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Tournament of Champions Round 4

Just a reminder, Round 4 Voting ends tomorrow (Wednesday 4/11). Vote Now. Every matchup is close! A quick rundown of current results. Julius Caesar 52.7% Charlemagne 47.3% Johannes Gutenberg 55.6% Martin Luther 44.4% Albert Einstein 50.3% Hitler 49.7% Louis Pasteur 51.5% Alexander Graham Bell 48.5% US History Abraham Lincoln 67.8% Ben Franklin 32.2% Thomas Edison [...]

Luther v. Gutenberg: World History Tournament Round 4 Voting

Some GREAT match-ups in round 4: Charlemagne vs. Julius Caesar Martin Luther vs. Johannes Gutenberg Albert Einstein vs. Hitler Louis Pasteur vs. Alexander Graham Bell Vote Now Download Updated Brackets

Round 3 Voting is Underway

World History Tournament of Champions – Round 3 Voting is underway here. US History Tournament of Champions – Round 3 Voting is underway here.

US and World History Tournament of Champions (Spring 2011) – UPDATE (voting links added)

Updated Schedule Voting Links Here I’ve heard from many of you that you are on spring break this week or one of the following two weeks. To make it so everyone can participate regardless of spring break, we have decided to run each round for one week, spanning the weekend (and thus spanning two school [...]

World History – Tournament of Champions – The Final Round

The Finals Final Round Voting Ends Friday, December 17th at 11PM (EST). View Round 5 Results (Final)

World History Tournament of Champions – Voting Round 5

The Final Four Round 5 Voting Ends Wednesday, December 15th at 11PM (EST). View Round 5 Results (to date) View Round 4 Results (Final)

World History Tournament of Champions Round 4 Voting

Round 4 Voting Ends Tuesday, December 14th at 11PM. View Round 4 Results (to date)

World History Tournament of Champions Round 3 Voting

It’s the Sweet 16 of The World History Tournament of Champions. Join us in voting to find out which of these “players” (historical figures) had the greatest impact on World History.

World History Tournament of Champions Round 2 Voting is Underway

The World History Tournament of Champions is now in high gear. Please join us for Round 2 Voting. Round 2 Voting ends Wednesday, December 8th at 10PM EST.

World History Update – Boys in the Back Style

There is a contest with a great prize at the end of this post. Please read it all. YOU MUST ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE! I despise writing in all caps, but feel I must. The one thing that will distinguish a good teacher from a great teacher is engagement. Thinking back as students [...]

WHTOC Round 1 Voting Page (All in One Page)

Voting for Round 1 Ends Friday Night (12/3) at 8PM (EST). Complete Results (to date) for Round 1 can be found here: https://www.myperfed.com/blog/world-history-tournament-of-champions/whtoc-round-1-voting-results-to-date/

WHTOC Round 1: Mao Zedong vs. Kim Jong-Il

WHTOC Round 1: Timur (aka Tamerlane) vs. Leopold II of Belgium

WHTOC Round 1: Sun Yat-Sen vs. William the Conqueror

WHTOC Round 1: Hatshepsut vs. Attila the Hun

WHTOC Round 1: Yassar Arafat vs. Pope Urban II

WHTOC Round 1: Nelson Mandela vs. Alexander Fleming

WHTOC Round 1: Ashoka the Great vs. King David (Judah)

WHTOC Round 1: Simon Bolivar vs. Mahatma Gandhi

WHTOC Round 1: Josip Broz Tito vs. Leon Trotsky

WHTOC Round 1: Marco Polo vs. Kublai Khan

WHTOC Round 1: Qin Shi Huang vs. Umar ibn al-Khattab

WHTOC Round 1: Nikola Tesla vs. Nikolaus August Otto

WHTOC Round 1: William Wilberforce vs. Clara Barton

WHTOC Round 1: Niccolo Machiavelli vs. Cicero

WHTOC Round 1: Queen Isabella I vs. Queen Elizabeth I

WHTOC Round 1: Fransico Pizarro vs. Herman Cortes

WHTOC Round 1: Mary Wollstonecraft vs. Susan B. Anthony

WHTOC Round 1: Apostle Paul vs. Martin Luther

WHTOC Round 1: Joshua Chamberlain vs. Emiliano Zapata

WHTOC Round 1: William Shakespeare vs. Voltaire

WHTOC Round 1: Lady Murasaki vs. Giotto

WHTOC Round 1: King George III vs. Neville Chamberlain

WHTOC Round 1: Jean-Jacques Rousseau vs. Karl Marx

WHTOC Round 1: Idi Amin vs. Grigori Rasputin

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