Global Studies
Portfolio: A New Face on Mount Rushmore
Congratulations! Your group is part of a Congressional Committee that will help select a U.S. President
from the 20th century whose face will be carved into Mount Rushmore along with George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
You have the following tasks put before you:
1. Choose a U.S. President from the 20th Century (1900s).
2. Research your U.S. President.
a. Resources (Bibliography - MLA): include credible/reliable evaluation checklists
i. min. 2 credible/reliable Internet Sites
ii. min. 1 Encyclopedia
iii. min. 1 “physical” book
3. Thesis Statement - Identify which president deserves to be added to Mt. Rushmore.
4. Support your thesis - You must relate at least five important accomplishments of your President.
a. Cite!
5. Refute your thesis – You must list two accomplishments of another President that makes them
worthy of Mt. Rushmore.
a. Cite!
6. Create a mini-poster (8 ½ x 11) (Visuals)
Possible Choices:
William Howard Taft (Ohio)
Woodrow Wilson (New Jersey)
Warren G. Harding (Ohio)
Calvin Coolidge (Massachusetts)
Herbert Hoover (California)
Franklin Roosevelt (New York)
Harry S Truman (Missouri)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Kansas)
John F. Kennedy (Massachusetts)
Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas)
Richard M. Nixon (California)
Gerald Ford (Michigan)
James Carter (Georgia)
Ronald Reagan (California)
George Bush (Texas)
William Clinton (Arkansas)