HIST 150 American History II

Assignment: Illuminati (25 points)

Objective: You must create one webpage, using Google Docs, for the luminary assigned to you. The work you are turning in will be seen by the public and will belong to you and me to do what we individually want. The following details may be modified as we proceed. It is due before make-up week (even if we don’t have a fight)!

Tools: You must use Google Docs (found online at docs.google.com) to create the webpage. Google’s rudimentary app will (a) put more emphasis on the content (and less on the bells-n-whistles of other apps), and (b) even the playing field for all students (as everyone has access to a school computer and Google).

Sample: A sample page is available for you to examine below. Your doc should be similar, but can vary somewhat for creativity.

General Instructions:

• Step One (Gmail): Create a google account for yourself.
• Step Two (Google Docs): Start a doc (docs.google.com); label it using the last name of your luminary and yourself (e.g., Lincoln-Gregorek); in the Share tab add me (mike.gregorek@gmail.com) as a collaborator with full privileges—also send me the automated email announcement that launches when you add me as a full collaborator.
• Step Three (public domain): Use only public domain text and graphics to create a one-page doc for the luminary assigned to you. This means that regardless of what you examine for context and understanding, you may only copy-n-paste government sources and other public domain material into your doc. Find material such as historic documents, publications of the Library of Congress, and the presidential bios on Whitehouse.gov, etc. You may recommend and link to any additional source, public or copyrighted, provided you do not plagiarize the material in your doc. Use short phrases, bullets, or even pictures when appropriate. There is very little writing you have to do yourself in this.
  
• Step Four (nth): Whenever you see instructions "including the n^th," it means you must count up how many presidents before and after had the same characteristic (religious affiliation, political party, etc.) and indicate what number your luminary is in that list (including the total) as follows: n/tot. This requires some research by you. (If you are not relying on a government site, confirm your information by consulting another independent source.)
• Step Five (footnotes): Cite your sources (and, when possible, hyperlink them). Use footnotes to cite copied sources: use straight brackets around consecutive numbers, like this [1], at the end of a line leading to a footnote and at the beginning of the footnote.

Specific Instructions:

Nb. Do not write narratives. Use short phrases, bullets, or even pictures. Feel free to spice up your webpage with links or pictures that are appropriate.

• Step One: Create a table at the very top of your doc that shows the previous, current and next president and their party affiliation.
• Step Two: Copy and paste the picture from the presidential biography provided on Whitehouse.gov; and merely link the bio itself in the title in your doc.
• Step Three: Provide the following additional information for your president, verifying your information from two independent sources if it is not from a government site (ending in ".gov"). (Cite your sources in footnotes.)
  

1. Full name as the title of the page
2. Nick names below the title
3. Presidential Years (including the n^th)
4. Political Party (including the n^th)
5. Date of Birth - Date of Death
6. Home State (including the n^th)
7. Religious Affiliation (including the n^th)
8. College (degree and year of graduation); graduate school (degree and year of graduation)
9. Other Careers and Political Offices Held
   
10. Marital Status and family
11. Administration each term, i.e., vice president(s); noteworthy cabinet members (definitely including Secretary of State)
12. Opponent each election (VP too)
13. Any of these major events occuring: Wars (start and end dates of the war, and of U.S. involvement--if different), States (including the n^th), Amendments (including the abridged text)
14. Major events outside the U.S. (e.g., rise of a dictator, a major disaster, an Olympic moment, a regional war, birth of a nation, etc.)
15. Any other defining moments, such as a scandal, impeachment, new program or monument erected/dedicated
16. Famous individuals or inventions

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Prev	Current	Next
William J. Clinton	George W. Bush	I'll let you know...
Democrat	Republican

President George W. Bush

43rd president - 2 terms (2001 to present)

Republican (nth out of how many Republicans total)

Born July 6, 1946

Texan (born in CT) (including nth out of how many total)

United Methodist (including nth out of how many total)

Yale University, bachelor's degree, history

Harvard University, Master of Business Administration

Owner of oil and gas business; Partner of Texas Rangers Baseball Team; and Governor of Texas

Married to Married to First Lady Laura Bush
Twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara

11. Administration each term, i.e., vice president(s); noteworthy cabinet members (definitely including Secretary of State)
12. Opponent each election (VP too)
13. Any of these major events occuring: Wars (start and end dates of the war, and of U.S. involvement--if different), States (including nth), Amendments (including the abridged text)
14. Major events outside the U.S. (e.g., rise of a dictator, a major disaster, an Olympic moment, a regional war, birth of a nation, etc.)
15. Any other defining moments, such as a scandal, impeachment, new program or monument erected/dedicated
16. Famous individuals or inventions

Michael@Gregorek.com