Project Ideas

[E20]

I have to do a project for my History class. I can either pick an important event in the Vietnam war or I can choose to pick the Greatest American. I'm gonna pick the second one. Any ideas who should I pick as the Greatest American? I'm thinking Lincoln.

[timvp]

Dirk Bavetta.

[spurs=bling]

Dirk Bavetta.
:lol
how about David Stern?

[Pistons < Spurs]

Sounds like it could be a fun project.

I'll go with someone a little bit outside the box:

Walt Disney

[ashbeeigh]

Strom Thurmon. No, seriously. Dorthea Dix. I think she was America.

[NASpurs]

maxpower for the invention of the Quattro thread

[ashbeeigh]

maxpower for the invention of the Quattro thread


I don't think that would fly, nor could you find the mandatory three to five sources he may need for the A.

[Jekka]

I have to do a project for my History class. I can either pick an important event in the Vietnam war or I can choose to pick the Greatest American. I'm gonna pick the second one. Any ideas who should I pick as the Greatest American? I'm thinking Lincoln.

Lincoln's so conventional though - you should do a project on someone like Geronimo.

[Trainwreck2100]

I have to do a project for my History class. I can either pick an important event in the Vietnam war or I can choose to pick the Greatest American. I'm gonna pick the second one. Any ideas who should I pick as the Greatest American? I'm thinking Lincoln.


Stan Lee

[Pistons < Spurs]

Lincoln's so conventional though

Exactly. I can see tons of people choosing Lincoln or Washington or Jefferson. I'd try to be a little origional.

[Trainwreck2100]

Exactly. I can see tons of people choosing Lincoln or Washington or Jefferson. I'd try to be a little origional.

Don't forget MLK

[E20]

Exactly. I can see tons of people choosing Lincoln or Washington or Jefferson. I'd try to be a little origional.
True. Lincoln would be an easy way out. I was also considering:

FDR
Kennedy
Fredreick Douglass
MLK
John Smith
Benjamin Franklin

[Jekka]

I would do a project on Roberta Blackgoat just to include this picture because she's so awesome -

http://www.geocities.com/redroadcollective/BWRobertaBlackGoat.jpg

Mark Twain would be fun to work on, too.

[NASpurs]

True. Lincoln would be an easy way out. I was also considering:

FDR
Kennedy
Fredreick Douglass
MLK
John Smith
Benjamin Franklinum... if they have a school or a street named after them, then don't choose them. That's my advice.

[E20]

I'll look at all my options before I finally choose, I have until the 26th to do so. A good challenge would be Lyndon Johnson or maybe Henry Clay.

[Jekka]

I've noticed that almost all the possibilities you've brought up have been white men, with the exception of MLK Jr and Douglass. You might consider branching out a little - not just because it will look better with the project, but also because it wouldn't be a bad idea to learn more about other people that have contributed a lot to American history. Just a suggestion.

[Vashner]

Does it have to be greatest? That's shallow.. Great American's...

Lincoln would not want to be known as that. He was a man with flaws and that's the way I like my Presidents...

Besides he way too much like Bush breaking laws, detaining people, spying etc. He was not warm to ending Slavery either till it became an issue of the Union. It's not like he was a life long abolitionist. That came later.


Try someone that's a true American..

like Pappy Boyington..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington

[E20]

I've noticed that almost all the possibilities you've brought up have been white men, with the exception of MLK Jr and Douglass. You might consider branching out a little - not just because it will look better with the project, but also because it wouldn't be a bad idea to learn more about other people that have contributed a lot to American history. Just a suggestion.
Yeah, the project is you impersonate the person and you persuade why should you be labeled as the greatest American.
If it weren't like that I would have included:

Elenaor
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Mary B Anthony
Elizabeth Stanton
Pochohantoes. :lol

[1Parker1]

George W.

:lol Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Pistons < Spurs]

George W.

:lol Sorry, couldn't resist.

lol don't laugh....according to the Discovery Channel and their "100 Greatest Americans" show, G W B was considered the 6th greatest.

[Vizzini]

lol don't laugh....according to the Discovery Channel and their "100 Greatest Americans" show, G W B was considered the 6th greatest.


WTF? Politics aside, how can they come to that conclusion when he is still in office? He can still affect his standing, positive or negative, so he should be excluded from the list until his time in control is up. For him to be on that list while he can still change his legacy is absurd.

BTW, Here are a few I would consider for the project:
*just b/c I would consider them doesn't mean I have positive feelings for what they did

Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Henry Ford
Ronald Reagan
Sam Walton
Steven Speilberg
Lucille Ball
Ray Kroc
Oprah
Tom Hanks

[midgetonadonkey]

Steve Guttenburg is the greatest American.

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes-12/ShortCircuit4.jpeg

[1Parker1]

Steven Spielberg would be cool, as would Oprah (Even though she's starting to get on my nerves :oops)

[IceColdBrewski]

Whatever you decided to go with, just make sure it's a topic that you find interesting. The worst thing you can do on projects like this is pick someone (or something) that bores you to death.

[j-6]

John Wooden.

[1Parker1]

I got it!! Michael Jordan....or Michael Jackson depending on your taste :)

[Vashner]

Or do paper on David Robinson.. :) (not actually a bad idea)

Fucking slackers don't like Pappy.. he's fucked up.. that's what makes him great American.

[Vizzini]

I got it!! Michael Jordan....or Michael Jackson depending on your taste :)


I would consider Michael Jackson's influence on music during the '80s as some good criteria, but you just can't seperate that period of time from the rest of his f'ed up life. Michael Jordan would be good, if you focused more on how he changed advertising and endorsing through out the world, than just his sheer excellence on the court. This thread has really got me thinking, so here are a few more I would do:

Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
John D. Rockefeller
Alfred Hitchcock
Johnny Carson
Howard Stern
Billy Graham
Bob Dylan

[1Parker1]

:lol So you think anyone in the class will pick the first topic?

[TimothyLeary]

What about an in depth look into the psychedelic world?

[ShoogarBear]

It can only be one of two choices:

Kevin Bacon or Vida Guerra.

[Vizzini]

It can only be one of two choices:

Kevin Bacon or Vida Guerra.

I was going to suggest Kevin Bacon, so it is good to know I'm not the only one. As for Vida, I will withhold judgement until I see her in next months Playboy.

[E20]

I was going to suggest Kevin Bacon, so it is good to know I'm not the only one. As for Vida, I will withhold judgement until I see her in next months Playboy.
She's doing playboy????? :elephant :elephant

[JoePublic]

She's doing playboy????? :elephant :elephant

Get out!!!!

[Vizzini]

I shit you not. She will be in July's edition. The back page of this Playboy has a pic, It looks like it should be good.