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…..

IMPACT =

INNOVATION

+

CHANGE

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