The Cornerstones of the Shepard Academy
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2019 Most Influential Person in American Social Justice History
Presenter
1. Campbell (Ruth Bader Ginsberg)
2. Schultz (Martin Luther King, Jr.) 3. Hux (Susan B. Anthony) 4. Griffin (Tupac) *Not Dead 5. Julian (Thurgood Marshall) 6. Shoulders (Muhammad Ali) 7. Abu-Taqa (John Lennon) 8. Simmons (Bill Gates) 9. Robertson (Margaret Sanger) 10. Ragland (Oprah Winfrey) 11. Miller (Shondra Rhimes) 12. Mercer (John F. Kennedy) |
Presenter
13. Marks (Walt Disney)
14 Huestis (Jane Addams) 15. Collier (Steve Jobs) 16. Watson (Harriet Tubman) 17. Landsdale (Steven Goldstein) 18. Earley (Barrack Obama) 19. Martin (Lily Singh) 20. Linge (Eleanor Roosevelt) 21 Gerling (Tyler "The Creator" 22. Baltzell (Prince) 23. Boyd (Lebron James) 24. Goodloe (Shaun King) 25. Oxley (Franklin D. Roosevelt) 26. Sermersheim (Rosa Parks) |
2018 Most Influential Person in American Social Justice History
Presenter1. Blank Space (T. Swift)
2. Macy Lynch 3. Shannon Reid 4. Sydney Beck 5. Phoebe Roache 6. Matt Hernandez 7. Faith Ewing 8. Taylor Wolfe 9. Josephine Martinez 10. Cecilia Blevins 11. Mitchel Schlacks 12. Evan Lynch 13. Addie Johnson 14. Summer Sheets 15. Tam Trinh 16. Patrick Kelley 17. Mackenzie Lowe 18. Arthur Westcott 19. Hannah Cannon 20. Maleah Fletcher 21. Abby Dickinson 22. Abby Lourdraj 23. Hope Shourd 24 Alec Haldeman 25. Savannah Stauth 26. Ethan Shopmeyer 27. Noah McGathy 28. Tanner Myers 29. Rachel Strickland 30. Olivia Tipton **Smith (Needs to draft) **Myers (Needs to draft) |
Selection1.
2. Abraham Lincoln 3. Martin Luther King. Jr. 4. John Lennon 5. Jane Addams 6. Gloria Steinem 7. Charlotte Perkins Gilman 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Walter Francis White 10. Upton Sinclair 11. George Takei 12. Chance the Rapper 13. Ellen Degeneres 14. Bayard Rustin 15. Bernie Sanders 16. Oprah Winfrey 17. Barack Obama 18. Malcolm X 19. Robert Kennedy 20. Dorothy Height 21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 22. Michelle Obama 23. Paul Robeson 24. Miles Horton 25. Michael Faraday 26. Eugene V. Debs 27. Bill Gates 28. 29. W.E.B Dubois 30. Susan B. Anthony |
2017 Most Influential Person in Social Justice/ Movements
Presenter1. Mariah Watkins
2. Mason Boyken 3. Michael Milner 4. Autumn Owens 5. Matt Gilreath 6. Sydni Cosby 7. Rylee Greer 8. Lauren Albright 9. Brooklynn Show 10. Josh Brown 11. Kiersten Butler 12. Madison Ellenberg 13. Shane Tominack 14. Syndi Mitchell 15. Chase Retter 16. Madison W. 17. Randi Mincy 18. Arterus Young 19. Jon Newton 20. Jette Fritz 21. Emerson Courter 22. Blake Miller |
Selection1. Florence Kelly
2. Upton Sinclair 3. Nelson Mandela 4. Rosa Parks 5. Elvis Presley 6. Salmon P. Chase 7. Margaret Sanger 8. Aaron Swartz 9. Bernie Sanders 10. Muhammad Ali 11. Frances Perkins 12. Desmond Tutu 13. Arnold Schwarzenegger 14. Ruby Bridges 15. Billie Jean King 16. Thurgood Marshall 17. Harriet Tubman 18. W.E.B. Dubois 19. Martin Luther 20. Sophie Scholl 21. Louis Brandeis 22. |
2016 Most Influential Person in Social Justice/ Movements
Presenter1. Beck
2. Shoulders 3. Henson 4. Mosby 5. Teppen 6. Bolin 7. G. Smith 8. Schnautz 9. Mobley 10. Arnold 11. Hazelwood 12. M. Smith 13. Fisher 14. Clark |
Selection1. MLK, Jr.
2. Ghandi 3. Thurgood Marshall 4. Dr.Seuss 5. Joseph Stalin 6. Jackie Robinson 7. Ku Klux Klan 8. Earl Warren 9. Ayatollah Khomeini 10.Mother Teresa 11. 12. Nelson Mandela 13. Adolf Hitler 14. Malcolm X |
Presenter15. Fetscher
16. Brown 17. Strickland 18. Vaught 19. Lama 20. Howard 21. Taylor 22. Stoll 23. Young 24. Rusk 25. Gross 26. Gansman |
Selection15. Malala Yousafzia
16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Frederick Douglass 18. Elvis Presley 19. Susan B. Anthony 20. ISIS 21. Eleanor Roosevelt 22. NWA 23. W.E.B. DuBois 24. Harvey Milk 25. Aung San Suu Kyi 26. Andrew Jackson |
Task #1 Selecting a Leader
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Task #2 Why I Chose this Person Essay
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Task #3 My Four Arguments
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Bracketology Claim Argument Evidence Template
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Task #4 Present Your Argument
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Format
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Tournament Champion Criteria
Tournament Seeding
First Round Byes
What Happens If You Are Defeated
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Competitor Expectations
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Student Score Sheet
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Time Rules
Speaker 1 constructive speech - up to 3 minutes
Speaker 2 rebuttal - up to 2 minutes
Speaker 1 conclusion - up to 2 minutes
Speaker 2 conclusion - up to 2 minutes
- Speaker 2 cross-examination for up to 2 minutes
- Speaker 1 cross-examination for up to 2 minutes
Speaker 2 rebuttal - up to 2 minutes
Speaker 1 conclusion - up to 2 minutes
Speaker 2 conclusion - up to 2 minutes
Round #1 ()
Match #1
Shopmeyer (Eugene V. Debs) v. Dickinson (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
Match #2
Smith (John Dewey) v. Lowe (Barack Obama) |
Match #3
Blevins (Upton Sinclair) v. Beck (John Lennon) |
Match #4
Cannon (Robert Kennedy) v. McGathy (Bill Gates) |
Match #5
Ewing (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) v. Reid (Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
Match #6
Johnson (Ellen DeGeneres ) v. Martinez (Walter Francis White) |
Match #7
Wolfe (Muhammad Ali) v. Forfeit |
Match #8
Sheets (Bayard Rustin) v. Tipton (Susan B. Anthony) |
Round #1 Continued
Match #9
Lourdraj (Michelle Obama) v. Trinh (Bernie Sanders) |
Match #10
Hernandez (Gloria Steinem) v. Strickland (W. E. B. DuBois) |
Match #11
M. Lynch (Abraham Lincoln) v. Haldeman (Miles Horton) |
Match #12
E. Lynch (Chance the Rapper) v. Kelley (Oprah Winfrey) |
Match #13
Schlacks (George Takei ) v. Shourd (Paul Robeson) |
Match #14
Stauth ( Billie Jean King) v. Roach (Jane Addams) |
Winner's Bracket Round #2
Match #21
Fletcher (Dorothy Height) v. Shopmeyer (Eugene V. Debs) |
Mach #22
Westcott v. Sheets (Bayrard Rustin) |
Match #23
Smith (John Dewey) v. Beck (John Lennon) |
Match #24
Cannon (Robert Kennedy) v. Reid (MLK, Jr.) |
Match #25
Martinez (Walter Francis White) v. Wolfe () |
Match #26
Lourdraj (Michelle Obama) v. Strickland (W. E. B. Du Bois) |
Match #27
Haldeman (Miles Horton) v. () |
Match #28
Shourd (Paul Robeson) v. Roach (Jane Addams) |
Match #29
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Loser's Bracket Round #2
Match #15
Lowe (Barack Obama) v. Blevins (Upton Sinclair) |
Match #16
McGathy (Bill Gates) v. Ewing (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) |
Match #17
Johnson (Ellen DeGeneres) v. Forfeit |
Match #18
Trinh (Bernie Sanders) v. Hernandez (Gloria Steinem) |
Match #19
M. Lynch (Abrham Lincoln) v. Kelley (Oprah Winfrey) |
Match #20
Schlacks (George Takei) v. Stauth ( Billie Jean King ) |
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Loser's Bracket Round #3
Match #30
Tipton
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