Women on the Twenty

Got some extra time?  Visit the website "Women on 20s" and vote for a woman to be on the next $20 bill in 2020, the anniversary of women's suffrage.  Read more here or on the link.

History Fair 2015 Phase II: Research and Outline

1. Fill out the Phase II Gold Project Proposal sheet.   
Still need help with your thesis?  Try the Thesis Generator.

Need to freshen up on your primary and secondary sources? Retake the quiz.  


2. Find your sources and make you bibliography.  See the pink rubric from class and look into the info below.

Doing Research/Finding Sources  
Secondary Sources

-->Here'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 pink rubric as your example. 

3. Work on writing out the information in your own words, using the outline.
 

US Constitution Lesson 1 March 24 & 25 2015

Introduction & Overview
Background & Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• Read Ch 6, Section 1 and complete worksheet
• Study for Ch 6/Sec 1 Quiz 

Online Review & Practice Activities

Declaration of Independence fill-in Facts Quiz Newspaper Quiz And For Fun Diffcult Quiz The American Revolution Battleship Read and watch more at History.com 9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence

History Fair Sources Review, Topic and Thesis

• Review your primary and secondary sources by rereading the Historian's Apprentice Toolkit pages HT1-5 in your book and completing the worksheet.  Then, retake the quiz.  Didn't get a good score?  Take it again.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/4327394.html
 

• Next, pick your topic, with my approval, and fill out the green topic sheet.  Can't answer a prompts?  Keep reading. Don't forget to note three good sources on your sheet.

• Once you can answer #1-6, write a thesis.  Use the Thesis Generator (for computers) to help you construct a thesis if you're having trouble.  iPad?--> Thesis Generator

You should have your topic & thesis by Tuesday, 3/17.  Please see me or email me for help.