Tuesday, March 17, 2026

History Day

This evening I volunteered to be a judge of history day projects for the southeast region of Minnesota. We met in the student ballroom at Winona State University. Winners get to go to the state history day on April 19th in Minneapolis. I was paired with another judge who has done this before.

First we read their paper. Then we looked over their board. Then we had a list of questions to ask. Our favorite project was this first one on the great flood on 1927. These were all middle school children participating today.

This one was on Rosie the Riveter. Most kids did a better job on the poster than following a theme, laying out a hypothesis, or getting enough research.

This guy even made a mock diorama in a pan with mud and boards and tiny soldiers.

The project on Somalia used only 3 sources.

White Rose was a group of young people living in Germany who resisted the Nazi's. They started out with three people but eventually the group swelled to 80 people. The three original members were killed by the Nazi's.

 

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