1. History Day @ Your Library ● 11/4/09 Jennifer Hootman ● Minitex Reference Services Coordinator ● hootm001@umn.edu

2. Question & Develop Topic Gather Information Interpret & Analyze Synthesize & Conclude

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4. Reference Content Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition*: Middle School * Discovering Collection Junior Reference Collection Science Reference Center* Student Research Center * Periodical Content Middle Search Plus* Student Research Center * General Science Collection* InfoTrac Junior Edition Student Resource Center Gold *

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6.  Innovation What is it about the topic that is new and different, and is also the result of human ideas or actions? What was the innovation called? When was it adopted? Who was involved – who were the innovators who created, designed, or implemented the innovation? What did the innovation look like, how did it work, and what previous ideas, objects, actions or institutions did it replace? What benefits did it provide, and to whom? How was it received?

7.  In History – or – Historical Context Exploring “why?” and “so what?” Why was the innovation important or significant, and what was its legacy? Why did the innovation happen when and where it did? What were the economic, political, social, technological, cultural, religious, or other circumstances prior to the innovation that caused or contributed to the development of the innovation?

8.  In History – Effects/Results of Innovation How did people react initially, in the short term, and over the longer term, to the new idea, arrangement, organization, or technology  Short Term – impact of the innovation  Longer – change over time brought about by the innovation What were the personal ramifications for the innovator? How soon did people adopt or accept the innovation – or did they reject it? Did the innovation just influence people locally, or did its influences extend nationally or to other countries, and in what ways did the influences appear? Has the innovation been supplanted by other innovations ?

10. For Starters  Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition: High School & Academic Images, Videos, Articles, Timelines, Maps, Best Web Sites  Discovering Collection Topic/Event Overviews, Images, Broadcast Transcripts  Academic Search Premier Articles  Expanded Academic ASAP Articles Questions What is it about the topic that is new and different, and is also the result of human ideas or actions? What was the innovation called? When was it adopted? Who was involved – who were the innovators who created, designed, or implemented the innovation? What did the innovation look like, how did it work, and what previous ideas, objects, actions or institutions did it replace? What benefits did it provide, and to whom? How was it received?

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14. Dobrow, Marty, and Jamie Kageleiry "An uncommon maxim." Yankee 58.6 (1994): 21. [ Reports on the life of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim. Father of 300 inventions; Ambition; Congenital restlessness; History; Invention of the world's first efficient machine gun.] Academic Search Premier & Expanded Academic ASAP Ide, Karolyn "1862." American Heritage 38.7 (1987): 10. [ Discusses the Gatling gun, invented by Richard Jordan Gatling in 1862. Biographical information on the inventor, who mostly made agricultural products; Belief of Gatling that the gun would reduce the number of soldiers needed and, in turn, cut down on the number of deaths; Invention of the maxim gun which rendered the Gatling obsolete.] Allen, Frederick. "The new warfare and old truths: how our technologies are still our allies." Knowledge Technology & Policy 16.1 (2003): 14-17. [The invention of the first truly automatic machine gun and the invention of new deadly weapons are described. These weapons are made to make killing radically easier.]

15. For Starters  Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition: High School & Academic Images, Videos, Articles, Timelines, Maps, Best Web Sites  Discovering Collection Topic/Event Overviews, Images, Broadcast Transcripts  Academic Search Premier Articles  Expanded Academic ASAP Articles Questions How did people react initially, in the short term, and over the longer term, to the new idea, arrangement, organization, or technology What were the personal ramifications for the innovator? How soon did people adopt or accept the innovation – or did they reject it? Did the innovation just influence people locally, or did its influences extend nationally or to other countries, and in what ways did the influences appear? Has the innovation been supplanted by other innovations?

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18. Trust Busting, Expansion, & Progressivism Discovering Collection

19. World War I Encyclopedia Britannica

20. Did the innovation just influence people locally, or did its influences extend nationally or to other countries, and in what ways did the influences appear? Has the innovation been supplanted by other innovations? Discovering Collection

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