Evaluating Past History Fair Project Winners
It’s Project Evaluation Day!
Today you are going to have an opportunity to look at past History Fair projects to get a sense each of the different projects that you could choose for History Fair. The different types of projects are:
- Documentary
- Website
- Research Paper
- Performance
Each of these projects were successful in the History Fair competition, so they are GREAT examples of the amazing things you can create!
Use the Research Evaluation tool worksheet to answer the following three questions about each project:
1.) What did you like about this project?
2.) What are two questions you would ask the project creator?
3.) What is one thing you would change or improve about this project if you could?
Project #1 - Website
2019 History Fair: Triumph and Tragedy - 1st Place Group Website
Project #2 - Performance
2015 Leadership and Legacy (Theme) - 1st Place Senior Group Performance
A Terrible Beauty is Born: The Leadership of James Connolly and Patrick Pearse and the Controversial Legacy of the Easter Rising
Project #3 - Documentary
2020 History Fair: Breaking Barriers(theme) - 1st Place Senior Group Documentary
Breaking the Curfew: The Story of Minoru Yasui
Project #4 - Paper
2015 History Fair: Leadership and Legacy (Theme) - 1st Place Junior Paper
*You only have 4 minutes to read the paper, so choose one part of the paper and read paragraph or two to use for your evaluation.
Project #5 - Website
2017 History Fair: Taking a Stand - 2nd Place Individual Website
A Mosaic of a Movement: Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights
Project #6 - Performance
2016 History Fair: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange (Theme) - Senior Individual Performance Project
Exploring and Exchanging Rhythms: Master Juba and the Early History of Tap Dance
Project #7 - Documentary
2017 History Fair: Taking a Stand - 1st Place Junior Group Documentary
The Tuskegee Airmen: Courage Knows No Color
Project #8 - Paper
2016 History Fair: Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange - 2nd Place Senior Individual Paper
*You only have 4 minutes, so choose one part of the paper and read paragraph or two to use for your evaluation.