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Somerset Academy History fair 2014-2015
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Where and when
The Somerset Academy history fair will take place on April 19, 2015 in the gym. It will run from 6-8:30 pm.
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Theme
The theme of this years history fair is : Colonization to Contemporary, the figures that shaped America.
The fair projects will be dealing with American historical figures from 1607-2014
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The project itself
Students will be in groups of three to four students. They will then select a historical figure from the time line given. The groups will then work on the following:
This years history fair project will be broken into two parts.
The first will be a tri-fold which will be displayed at the history fair on April 19.
The second piece will be a short argumentative paper that explains: Why should this person be featured in an American History Text book.
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What the Tri fold will look like Part 1The three panels of the tri-fold will be broken up into three different subjects for each panel.
These panels are described as the following…..
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What the Tri fold will look like Part 2 the left panel
The first and most left Panel will feature a biography of the figure.
Make sure to include pictures
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What the Tri fold will look like Part 3 The center panel
The middle panel will feature a description of major events in America that occurred at the same time as the figures life . The center panel will also feature a timeline of these events and how they run parallel to the figures life.
Make sure to include pictures.
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What the Tri fold will look like part 4 The right panel
The third or far right panel will feature information about the American culture that was going on during the person’s life.
This includes: Economics cultural ideas, political ideas.
Make sure you include pictures
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The paper
Each member of the group will work together to write a one page paper .
Each member will have to explain and defend the question: Why should this figure be featured in an American History text book?
The paper will be twelve point font, times new roman, double spaced
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Bibliography
Every paper should have bibliography of sources. To properly understand how to cite your sources there is a good example of this citation at the end of every biography.com entry.
Example: "Albert Einstein." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 04 Nov. 2014.
This is referred to as MLA style
http://www.biography.com/people/albert-einstein-9285408