STUDENTS BECOME HISTORIANS WHEN THEY DO HISTORY FAIR

STUDENTS BECOME HISTORIANS WHEN THEY DO HISTORY FAIR! • YOU do research using authentic sources & join the conversations of other historians • YOU analyze and come to your own conclusions and make your own argument supported by evidence • YOU produce a project to present to the public

Students become…museum curators and designers.

History Fair Exhibit Board • Lots of visual sources • Excellent, strong, writing • Graphic design and creativity • Organized like a mini-museum

In U. S. History the topic is “Chicago History” but in World Studies our focus is “Imperialism”!

Exhibit Board

Research • Use both primary and secondary sources and analyze the information. • Relate everything to the topic of the project. • Keep track of all sources ---Bibliography----

Which Sources Do I Start With? ? ? • Begin with the secondary sources -- overview of the event and the circumstances. • Explore primary sources for depth and analysis. Let’s Review the Differences between these two… Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Secondary Sources • A source that seeks to retell, explain, or interpret an event. Examples: – books – articles – interviews that explain or interpret; the person talking about an event was NOT a participant in the event – encyclopedias

Primary Sources • Information created by the event or by the process of the event. Examples: – archival documents (collection of records/documents) – manuscripts and/or diaries – photographs – newspapers, magazines, journals IF they were written at the time of an event – personal interviews IF the person participated in the event or was an eyewitness to the event

How will you be evaluated? • • Knowledge Analysis Sources Presentation

Where can you go with your History Fair project?

• School Fair • Citywide Fair: only Chicago based projects (11 th grade) • Finals You may earn • State Expo and be eligible • Public Presentations • National History Day cash prizes for college scholarships!

Visit the website for more information, ideas, and samples www. chicagohistoryfair. org

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

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

MOTIVATIONS: WHY Did X take over Y? Context Paragraph (AT LEAST 6 sentences): 1. Names of countries 2. 2. History of imperialism (Why did X take Y? Consider the 4 causes from Ch. 25, Sec. 1 notes!!!!) 3. 3. Resources of colonized country Country Map of Europe w/ Colonizer 4. 4. Year of conquest Map of Continent w/ Colonized

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

METHODS: HOW did X take over Y? Methods Paragraph (AT LEAST 6 SENTENCES) 1. HOW the colonizer took over (consider Ch. 25, Sec. 1 notes on “Forms of Imperial Rule”) 2. How long it took 3. Violent versus Non-violent take over 4. Direct vs. Indirect rule 5. Cooperation vs. Revolt AT LEAST 5 Turning Points in the history of colonization- (handwritten) Caption Primary Source Photos reflecting “Turning Points” from the Timeline 1 sentence photo captions explaining HOW the photo connects to the timeline.

History Fair Board Template MOTIVATIONS: WHY Did X take over Y? What Were the EXPERIENCES like between X and Y? 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 Conclusion Paragraph Expanded Caption

What Were the EXPERIENCES like between X and Y? COLONIZED Perspective Treaty after a Battle Expanded Caption Personal Letter Expanded Caption COLONIZER Perspective Primary Sources! Diary Entry Expanded Caption Political Cartoon Expanded Caption 2 -3 sentences explaining HOW the doc shows the experiences between the colonizer and the colonized Speech Expanded Caption Diary Entry Expanded Caption Conclusion Paragraph (AT LEAST 6 SENTENCES) 1. Recap Motivations, Methods, and Experiences of Imperialism 2. Length of colonization and date of independence

Questions? ?