Process Paper
Why
I chose this topic:
I chose this topic because we have been studying the Battle of Saratoga this year in class and I thought it would be interesting to do some additional research. After doing some additional research I found out that British General John Burgoyne had surrendered on October 17th which happened to be my birthday. I found this interesting and ended up choosing this as my NHD topic as I begun to relate it to the theme Rights and Responsibilities.
How I conducted my research:
I first did research on the internet and read various topics. After gathering my thoughts, I went to my local library and consulted with the librarian. She directed me to the encyclopedias and also directed me to the section where they had books about the Battle of Saratoga. I took notes on note cards from these books which contained valuable information needed for my project. On my computer at home, I typed up my research and went to Google and typed in the search engine, my topics of interest. After that, I started on my annotated biography.
How I created and developed my website:
I went to weebly and made an account and got started on my website. I started looking through the designs for my website until I found the one that looked like it would go good with my topic. When I saw it I knew it would be perfect for my topic. After that I started adding pictures. I searched for some pictures on the internet and found the perfect picture. I knew this would be perfect for the home page. I also found some other pictures. Then I started to add some pages to my website that had to deal with the things I had on my research paper. Then I started adding information from my research paper and pictures from the internet.
How my topic relates to the National History Day Theme?
The Theme of the National History Day is Rights and Responsibilities. The Battle of Saratoga relates to the National History Day theme because now we have more rights and freedoms. To gain this it took many brave troops to fight for our rights. This was a huge responsibility for the troops because they were responsible to make a turning point and change history forever.
I chose this topic because we have been studying the Battle of Saratoga this year in class and I thought it would be interesting to do some additional research. After doing some additional research I found out that British General John Burgoyne had surrendered on October 17th which happened to be my birthday. I found this interesting and ended up choosing this as my NHD topic as I begun to relate it to the theme Rights and Responsibilities.
How I conducted my research:
I first did research on the internet and read various topics. After gathering my thoughts, I went to my local library and consulted with the librarian. She directed me to the encyclopedias and also directed me to the section where they had books about the Battle of Saratoga. I took notes on note cards from these books which contained valuable information needed for my project. On my computer at home, I typed up my research and went to Google and typed in the search engine, my topics of interest. After that, I started on my annotated biography.
How I created and developed my website:
I went to weebly and made an account and got started on my website. I started looking through the designs for my website until I found the one that looked like it would go good with my topic. When I saw it I knew it would be perfect for my topic. After that I started adding pictures. I searched for some pictures on the internet and found the perfect picture. I knew this would be perfect for the home page. I also found some other pictures. Then I started to add some pages to my website that had to deal with the things I had on my research paper. Then I started adding information from my research paper and pictures from the internet.
How my topic relates to the National History Day Theme?
The Theme of the National History Day is Rights and Responsibilities. The Battle of Saratoga relates to the National History Day theme because now we have more rights and freedoms. To gain this it took many brave troops to fight for our rights. This was a huge responsibility for the troops because they were responsible to make a turning point and change history forever.