HISTORY FAIR LAUNCH

This is not a project where you have all kinds of freedoms to do what you want to do. It is a very structured project with specific guidelines and parameters. Accept this now and work within them! This project is a commitment and will be with you for the whole semester. Make sure your topic is something that you can work with and find enough research on.

2017-18 “Conflict and Compromise in Chicago / IL History” Within your Topic… Look for Events / Cases / Controversies in Chicago History where Individuals / Groups had a problem, Debated the issues, and worked out a solution. Want to see change over time!!! There are always 2 sides to an Issue!!!

Remember… Your topic must be of Chicago Metro History. Your topic must go back far enough to start with the research. At least 25 years in the past. (Not after 1990). Once you have gone back far enough, you can carry it through all the way to the present if you wish. You must dig deep and find the good research—primary sources and documents and credible secondary sources. You can’t just get some articles off the internet and throw them together.

GROUPS It is recommended that you work in a group. A few brains usually are better than one!!! Must be RESPONSIBLE and handle your business within the group!!!! Groups can be 1, 2, 3 or UP TO 4 PEOPLE!!! BUT NOT MORE THAN 4 TOTAL!!! Paper writers MUST work alone though.

Project Types Papers / Exhibit Boards / Live Performances Documentaries must be self running and ALL PROJECTS Must speak for themselves. You won’t be there speaking (or at all) when the judging is going on. SEE RULES / GUIDELINES LIST FOR FULL DETAILS AND HELP!!!!!!

AS YOU RESEARCH… Keep track of your sources as you go!!! BUILD YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY!!!! Use your Google Doc. Its Bad to forget where you found something! INFO TO GET FOR BIB: Author, Title, Publisher, City, Year (Issue, Volume, Page #’s)

BIBLIOGRAPHY MUST BE DIVIDED INTO… PRIMARY and SECONDARY SOURCES Make Sure you cite Internet Sources Correctly Just the web address is NO GOOD!!!! BIB’s MUST BE ANNOTATED!!!! 1 to 2 Sentences explaining value of the source to you (how you used it – NOT your opinion of it!!)

Sample BIB Entries… BOOK Horwitz, Tony. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War. New York: Pantheon, 1998. NEWSPAPER Bradley, Ben. “Nixon’s Violations.” Chicago Tribune. 10 Oct. 1975, sec. 1: 2-3.

MAGAZINE Reed, Walter. “Destruction of the Tiger’s Habitat.” Newsweek. 17 July, 1989: 32-38. INTERNET Calem, Robert E. “Does the Web Addict People?” New York Times. 17 March 1996: Online. Available: http://www.nytimes.com/web/docsroot/libra ry/cyber/week/0317addict.html.20March1996

BIB FORMAT Lane, Steven. The Great American Novel. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2008. Describes the life and times of Lane. Contains excellent early life primary documents. _____. “How to Write.” Lincoln Park Magazine. 17 (2008): 76-77. Lane offers advice on how to construct a proper essay. -DIVIDE BIB into PRIMARY and SECONDARY sources!!!! -NO NUMBERS / BULLETS!!! KEEP MARGINS!!! -Single Spaced!!!! -Annotations explain value of the source – how you used it! Two sentences!!!! DO AS YOU GO!!!!! ***Capitalize the titles, and use periods at the ends.

CANNOT CITE WIKIPEDIA!!! Cannot be anywhere in your BIB. (only Encyclopedia Source you CAN use is Encyclopedia of Chicago. Use Wikipedia as a tool to get background info Use it to FIND THE SOURCES WIKIPEDIA USED (actual source / research) Then you can Cite those!!!! ALSO use BIB’s of other Books to find Sources!!!!

WHEN SEARCHING FOR SOURCES Try different combinations of search words: Chicago Fire Great Chicago Fire Chicago Fire of 1871 Chicago Fire Damage Chicago Fire Results With your topic, add in words for search like: Causes, Results, People, Policies, Debate, a Date, etc.

When Gathering Research… DO NOT PRINT OUT WEB PAGES!!!! (especially in the Library!!!!) Copy parts of what you need (remember BIB info) and then… CUT AND PASTE TO YOUR GOOGLE DOC. SAVE WORK EARLY AND OFTEN!!!! Probably want to have a USB Flash Drive for back up !!!! Sometimes must EMAIL work too!!!! All Group members must have access at all times!!!!

Web Sites that you will NEED www.chicagohistoryfair.org Chicago Metro History Fair – Can see examples of projects – do’s and Don’ts www.chipublib.org Chicago Public Library (Get a Library Card!!!) www.chicagohs.org Chicago History Museum www.chicagohistory.org Chicago Historical Society

More Sites www.digitalpast.org www.school.eb.com -Digital Past database of 15 historical society collections www.school.eb.com Britannica Online Database www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com Abc-Clio Database www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org Encyclopedia of Chicago

And… www.easybib.com -Help with setting up BIB format www. citationmachine.com Interactive format to help with the creation of a BIB www.aresearchguide.com/11guide.html Shows the components of a BIB & gives examples www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml# What constitutes plagiarism, how to paraphrase

And Also… Try Newspaper sites like… Try Magazine Sites Like… Chicago Tribune Chicago Sun-Times Try Magazine Sites Like… Newsweek Time Life