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Welcome to the Chicago Metro History Fair –
Where students become historians!

History Projects

Why Do History Fair Project?

  • Students choose a topic to investigate based on their own interests, then they:
  • Research primary and secondary source
  • Analyze the sources and then
  • Synthesize and develop own argument
  • Produce a project to communicate their work.
  

Want to Know the Five Steps it Takes to Become a History Fair Historian?

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(Microsoft Powerpoint - 38 MB)
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Instructions: Click anywhere in the center of the slideshow featured below to advance to the next slide. To go back one slide, click anywhere in the area of the left side of the slideshow. The presentation is about 80 slides long. (Requires Adobe Flash Player)



Note to Teachers: This basic presentation is set-up so that you can download it and create your own introduction to the History Fair!  Select only the slides you wish to use, or break the presentation into class-period chunks to introduce when appropriate.  Feel free to alter the text to fit your students’ needs or particular rules for your class.

Download 5 Steps to Becoming a Historian (Microsoft Powerpoint - 38 MB)

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