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History Fair. This week’s schedule & goals Monday—GOAL: UNDERSTAND EXPECTATIONS OF HISTORY FAIR Overview History Fair Topic Exploration (PPT and textbook)
This weeks schedule & goals MondayGOAL: UNDERSTAND
EXPECTATIONS OF HISTORY FAIR Overview History Fair Topic
Exploration (PPT and textbook) HW: Narrow topic list to top 5
WednesdayGOAL: LEARN TACTICS TO FIND SOURCES & DECIDE ON TOPIC
Finding Sources Finalize Topic HW: Notes on Wikipedia page for your
topic (or time period, larger group) FridayGOAL: BEGIN SECONDARY
SOURCE RESEARCH Secondary Source Research HW: Notes on one
legitimate secondary source
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History Fair Overview Theme: Leadership and legacy Location:
Local history (Chicago, Illinois, Midwest) Formats: Website,
Documentary, Paper, Performance Purpose: To create an original
argument based on a historical topic Sources: 20 sources At least
one interview At least 3 types of primary sources At least one
visit to an archives/museum
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Timeline November 10 th -14 th Topic Exploration & initial
research November 17 th -18 th Library days: finding and reading
secondary sources November 22 nd First Von trip to archives
November 24 th DUE 5 secondary sources (annotated and cited)
December 1 st -5 th Primary sources & continued research
December 5 th DUE 5 primary sources (annotated and cited) December
6 th Second Von trip to archives December 8 th -12 th Historical
question & continued research December 8 th -12 th DUE Full
bibliography draft & continued research December 13 th Third
Von trip to archives December 15 th -19 th DUE Thesis and
sub-arguments & continued research
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Tentative Timeline January 5 th -9 th Outline workshop in class
January 9 th DUE Detailed project outline January 12 th -16 th
Individual work on project January 19 th -23 rd Individual work on
project January 26 th -29 th Individual work on project January 29
th Semester Endsfull draft DUE Early February Feedback on draft,
edit projects Late February All Von projects due & judged Early
March Regional History Fairwinners advance
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1930s Mexican American Repatriation In all, during the peak
years of the repatriation campaigns (1929-1935), the INS formally
removed approximately 82,000 Mexicans.
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Spanish-speaking artists Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Jos Mart
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Zoot Suit Riots, LA
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Felix Longoria Affair Latino Veterans WWI, WWII spikes in
immigration
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The Bracero Program
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Chicano Movement and Muralismo
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Chicana Feminism
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United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez
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Dolores Huerta
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Desi Arnaz Latino actors Latino musicians Role of media
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Other wars and federal programs Mexican-American War Spanish
American War Cuba and Florida New Deal and Latinos Cold War and
Latinos
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Neighborhood History Pilsen Humbolt Park Back of the Yards
Logan Square Gentrification White Flight Periods of high
immigration
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Operation Wetback 1954
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Other organizations United Mexican American Students (UMAS)
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Cannery and Agricultural
Workers Industrial Union Alianza League of United Latin American
Citizens La Raza Unida Party and many more! Youth groups, political
parties, unions, womens groups, gangs, etc.
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East L.A. High School Blow Outs
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Womens Issues Dorothea Dix Jane Addams Louise de Koven Bowen
Susan B. Anthony Eleanor Roosevelt Frances Willard Seneca Falls
Convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton Emily Dickinson Ida B. Wells
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers Dorothea Lange Dolores Huerta
Joan Jett Abigail Adams Annie Oakley Alice Paul and the ERA Harriet
Beecher Stowe Harriet Tubman Pocahontas Louisa May Alcott Audrey
Hepburn Marilyn Monroe Sojourner Truth
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Other resources: Non-U.S. Women http://www.fordham.edu/halsall
/women/womensbook.asp http://www.fordham.edu/halsall
/women/womensbook.asp Womens History Collections on the Library of
Congress http://www.loc.gov/topics/cont ent.php?subcat=18
http://www.loc.gov/topics/cont ent.php?subcat=18 Womens History
Month on Library of Congress http://womenshistorymonth.gov
/audio.html http://womenshistorymonth.gov /audio.html National
Womens History Museum https://www.nwhm.org/online- exhibits/
https://www.nwhm.org/online- exhibits/
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Picking a topic Start big, but make it specific as you get more
ideas and information Topic: Discrimination in America NOT SPECIFIC
ENOUGH!
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Picking a topic Topic: Discrimination in America Topic:
Discrimination against Latinos in America Topic: Discrimination
against Latino youth in Chicago Topic: Discrimination against
Latino youth in Chicago during the Great Depression
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Your topic should include Specific time period Specific place
Specific subject (group/individual/idea/book/movement)
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Dont know where to start? Look at what you circled on your
survey Look through the textbook Think about categories that
interest you Art Music Writing Politicians Wars Use Wikipedia to
click through related topics
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Use the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/topics/americanhistory.php
http://www.loc.gov/topics/americanhistory-bysubject.php
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Other considerations History means its at least 25 years old
Use LOCAL topics if you will be advancing through history fair Use
the theme of leadership and legacy if you will be advancing through
history fair Choose a topic that has SOURCES Pick a topic that is
IMPORTANT and that you truly CARE about You should be able to
answer so what?
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Your task: Create a list of topics using your textbook or the
PowerPoint Use the glossary Use the index Look through images or
bolded terms For homework, narrow your list and make sure you have
SPECIFIC topics Create a list of your top 5 topics
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Trips to libraries/archives/museums November 22 nd Ms. Thomas
at HWLC December 6 th Ms. Tondelli at CHM Mr. Bouchard at HWLC
December 13 th Ms. Cantacessi UIC