History Fair
This week’s schedule & goals
• Monday—GOAL: UNDERSTAND EXPECTATIONS OF HISTORY FAIR
• Overview History Fair
• Topic Exploration (PPT and textbook)
• HW: Narrow topic list to top 5
• Wednesday—GOAL: 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)
• Friday—GOAL: BEGIN SECONDARY SOURCE RESEARCH
• Secondary Source Research
• HW: Notes on one ‘legitimate’ secondary source
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
Timeline
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November 10th-14th Topic Exploration & initial research
November 17th-18th Library days: finding and reading secondary sources
November 22nd First Von trip to archives
November 24th DUE 5 secondary sources (annotated and cited)
December 1st-5th Primary sources & continued research
December 5th DUE 5 primary sources (annotated and cited)
December 6th Second Von trip to archives
December 8th-12th Historical question & continued research
December 8th-12th DUE Full bibliography draft & continued research
December 13th Third Von trip to archives
December 15th-19th DUE Thesis and sub-arguments & continued research
Tentative Timeline
• January 5th-9th Outline workshop in class
• January 9th DUE Detailed project outline
• January 12th-16th Individual work on project
• January 19th-23rd Individual work on project
• January 26th-29th Individual work on project
• January 29th Semester Ends—full draft DUE
• Early February Feedback on draft, edit projects
• Late February All Von projects due & judged
• Early March Regional History Fair—winners advance
1930s Mexican American ‘Repatriation’
• In all, during the peak years of
the repatriation campaigns
(1929-1935), the INS formally
removed approximately
82,000 Mexicans.
Spanish-speaking artists
• Diego Rivera
• Frida Kahlo
• José Martí
Zoot Suit Riots, LA
Felix Longoria Affair
• Latino Veterans
• WWI, WWII spikes in immigration
The Bracero Program
Chicano Movement and ‘Muralismo’
Chicana Feminism
United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
Desi Arnaz
• Latino actors
• Latino musicians
• Role of media
Other wars and federal programs…
• Mexican-American War
• Spanish American War
• Cuba and Florida
• New Deal and Latinos
• Cold War and Latinos
Neighborhood History
• Pilsen
• Humbolt Park
• Back of the Yards
• Logan Square
• Gentrification
• “White Flight”
• Periods of high immigration
Operation Wetback 1954
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, women’s groups, gangs, etc.
East L.A. High School “Blow Outs”
Women’s Issues
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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
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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
Other resources:
• Non-U.S. Women
• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall
/women/womensbook.asp
• Women’s History Collections on
the Library of Congress
• http://www.loc.gov/topics/cont
ent.php?subcat=18
• Women’s History Month on
Library of Congress
• http://womenshistorymonth.gov
/audio.html
• National Women’s History
Museum
• https://www.nwhm.org/onlineexhibits/
Picking a topic
Start big, but make it specific as you get more ideas and information
Topic: Discrimination in America
NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH!
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
Your topic should include…
Specific time period
Specific place
Specific subject (group/individual/idea/book/movement)
Don’t know where to start?
Look at what you circled on your survey
Look through the textbook
Think about categories that interest you
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Art
Music
Writing
Politicians
Wars
Use Wikipedia to click through related topics
Use the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/topics/americanhistory.php
http://www.loc.gov/topics/americanhistory-bysubject.php
Other considerations…
“History” means it’s 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?”
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
Trips to libraries/archives/museums
November 22nd Ms. Thomas at HWLC
December 6th Ms. Tondelli at CHM
◦ Mr. Bouchard at HWLC
December 13th Ms. Cantacessi UIC
DUE FEBRUARY 10th