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Updated for the 2009-2010 school year! This is part 1 of a two part series intended for students. The National History Day in Ohio staff uses parts of this presentations for their classroom outreach. For more information about outreach go to www.ohiohistoryday.org.
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You Become the Historian!You Become the Historian!
National History Day in OhioNational History Day in Ohio
Megan Wood, State Coordinator, National History Day in OhioMegan Wood, State Coordinator, National History Day in Ohio
Part 1 in a two part seriesPart 1 in a two part series
WHAT IS HISTORY??WHAT IS HISTORY??
•History- The study of the past. The interpretation or understanding of the past.
•Past- Everything that happened before the present moment!
What is History Day?What is History Day?
• Research Project
•Pick ANY topic in history
•Relate to annual theme
• Create a project!
What is History Day?What is History Day?
• Historical Paper
• Documentary
• Performance
• Exhibit
• Web Site
What is History Day?What is History Day?
• District History Day- Saturdays in March
• Ohio History Day- April 24, 2010, Columbus, OH
• National History Day- June 13-17, College Park, MD
What is History Day?What is History Day?
• Division:
• Youth- Grades 4-5 (Ohio History Day only!)
• Junior- Grades 6-8
• Senior- Grades 9-12
• Categories:
• Paper
•Individual Documentary, Group Documentary
•Individual Performance, Group Performance
•Individual Exhibit, Group Exhibit
•Website (group and individual together)
Choosing a TopicChoosing a Topic
• What are you interested in?
• Are there primary sources available?
• Is it related to the annual theme?
• Is it a narrow topic?
• Think local!
THEMETHEME
Innovation in History: Impact and Change
Innovation- something new or different introduced;
ORthe act of innovating; introduction of new things or methods;
ORA change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
Eli Whitney’s patent for the cotton gin, NARA, www.archives.gov
THEMETHEME
Innovation in History: Impact and Change
Impact- the force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, or ideology; influence or effect
Early bikini, American Memory, www.loc.gov/ammem
Change- to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
OR
a transformation or modification; alteration
THEMETHEME
SO…..
INNOVATION =
CHANGE
+
IMPACT
THEMETHEME
OR…..
CHANGE=
INNOVATION
+
IMPACT
Brainstorm TopicsBrainstorm Topics
What topics can you think of as innovations?
ActivityActivity
Choose one of the topics from Brainstorm
Create the a topic formula using one of the three:
Innovation= Change + Impact
Impact= Innovation + Change
Change= Innovation + Impact
Narrowing Topics: Activity!Narrowing Topics: Activity!
Split up into groups
Decide on one of the broad topics
Work together to make it a narrow topic
Pick a spokesperson!
Narrowing Topics: What’s Narrowing Topics: What’s better?better?
Example 1:
Garrett Augustus Morgan was born on March 4, 1877, in Paris, Kentucky. In 1895, Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He took a position as a sewing-machine repairman. Twelve years later, Morgan had accumulated enough money to begin his own sewing machine-repair business. Morgan was always interested in inventions. During the 1910s and 1920s, Morgan continued to invent new items. Most of these items were to improve safety on the streets and in the workplace. He was most famous for patenting the first traffic signal in the United States. In 1916, he patented his version of the gas mask. Morgan died on August 27, 1963.
Narrowing Topics: What’s Narrowing Topics: What’s better?better?
Example 2:
Garrett Morgan was a business man and inventor who created several workplace innovations that improved safety on the job. Morgan was most famous for patenting the first traffic signal in the United States. Morgan witnessed a crash between a car and a buggy. This event supposedly convinced the inventor to create the stoplight. His traffic signal was mounted on a T-shaped pole. It had three different types of signals stop, go, and stop in all directions, which allowed pedestrians to cross the street. Morgan patented this device in Canada and Great Britain as well. He sold his patent to General Electric Corporation for forty thousand dollars.
Primary and Secondary SourcesPrimary and Secondary Sources
•Primary Source- Created at the time of the event or created by someone who witnessed the event
•Secondary Source- Created after the time of the event using primary sources
YOU are the topic!YOU are the topic!
It is 2109, a historian is going to write a biography about your life. Write down anything the historian could use to find information about you! What sources would the historian use?
Historic Places as sourcesHistoric Places as sources
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