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Email from Jill Robbins to Stephanie Ogden:

Medal of Honor Project

This project will be due _______________________________________, turned in to your Advisory Teacher. ************************************** East Tennessee Medal of Honor Recipients--14 Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. Raymond H. Cooley Charles H. Coolidge Ray E. Duke Paul B. Huff James E. Karnes Elbert L. Kinser Milo Lemert Charles L. McGaha Troy A. McGill 
 * 1) Select your recipient from the list for your class.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Complete a keynote presentation that includes the following information. This presentation should be suitable for inclusion in future Medal of Honor Website pages.
 * 3) Picture of the recipient
 * 4) Conflict for which award was issued
 * 5) Copy of Citation issued with the award
 * 6) Picture of the pillar in the Veterans’ Memorial that includes the recipient’s name—be sure the name is clearly visible
 * 7) Picture of the particular award that your recipient received (remember that each branch of the military has its own award)
 * 8) Life story of the recipient
 * 9) Recipient’s connection to Tennessee
 * 10) Pictures of bridges or other monuments dedicated to the recipient


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reply from Stephanie Ogden to Jill Robbins: **

You are terrific! Here are my thoughts and a request:
 * I think we should give them a small deadline for each advisory until the ultimate due date. Not counting tomorrow, we have 6 advisories before Veterans Day.
 * Today/tonight I will try to put together the materials about the mascot and dance for tomorrow's advisory. My first inclination is that we might also want to include the list and so that they have the opportunity to think about the project over the weekend. I know that actually thinking about it will be a rare occurrence, but at least they will come Tuesday with some expectations about the lesson.
 * On Thursday, I have to be at UT at about 7:30 greeting kids for a math contest and may not be here until about 8:30. Will you lead the Advisory Committee meeting tomorrow morning? My idea for the agenda would be to nail down intermediate deadlines. I recall that we were going to give a lot of ongoing feedback with an eye toward improving the quality of their research and presentation work.
 * Idea for next Tuesday: Many of our medalists and other veterans would have served in response to the draft. What if we have a draft-style lottery to assign the object of their research in order to emphasize the idea exemplified by many honorees: honoring one's responsibilities/duties is a personal choice, even if the specific assignment is one no one would ask for.

Great! I will do my best to get us going. I really like your "draft" idea--I didn't think of that, and it is perfect! We will try to set that up. (It's been awhile since Vietnam and the draft I remember!!) Jill
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reply from Jill Robbins to Stephanie Ogden: **