1. Anybody do anything cool over the break?
Anybody get any cool toys or presents?

2. History Fair Process Paper
Don’t leave home without it!

3. Yes! You may turn it in early!
100 point process paper due January 17 (It is an A day) {B day students must turn it in on that day too!}
100 point project due January 17 (It is an A day) {B day students must turn it in on that day too!}
Yes! You may turn it in early!

4. What is the purpose of the process paper
Process paper tells the story of Angela, or Mya or Diamond, etc. and how they put their project together.

5. 1 staple in the upper left corner
Details
Roughly 4 pages
Page 1 – title page
Page 2 - your story
Page 3 – your story
Page 4 - bibliography
1 staple in the upper left corner

6. No teacher’s name No period number No pictures No Date Title page
Nelson Mandela and the Fight for Equality in South Africa Selena Robinson Junior Division Individual Exhibit
No teacher’s name
No period number
No pictures
No Date

7. The Essay Various outlines
I – How I picked my topic II – First way I looked up my story III – Second way I looked up my story IV – Last way I looked up my story V – How you put together the backboard VI – How it relates to the theme
I – How I picked my topic
II – First & Second way I looked up my story
III – How you put the project together part 1
IV – How you put the project together part 2
V – How it relates to the theme
I – How I picked my topic
II – First & Second way I looked up my story
III – Last way I looked up my story
IV – How you put together the backboard
V – How it relates to the theme
I – How I picked my topic
II – How I looked up my story
III – How you put the project together
IV – How it relates to the theme
Various outlines

8. Real Example #1
The Silk Road: An Exchange in Ideas and Goods Michael Melaugh Junior Division Individual Exhibit

9. I. Why I picked this topic.
“Marco!” “Polo!” I remember playing the game “Marco Polo” as a child many years ago. My parents had a pool in our backyard and we really enjoyed it. When I was looking at the History Fair topics list, I saw “Marco Polo.” However, I wanted to do a project with a little more substance than just a biography report. Therefore, I chose the topic of the Silk Road. I remembered watching some television programs a few years ago about the Silk Road. I knew I could incorporate both ideas into one great project.

10. II. How did I learn my story – part 1
These days, all research generally begins and ends with the World Wide Web. I originally started by searching for the “Silk Road.” That allowed me to find a few useful websites, but not nearly as many of quality as I had hoped for. Most of these websites had just the basic facts with nothing in depth. However, some of the websites did spend a lot of time describing many of the places along the Silk Road. Unfortunately, I quickly dismissed the idea of place descriptions as boring and turned my searching elsewhere.

11. III. How did I build the project – part 1
A display board full of pictures and words is not really exciting. I wanted my board to stand out, literally. I decided to bring my board to life by placing as many of the trade objects as possible onto it. I went to Michael’s arts and crafts store to purchase whatever items I could. Scrap booking areas wound up being my best bet for most of the items. I searched the store for two hours just to find only some of the items. I realized that I would never find everything, but I did a pretty good job finding more that half of the items

12. IV. How did I build the project – part 2
Putting together the backboard was a lot of hard work. I never realized how difficult it was arranging and printing everything. I spent the better part of a whole day just organizing the board. Gluing was also not very enjoyable, but I did get some good craft glue at the store which helped a lot.

13. V. How does it fit the theme.
My project relates to this years theme just by existing. The Silk Road was the major trade route across Asia for hundreds of years. All types of goods were exchanged across the distances via camel caravans. The development of the Silk Road was a large factor in exploring many scientific possibilities. The Silk Road accelerated the end of the Dark Ages in Europe and ushered in the Renaissance. Word count 418.

14. Bibliography = 60 points of paper & 30 points of backboard
Page 4 & 5 – Annotated bibliography
At least 2 primary sources
At least 4 secondary sources
Primary and secondary sources must be segregated and labeled

15. What is an annotation? Annotation = “I used this book because …”
Source (example): Bates, Daisy. The Long Shadow of Little Rock. Print. 1st ed. New York: David McKay Co. Inc., 1962.
Annotation (example): Daisy Bates was the president of the Arkansas NAACP and the one who met and listened to the students each day. This first- hand account was very important to my paper because it made me more aware of the feelings of the people involved.

17. Process Paper Grading Rubric
_________ Title page correctly submitted (10 points possible)
_________ Two primary sources with annotation (10 points)
_________ Four secondary sources with annotation (20 points)
_________ Six annotations (30 points)
_________ Meets length guidelines or three to five hundred words (10 points)
_________ Description explaining how research was conducted and project was created (10 points)
_________ Explanation of project’s relationship to theme (10 points)
_________ Total (100 possible)

18. Backboard rubric Display Board Grade
__________ Entry is historically accurate (10 points) – Are there any historical mistakes?
__________ Shows analysis and interpretation (10 points) – Why was this important?
__________ Places topic in historical context (10 points) – Are there dates to place it in time?
__________ Shows wide research & Research is balanced (20 points) – Did I use more than just websites? Did I use books, interviews, paintings, magazines, etc.
__________ Uses available primary sources (10 points) – Was the source there?
__________ Clearly relates topic to theme (10 points) – What was explored? What was the exchanged? What was encountered?
__________ Demonstrates significance of topic in history and drawing conclusions (10 points) Why should I care about this and what does it do for me/others?
__________ Paper, written material is original, clear, appropriate, organized, and well-presented (10 points)
__________ Text is clear, grammatical, and spelled correctly: entry is well prepared (10 points)
__________ Total (100 possible)

20. Do you need to see more examples or do you have this?
Not doing a backboard????
See me for details !!!!!!!!
Do you need to see more examples or do you have this?
Raise your hand if you want another example.
If you need to borrow a printed example of a process paper, see me after class.