History Fair 2014 Phase II

1) Fill out the Historian's Apprentice review worksheet (white). 

And freshen up on your primary and secondary sources by retaking the quiz.  Didn't get a good score?  Take it again.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz http://www.quia.com/quiz/4327394.html

2) Fill out the Phase II worksheet (green).  Still need topic ideas?  Click here. Need help with your thesis?  Try the Thesis Generator.  (Slow on chrome for some reason)

3) Find your sources and make you bibliography.  See below and the classroom presentation for ideas.

Doing Research/Finding Sources  

There's a great place to start (hosted by the high school)

Primary Sources – What are they?  How do you find them?  What do you do with them? http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#
National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored) http://www.archives.gov/research/
University of Chicago – Special Collectionshttp://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/
The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection) http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

Help with Annotated Bibliographies (like a Works Cited page)

Once you've found your sources and are ready for your bibliography, use this site:  http://www.bibme.org.

Use MLA format:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Examples here (use the left for navigation). 

Then annotate the sources with a brief one-sentence summary.  Examples are here.

Submitting Your Topic and Annotated Bibliography

You can submit hard copies or share them with me on google docs.  When turning these in,  don't forget to include your full name and block in the document title.

Here's the bibliography template.

Use the example on the back of the gold rubric or green thesis sheet as your example.