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History Fair assignment #1

History Fair assignment #1. What is this year’s history fair theme?. Actions/Legacies. Eight questions to answer…. 1) Do individuals make a difference in history? 2) Do only famous people make a difference? 3) How do unknown people play a part in history?. Continued….

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History Fair assignment #1

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  1. History Fair assignment #1

  2. What is this year’s history fair theme? • Actions/Legacies

  3. Eight questions to answer… • 1) Do individuals make a difference in history? • 2) Do only famous people make a difference? • 3) How do unknown people play a part in history?

  4. Continued…. • 4) Who are the important individuals in your life? Who has made a difference/impacted you? • 5) What was an experience that had a big effect on your life?

  5. And finally…. • 6) How do you think YOU could make a difference in the world? • 7) If you could change something, create, invent…what would it be? Why? • 8) Once you know that, list 3 things you’d need to do to achieve it and who might help you or oppose you.

  6. List the 4 different ways in which you can present your findings. • Exhibit • Paper • Live performance • Video documentary

  7. Some individuals who might make good history fair topics…

  8. William Ogden • Chicago’s first mayor • Helped Chicago recover after a financial crash in the 1830s • Designed first swing bridge across the Chicago River • Donated land for Rush Medical Center • Promoted canals and railroads

  9. Frances Willard • Served as dean of the Northwestern Female College in Evanston • Worked as journalist and editor of Chicago Daily Post • Helped establish the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1874 (anti-alcohol) • Supported abolition of prostitution, prison reform, and women’s suffrage

  10. Amos Alonzo Stagg • Football coach at University of Chicago, 1892-1932 • Developed the tackling dummy, huddle, reverse and man in motion plays, lateral pass, uniform #s, and the awarding of varsity letters

  11. Rachelle Yarros • Set up an obstetrical and gynecological practice in Chicago in 1895 • Advocated birth control and sex education • set up first birth control clinic in Chicago with the help of Margaret Sanger—this formed the root of the future Planned Parenthood clinics

  12. Albert Parsons • Joined the Socialist Labor Party with wife Lucy and edited radical journal Alarm • Fought for 8 hour work day • Executed after Haymarket Riot, though nobody knows who threw the bomb at that event

  13. Jane Addams • Founded Hull House in Chicago, 1889, to help immigrants • Established English classes, soup kitchens, nurseries, playgrounds • Promoted garbage inspection and first juvenile court in the country • Legacy of peace activism, Nobel Peace Prize, 1931

  14. Montgomery Ward • Invented the first mail order catalog • Helped link farmers to the city • Fought to keep the lakefront “forever open, clear and free” in Chicago • Took the city to court with his own money

  15. Upton Sinclair • Went undercover to Chicago’s stockyards and wrote The Jungle about what he saw • Revealed horrible working conditions and disgusting meatpacking practices • His work led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

  16. John H. Johnson • Created a publishing empire that included Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet magazines • Also owned book publishing and cosmetics companies • Made TV specials and owned a life insurance company • Visited many countries on behalf of the US government

  17. Rudy Lozano • Forged partnerships among Latinos, African-Americans and other minorities, particularly in election of Harold Washington in 1983 • Regional director of Ladies Garment Workers Union • Tried to organize workers at Del Rey Tortilleria factory • Was killed in his own home

  18. Florence Scala • Resident of Little Italy who fought UIC expansion • Lost the battle, but inspired others by her example

  19. Frank Collin • Led a neo-Nazi group in an attempt to hold a march in the predominantly Jewish suburb of Skokie • Claimed freedom of speech rights to do so • ACLU won the case for him, but ultimately, his group did not march there • There are many layers to this case…

  20. Richard Nickel • Tried to save historic Chicago buildings from demolition • Saved the old Stock Exchange trading room floor, which was relocated to the Art Institute • When he failed at times, he captured the buildings in pictures • Died in a building that was being demolished

  21. Al Raby • CPS teacher who was active in the Civil Rights Movement • Led Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) and helped bring Martin Luther King, Jr. to Chicago as part of the Chicago Freedom Movement • Marched for open housing

  22. Bill Ayers • Led a group called the Weathermen • Was part of the “Days of Rage” in Chicago in 1969 to spread the anti-Vietnam War message • Participated in other bombings, including that of the Haymarket police statue • Now a professor at the University of Illinois

  23. Some other topic ideas: • Architects: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe

  24. City planners • Ellis Chesbrough—water purification issues • Daniel Burnham—Chicago Plan of 1909

  25. Mayors/politicians • Anton Cermak • Richard J. Daley • Michael Bilandic • Jane Byrne • Harold Washington

  26. Businessmen • Marshall Field • Oscar Mayer • George Pullman • Potter Palmer • Robert McCormick—Tribune • Robert Abbott—Chicago Defender • Ray Kroc—McDonalds • Charles Walgreen • William Wrigley • LEO BURNETT-advertising • Hugh Hefner--Playboy

  27. Writers • Theodore Dreiser • Nelson Algren • Ben Hecht • Richard Wright • Lorraine Hansberry • Studs Terkel

  28. Musicians • Louis Armstrong • Muddy Waters • Chess Brothers—recording label

  29. Actors/theater people • Bernard Sahlins—Second City founder • Gary Sinise—one of Steppenwolf Theater founders, actor • John Malkovich—affiliated with Steppenwolf, actor

  30. Reformers/educators/unionists • Saul Alinsky—stockyards area organizer • John Dewey—education reformer • Ida B. Wells—anti-lynching campaign • Jackie Vaughn—CTU activist • Fred Hampton—Black Panthers • Ben Reitman—Hobo College • Abbie Hoffman—anti-Vietnam War • Carl Hansberry—anti-redlining, segregation

  31. And a few more ideas…more to follow soon  • Enrico Fermi—first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction • Wallace C. Abbott—Abbott Labs • Walter Polovchak—Ukrainian boy given asylum by the US when he refused to go back home with his parents • Abby Mandel—promoter of Cuisinart, local foods, and Green City Market founder

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