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History Fair for Middle School: Creating and Presenting Projects Self-Paced

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Ages 11-14
Self-Paced Course
Design your own project, dive deep into research, and uncover hidden stories that will captivate your audience. Your creativity and historical knowledge will shine as you present your findings at a history fair.
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32 pre-recorded lessons
8 weeks of teacher support
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32 pre-recorded lessons
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Homework
Each week learners will be assigned a step of the research project to complete, as well as activities on the message board to engage their learning beyond the videos.
Assessment
Assessment can be provided in any format requested by the family.

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 8
Engage in the process of historical research from concept to project completion!

This self-paced course will guide students through the process of designing, researching, compiling, and presenting research for a history fair project.  The results of this class will meet the guidelines to apply to local history fairs around the world in the National History Day competition.  Students will learn about how to design a project that researches a historical issue, how to display the evidence of that research with a project board and written work, and how to present the project to the group.  Information will be provided for how to enter such competitions if students decide to submit their work.  

As this is a flexible schedule course, this course will offer no live class meetings, allowing your student to build their own project over the 8 week time period.  Instead of live meetings, your student will have access to a class recording weekly to watch to demonstrate an aspect of creating a successful history fair project, as well as additional written and visual documents to augment the recording.  We will create a healthy discussion through messages to engage with the contents of the recordings, creating a workshop feel during the 8 weeks.  Also each week, students will have an opportunity to submit each step of their project and to receive individualized teacher feedback. At the end of the course, the students will submit a video presentation of their project board and research interactive feedback.  

Over the course, students will learn:
-what is a history fair competition?  what are the goals?  themes?  project types?  purpose?
-how to design an experiment and narrow down a topic
-how do conduct research related to the topic
-Interview and document analysis skills
-how to present research in a written format with citations
-how to present research visually--designing a project board that is visually interesting
-how to present orally--skills to capture the audience and to present findings clearly
-final presentation of projects for individual feedback

Learning Goals

Students will learn how to design and conduct their own research projects, as well as how to present their research orally, visually, and in writing.

Syllabus

8 Units
32 Lessons
over 8 Weeks
Unit 1: What is a history fair competition? what are the goals? themes? project types
Lesson 1:
Unit 1 Video
Lesson 2:
Activity 1
Lesson 3:
Activity 2
Lesson 4:
Activity 3

Other Details

Supply List
You will need a tri-fold project board, as well as other supplies to present your project visually.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Missouri Teaching Certificate
Chidimma
Master's Degree in Computer Science from Maryville University
Chidimma
Master's Degree in Education from University of Toronto
Jelena
Master's Degree in History from University of Cambridge
Brandy Dahlen
Master's Degree from Eastern Michigan University
Karimah Whitaker
Master's Degree in History from Northwestern University
Linford
Master's Degree in Religious Studies from Yale University
Linford
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from Rutgers University
Chidimma
Bachelor's Degree in History from Birmingham-Southern College
Brandy Dahlen
Bachelor's Degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham
Karimah Whitaker
Bachelor's Degree from Middle East Technical University
Maya
Bachelor's Degree in History from Millersville University
Linford
I have a master's degree in history from the University of Cambridge, as well as 17 years teaching experience.  I have participated and won at history fairs at the state level, as well as taught students through the process and served as a judge for local competitions.

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