History Fair Extended Caption Writing What is an

History Fair: Extended Caption Writing

What is an extended caption? • An extended caption is a 2 -4 sentence description of a source and its importance to your project. • What should an extended caption include? When was the source created? Date? Who created the source? What does the source show? Why is the source important to your topic? How does it show the perspective of the ‘colonizer’ and/or the ‘colonized’?

What should we think about when looking at a source and writing an extended caption? • What does this look like, are their important marks, characters, writing? • How can we tell when this was written? • Who made this or sponsored it? Is there a BIAS? • What does this tell us about the time period? • How would you write a caption for this?

When was the source created? Date? Who created the source? What does the source show? Why is the source important to your topic? How does it show a perspective or bias?

Extended Caption: This flyer announces a march in Tennessee sponsored by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Community On the Move for Equality. The march was scheduled for Friday, March 22, 1968 for Memphis to “learn that it must be a city for all people”. Marching was a non-violent form of protest that Martin Luther King Jr. used in his movement for racial equality in the United States during the 1960 s.

When was the source created? Date? Who created the source? What does the source show? Why is the source important to your topic? How does it show a perspective or bias?

Extended Caption: Then U. S. Senator, Barack Obama was featured on the front cover of TIME, a prestigious news magazine, on October 23, 2006. Being featured on the cover is an indication of how serious of a contender he was for the presidential nomination.

What does this look like? Is this a primary source or secondary? How can we tell when this was taken? What does this tell us about the time period? How would you write a caption for this?

Extended Caption: This photograph was taken just minutes after a second hijacked plane collided with the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001. The image was broadcast around the world. Americans had not experienced a direct attack of this magnitude on their homeland since 1941. The destructive nature of the attack rallied many Americans and increased a sense of nationalism.

Extended Caption: The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776 by delegates from the Continental Congress. A copy was sent to King George in England notifying him that his colonies were demanding independence. The primary author of the document was Thomas Jefferson who was inspired by enlightenment thinkers and their idea that all men were born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

WHAT SHOULD BE THE CAPTION?

In this political cartoon, a priest and a noble stand on a stone crushing a peasant. The stone represents the burdensome taxes and feudal dues that many in the Third Estate had to pay before the French Revolution began in 1789.

History Fair Board Template MOTIVATIONS: WHY Did X take over Y? What Were the EXPERIENCES like between X and Y? Colonized Imperialist Nation Context Paragraph Methods Paragraph Expanded Caption Map of Europe w/ Colonizer Map of Continent w/ Colonized METHODS: HOW did X take over Y? Expanded Caption Expanded Caption Conclusion Paragraph Caption

What Were the EXPERIENCES like between X and Y? COLONIZED Perspective Treaty after a Battle Expanded Caption Personal Letter Expanded Caption Primary Sources! Diary Entry Expanded Caption COLONIZER Perspective Political Cartoon Expanded Caption 2 -3 sentences explaining HOW the doc shows the experiences of the colonizer OR the colonized Speech Expanded Caption Diary Entry Expanded Caption