The Facebook Project: The Facebook Project: American PresidentsAmerican Presidents

Instructions: Using the template below, create a hypothetical Facebook page for an American President. The final product should reflect the personality, ideas, conflicts, and achievements of this President. Show what sorts of people were in their life, including a variety of perspectives. Of course the page can have funny things in it, so long as it stays rated PG (no profanity or inappropriate content) and so long as you’re primary emphasis is on historically meaningful details. Also, if your president was likely to say or think things that are socially unacceptable today (like racism or sexism), it is okay for you to allude to those ideas if you can do it tastefully without glorifying any of those things yourself.

Here are some details to include:

1. A photo of your president.

2. Personal information about them and their interests (as best as you research and/or reasonably speculate). This can be a mix of things they actually liked in reality perhaps with current things you think they would enjoy based on what we know of their beliefs, behavior, and personality.

3. At least four “wall posts” from other real historical figures that each represent a different facet of your individual’s life. Perhaps comments that reflect change over time. The “newer” posts should be toward the top. Make sure the details of each post are accurate: a historically logical date, what “network” would they be part of in parenthesis, and a profile picture. These comments should be based on things that are historically true and relevant to your person.

4. Include six people in the “friends” box—simply pictures and names. Don’t have any repeats from the “wall” posts. They should be relevant to your person’s life. In your summary page you will explain who they are.

5. List at least six hypothetical groups that your person would be a member of on Facebook. Some can be funny, while others are more historical. For those who don’t know, a “group” on Facebook is a separate page on that users can create and invite people to dealing with a various topic of interest, inside jokes, etc.

6.Create an advertisement in the side column. Have it be something related to the ordinary lives of people in the place and time of your person.

7.Remember to save your work occasionally. When you’re all done, delete the instructions slides and print off the part that is your Facebook page, in color, please.

8.Write a summary page in which you show off the details of what you’ve created. How do the details you included fit into the bigger picture of history? What do the things in your page mean? What did you find out about your person? For example, why did the people say what they did in their wall posts? Who are the people in the friends list and how are they relevant to this person’s life.

9. All information should be cited in MLA format. You will turn in your Facebook page, summary, and a works cited page on Friday, March 23.

10. Be prepared to share with the class!

Networks:

Relationship Status:

Looking for:

Birthday:

Political Views

Religious Views:

Washington, D.C.

Chicago, IL

Married to Michelle Obama

Re-election…

August 4, 1961

Democratic Party

Christian

Photos of Barack (2,578)

View Barack’s Friends (25,658,128)

Send Barack a Message

Poke Barack

Barack Obama

Vote for me in November 2012! Picture

Interests:

Favorite Music:

Favorite Books:

Favorite Movies:

Favorite Quotes:

Work Info:

Education

basketball, writing, spending time with my

daughters.

Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Fugees.

Lincoln’s collected writings, Self-Reliance,

Song of Solomon.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Lawrence of

Arabia.

“The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it

bends towards justice.” MLK

Position: President of the United States

Time period: January 2009- present

Position: United States Senator

Time period: January 2005-November 2008

Grad School: Harvard Law ’91

College: Colombia ’83, Political

Science/International Relations

Hillary Rodham Clinton (Washington, D.C.) wroteat 8:45 PM on December 25, 2011

Ding, Dong, Kim Jong Il is dead! I am ready to start the peace process with North Korea ASAP!

Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) wroteat 1:10 AM on February 1, 2011

So, about you supporting the revolution over here, I think you should mind your own business! Egypt is doing great from my perspective!

The

iPad

Amazingly thin and light. Its hard to

believe its packed with so many

features. Now with iOS 5 and iCloud, it just got harder to put down, starting

at just $499

Nancy Pelosi

25,658,128 Friends see all

Joe Biden

Michelle Obama

Timothy Geithne

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Bill Clinton

Janet Napolitan

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Barack Obama (Washington, D.C.) wroteat 9:00 AM on September 8, 2011

Announcing my plan for the American Jobs Act, today. Lets get American BACK TO WORK!

Seal Team Six (U.S. Navy) wroteat 6:05 PM on May 1, 2011

Don’t worry about a thing, we got this.

Insert six hypothetical groups here.

RubricThe Facebook Project: American Presidents

Teacher Name: Mrs. Crews

Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY A B C D

Quality of Information

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.

Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.

Graphics Graphics are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic.

Graphics are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic.

Graphics are accurate and sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the topic.

Graphics are not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic.

Sources All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in MLA format.

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in MLA format.

All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in MLA format.

Some sources are not accurately documented.

Summary All topics are addressed and all questions answered. Mrs. Crews has no questions regarding your information.

All topics are addressed and most questions answered.

Missing topics and some questions still need to be answered.

One or more topics were not addressed.

Grade: ______