Guided+Activity-Virginia+Jones

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 * What outstanding qualities should a leader (such as the United States President) possess? **

Objectives:
 * Students will discover the qualities needed to be an outstanding leader.
 * Students will use information from their biography to create a wordle using descriptive words that show the qualities of a successful leader.
 * Students will create a flyer/campaign sign that has a slogan advertising their platform.

Choose from one of these activities:

Activity # 1: • Use information from your biography to create a wordle  Go to wordle. Create your own using qualities that describe an outstanding leader. Follow the directions to making a wordle on the web.

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[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The above is a wordle I created for you to use as an example. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Activity # 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Create a flyer/campaign sign <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make sure your flyer/campaign has a slogan (A slogan is a catchy phrase that will help people remember you. Example: Barack Obama’s slogan was: “Yes We Can” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(There is no need to purchase these flyers; they just give you an idea what a campaign flyer can look like)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One way to make a flyer using Microsoft Word: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Go to Microsoft Word <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Click on File <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Click on Project gallery <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Click on New <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Click on Flyer: Choose the design you prefer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Add the information you think necessary to make a convincing and successful presidential campaign flyer.