Mr. Streit's Hawthorne Website

Documentaries

• 7th Grade - Ellery S - I am a Radical: Dorothy Day and the Social Worker Movement (documentary) https://youtu.be/A7spECPojVs
• 8th Grade - Carolina H, Melania H, & Annya K - The Cold War: How the Perception of Socialism Changed America (documentary) https://youtu.be/9kYLSfYYDhQ

Information will be sent via email directly to students (and their teachers) who have been selected to advance to IHD State Contest. Students will be able to edit their submissions through April 21 in preparation for the State Contest.

Students may now view their evaluations directly in zFairs!

• Sign into the CMHF zFairs page with the username and password that you created during registration.
• Click the “Evals” button in the zFairs menu
• You may need to click into one or more judging rounds to see all of your evaluations
• If you cannot find two judge evaluations for your project, contact us! In most cases this is just a glitch with the system giving you access to the evaluations.
• CMHF Staff will be sending PDF copies of evaluations directly to teachers soon.

Due: Friday, December 18, 2020
Remember, a thesis should be 1-2 sentences long starting with a fact and then your opinion (argument) of the event. 

• NOTE: Please email your thesis to rstreit@cps.edu so we can work on it together and add it to our HF document below.  
• REMEMBER:  If your thesis changes, as it may, you need to it discuss personally with Mr. Streit.

• Thesis Statement Location Center: HF List of Projects and Thesis Statement [Updated:  1/2/20]

• Why does your chosen topic matter?  
• What historical meaning or importance can we learn from your findings?  
• In what ways is your topic significant in history?

Due: Friday, February 26, 2021

• Bring your project to school.
• Have your complete name (all group members), grade, and homeroom clearly labeled.
• Two typed copies of your Process Paper with Title Page.
• Annotated Bibliography:  Divide primary (3 minimum) and secondary (5 minimum) sources from each other and cite them in MLA format using the links below.  Annotate your citations:  Meaning in 1- 2 sentences, describe how you used each source.  For any internet source or interviews, add an additional sentence that explains why you think the source is credible.
• NOTE:  Students that have completed a Media Documentary must have their project saved on a flash drive and are encouraged, but not required, to bring in their own laptop to ensure the Media Documentary will work for the History Fair Judges.
• -10 points for every day your History Fair project is not turned in after the due date.  

HF PRESENTATION 

Presentation of your FINAL PROJECT during class after the Hawthorne History Fair

1. Meet people properly.  It all starts with the introduction.  Then, exchange contact information, and make sure you know how to pronounce everyone’s names.  Exchange email addresses and phone #s, and find out what hours are acceptable to call during.
2. Make meeting conditions good.  Have a large surface to write on, make sure the room is quiet and warm enough, and that there aren’t lots of distractions.  Make sure no one is hungry, cold, or tired.  Meet over a meal if you can; food softens a meeting.  That’s why they “do lunch” in Hollywood.
   
3. Let everyone talk.  Even if you think what they’re saying is stupid.  Cutting someone off is rude, and not worth whatever small time gain you might make.  Don’t finish someone’s sentences for him or her; they can do it for themselves.  And remember: talking louder or faster doesn’t make your idea any better.
   
4. Check your egos at the door.  When you discuss ideas, immediately label them and write them down.  The labels should be descriptive of the idea, not the originator: “the troll bridge story,” not “Jane’s story.”
   
5. Praise each other.  Find something nice to say, even if it’s a stretch.  Even the worst of ideas has a silver lining inside it, if you just look hard enough.  Focus on the good, praise it, and then raise any objections or concerns you have about the rest of it.  
   
6. Put it in writing.  Always write down who is responsible for what, by when.  Be concrete.  Arrange meetings by email, and establish accountability.  Never assume that someone’s roommate will deliver a phone message. Also, remember that “politics is when you have more than 2 people” – with that in mind, always CC (carbon copy) any piece of email within the group, or to me, to all members of the group.  This rule should never be violated; don’t try to guess what your group mates might or might not want to hear about.
   
7. Be open and honest.  Talk with your group members if there’s a problem, and talk with me if you think you need help.  The whole point of this course is that it’s tough to work across cultures.  If we all go into it knowing that’s an issue, we should be comfortable discussing problems when they arise -- after all, that’s what this course is really about. Be forgiving when people make mistakes, but don’t be afraid to raise the issues when they come up,
   
8. Avoid conflict at all costs. When stress occurs and tempers flare, take a short break. Clear your heads, apologize, and take another stab at it.  Apologize for upsetting your peers, even if you think someone else was primarily at fault; the goal is to work together, not start a legal battle over whose transgressions were worse. It takes two to have an argument, so be the peacemaker.
   
9. Phrase alternatives as questions.  Instead of “I think we should do A, not B,” try “What if we did A, instead of B?”  That allows people to offer comments, rather than defend one choice.

RESEARCH:  

PRIMARY or SECONDARY SOURCES:

What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?  Identify Primary-Secondary Worksheet.pdf

GRADING:

How will I be graded?  HF Junior Division Scorecard.pdf

STILL CONFUSED:

I am still confused on what history fair is?  Check out the following for a better understanding: 

• Becoming a Historian PPT.ppt
• Exhibiting History PPT.ppt

FINISHED?:

How do I know if I am successfully finished?  Try this checklist?  History Fair Projects CHECKLIST.pdf

EXAMPLES:  

Where can I find sample or example project?  Here you go:   NHD: Student Project Examples

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