1. Step one:
Each person should have received a card, please proceed to your respective island: heart, spade, diamond, or club.
In each of your respective islands, please elect or otherwise decide on a leader. You have 2 minutes.
Once decided, you may design and collaboratively create a flag for your Island. You have 4 minutes.
What were some of the qualities by which you decided on your leader?

2. Leadership
A few examples of successful leaders (not necessarily likeable, but successful)

3. List of national leadership qualities
Military Might
Economic Strategy
National Pride
Respect for the people
Knowledge of the country’s problems
Control of the country
Force of character.

4. Military Might Dwight Eisenhower
34th President of the United States,
5 star general and Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War 2.

5. Economic Strategy Margaret Thatcher British Prime Minister 1979-1990
Raised to power on conservative economic policies intended to deal with high unemployment in Britain at the time.

6. National Pride Pierre Elliot Trudeau PM of Canada 1968-79, 1980-84
Framer of the constitution of Canada
Established Charter of Rights and Freedoms

7. Respect for the People Nelson Mandela
Jailed as a terrorist in South Africa for 27 years ( ).
Elected as first black president of South Africa.
Worked to unite the population of S.A., both black and white, despite history.

8. Knowledge of the country’s problems
Tommy Douglas
Founder of Canadian Commonwealth Federation (pre-NDP)
Baptist preacher, managed charities through the depression
Father of Canada’s medicare system
Named “Greatest Canadian” in a nationwide CBC poll.

9. Control of the country Vladimir Putin
Former KGB (Russian spy agency) director
Current president of Russia
Maintains very tight control of Russian government, population, and legal system
Potential James Bond villain

10. Force of Character Barak Obama Maybe you’ve heard of him
44th president of the United States
Charismatic, excellent speaker