendar, but given the creativity and enthusiasm of the class of 2011, I feel confident that it's going to be a fun experience for everyone. **//The Tribe Project//** will break the class into teams that will collaborate on a number of creative, research, and presentation projects that will all build points towards a final winning group who will walk away with a Jackpot of Points that can be added to the second marking period.

**Goals of the Project ** To emphasize the difficulty of organizing a group of workers for a common goal. Emphasize the lessons we learned in all of the first semester literature we've studied. Build an understanding of historical and political patterns. Experience first hand the importance of structure, rules, and leadership.

**Each team will choose a country for this project. ** [|Uganda] [|Rwanda] [|The Democratic Republic of the Congo] [|Sierra Leone] [|Sudan] [|Nigeria]

Jackpot Points: By the end of the competition, the winning group will win 100 points. These points can be evenly divided up among group members, divided based on work effort, or given entirely to one person. Second place points: 50 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Third place points: 25

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">*Students who are absent during (even one) of the days leading up to the break will be given a separate, independent project. When choosing and designing teams, be responsible and honest with your group members to avoid disappointment, conflict, and taking team members down. If your group all agrees in a way that you can contribute despite missing their team work, then you can approach me about the conditions your group has designed to keep you in the group. All members of the group must be in agreement and I will take an anonymous vote to assure that the group is protected from peer pressure. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Sorry, but it's not fair to the teams. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">*After the break, groups will work in research teams to research, plan, and ultimately prepare a very professional presentation. Students who are absent for this presentation will NOT have an opportunity to present 'their part'. They will earn a zero. Plan ahead and if special circumstances present themselves, see me on a private basis. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">*Teams can 'vote' to have a particular team mate removed from the group. However, the final say for this decision will be made by Mrs. Overly. In order to have a student removed from the group and given a separate independent project, it must be made clear that this member has not followed the rules of the group, has created a pattern of poor work ethic, and despite requests from the group, has not improved their standing within the group.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Friday <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Building and Construction <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">Building a home for your tribe. This activity will demonstrate team work and creativity. Each team will be provided with graham crackers and the ingredients to make the magic frosting. Your team will work together in a limited amount of time to design and build the tribe’home. Mrs. Overly will provide the crackers, icing, and cardboard base, but the creative decorating is entirely up to the team.

<span style="color: #a214d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Monday <span style="color: #a214d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Painting your story <span style="color: #a214d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">You and your team will work together to present a visual image of an African folk story. You may decide to: <span style="color: #a214d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Paint the story and tell the story as a group <span style="color: #a214d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Create colorful props to help tell the story <span style="color: #a214d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Puppets, animal faces at the end of wooden sticks…let your imagination take over.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Tuesday <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short Story Performance: Today in class, you will present your story to the class. Please limit your story length to 7 minutes to allow each group adequate time. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One First Place <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One Second Place <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Remaining Third Place

<span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday

<span style="color: #f58c38; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Tribal Celebration <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Oral Presentation <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Each team will need to create a song, cheer, rhyming poem, slam poem, rap, step…some kind of brief presentation of the team’s confidence and unity as they head into the heavier parts of the competition. <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One First Place <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One Second Place <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Remaining Third Place

<span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Unity Demonstration <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Team must ‘wear’ some indication of unity <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One First Place <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One Second Place <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Remaining Third Place

<span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Food <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Each tribe will present 2 examples of a food dish made from the staple product of the tribe’s country. You don’t have to ‘feed’ everyone, but allow everyone to have a taste. All food items need to include a recipe (lots of food allergies these days) and you are responsible for the forks, plates, serving spoons etc. Without these items, nobody can enjoy your tasty treat and you will not earn credit if nobody can enjoy it. <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Each participating group earns points.

<span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Hand in Paper <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One representative from the group will write a “How to Take Over” humorous essay about the team’s ability to conquer all.

<span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One First Place <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One Second Place <span style="color: #f58c38; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Remaining Third Place

<span style="color: #49f231; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">First Day Back <span style="color: #49f231; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Creative Project Due <span style="color: #49f231; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">All projects should be regionalized to the area of Africa you are researching, unless you are creating a painting from the book, which is a GREAT project idea too! <span style="color: #49f231; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Each individual is graded separately. <span style="color: #49f231; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">However, for the competition, the group average for the team will decide the points for the team.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Research Presentation <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Group Powerpoint: Expected 3 presentations a day <span style="color: #d32727; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One First Place <span style="color: #d32727; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">One Second Place <span style="color: #d32727; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Remaining Third Place

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Field Trip <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">1/11/11


 * Winning Group will be announced on wikispace. The winning groups will need to see Mrs. Overly to discuss the distribution of the Jackpot points.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Midterm Essay <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">2 Page min/max. Your paper will focus specifically on your part of the research team, and will add an argumentative component to the thesis which will reveal the significance this research to our current understanding of the country.