Thursday, January 6, 2011

Leadership





[warmup]
Throughout history there have been many great people who change the world because of how good of a leader they are. Think about a person you consider a great leader. What makes them a leader? What traits do they possess that makes them so good at getting other to follow his/her lead? How do they win over people who initially don't agree with them?

[guiding questions]
Who was Alexander the Great?
What made him so great?
How did he change the world for Greeks, other people from the Mediterranean and the Middle East?
What happened to his empire after his death?

22 comments:

  1. I don't know any great leaders, because even if they seem great at first they always have a down fall and become a hated person. I think that if there was a great leader they would listen to the people and do what is right at the same time. They would not lying to get a head of others and they would be respectful to others. That is what I think a great leader would be.

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  2. What I think that is a great leader is Obama because he won people over because he changing the world.He actlly making a change in the world. He actally trying to say somethings like when hindi had a earthquake he help them out a little bit. I dont really know what triats are

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  3. Someone who's a leader or what I like to call a model is Christina Aguilera. She's a singer if you don't know of her in 2010 she came out with a movie featuring Cher another favorite artist of mine.. Christina Aguilera is my favorite person because we are alike in many ways and when it comes to many things like being strong and going threw hard times in life, I understand where she's coming from because even though my life could be worse as a teenager, I have been threw some hard things just like her. I like her music because she talks about those hard things which helps me..

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  4. Napoleon from Animal Farm. Because he was very persuasive and he kept up the peoples morale. But, if someone disagreed with them he would put them on trial and then execute them. Long live Napoleon!

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  5. a leader is someone with a mind of there own and does not follow the crowd.
    he will take his own actions and do whats best for him and the people around him.
    He will stand up for whats right and not for whats popular.
    he will

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  6. Traits of a good leader are that they are good listeners and know how to please people. They try their best to make good decisions that better everyone else in the long run. Leaders try very hard to make everything better.

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  7. Turreal Prior, is a great leader for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He lead them threw the season and got them to the orange bowl for a victory.
    Alex the great was a king.

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  8. I think obama is a great leader because he's bringing every last roop home so we can stop this war over nothing and get back to the way things were

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  9. A good leader listens to what the public wants to improve, but does not listen to what the public thinks that s/he should do to fix it.The look at statistics, and use logic and what they learned in economics.

    If all of the leaders raised taxes and put all of the money into useful funds, people would complain at first, but in the end it would work out for the better.

    If I was a national leader, everyone would hate me.

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  10. A great leader is michael jordan. What makes him a great leader is that he was one of the greatest basket ball players ever and a lot of people want to be like him. When ever someone wants to be a great basket ball player they usually say they want to be like michael jordan. So a good lead is a good role model.

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  11. A leader is someone to me such as my dad. He is very hard working, someone who is very respectful and try's to help others. He has traits that people want to have and want to be apart of whatever he's apart of. He talks to people and convinces them to do almost anything for him!.

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  12. A good leader listens to other people's ideas so they can improve their community. A good leader is truthful and motivating. A good leader wins people over who don't agree with the leader by making a good compromise that suits both the people that agree and disagree.

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  13. A good leader is someone who listens to every idea of who he is leading. They look at a problem from every possible angle. Then they decide on the best possible way. The option that will work towards fixing the problem and setting the group forward. They may make mistakes but they try to fix them.

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  14. What makes them a leader?

    I can only think of Obama and he is a leader because he is the leader of our country.

    What traits do they possess that makes them so good at getting other to follow his/her lead?

    I think everyone voted for him because he's black, not because they think he would be a good president.

    How do they win over people who initially don't agree with them?

    He doesn't

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  15. A good leader is some one who listens to what everyone has to say and tries to make every thing the best for all the people. He/She does what they can do for the country and world.

    They try to show them that what they want to do is whats best at the time and can help out a lot. They win them over by showing and proving that they only want the best.

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  16. Throughout history there have been many great people who change the world because of how good of a leader they are. Think about a person you consider a great leader. What makes them a leader? What traits do they possess that makes them so good at getting other to follow his/her lead? How do they win over people who initially don't agree with them?

    A good leader to me is my mom. My mom is a good leader because she teaches me right from wrong, she gives me advice that I need in life, she also shows me what the right "way" of doing things are. She wins over people that don't agree with her , by choosing her words wisely, and giving them the same respect that they give her.. Plus she thinks before she specks.

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  17. hmmmm. Well I can't think of anyone offhand who I consider a great leader. I think a great leader is someone who can talk to everybody. What I mean is this: a great leader has to be a diplomat; they have to be able to solve problems between people, and they have to be able to bring everyone together. When a leader is well-liked by everyone, then everybody can move forward and be happy and great.

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  18. - I think my dad is a very good leader.because he is very demanding and gets what he wants, i do not know how but he does.
    one thing that i think my dad does to a good leader is to yell at people so bad that they don't know what they should do so they listen to whoever is trying to be a leader.

    Ariana Warren

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  19. I think a good leader is calm when things get rough and can make logical decisions. They listen to what everyone has to say and if there's any conflicts they try to compromise.

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  20. -What makes a good leader.? A good leader is somebody that can make people do what they want and has some type of power. So the person that I choose is Ariana's dad because he has a way of bribing people and knows away with them. And he always gets hi way. He yells at them and they listen to him.

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  21. Barack Obama is a good leader because he makes smart informed decisions for the people he leads.
    They are charismatic. They speak intelligently and change peoples minds.

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  22. ~What makes a good leader? A good leader listens to other people's ideas so they can improve their community. Someone with a mind of there own and does not follow the crowd.Someone that is good influence and that can make reasonable decision.There are many leaders that are different and you could choose from.People choose there leader differently because it what they look up too.I really dont have a specific leader,but I would have to say my mom and grandma because that I could talk to them and get advice for them to help my decision.They trust me and are right there when I need them.

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