History Fair Reflection (4321)

4- The 4 most interesting things you learned about your topic while researching.

1. I learned that even though most of the things women did for beauty in the Victorian era were disgusting, many things women do today are very similar and just as sad and gross such as, spray tanning, real tanning, plastic surgery, botox and eating disorders.

2. I found out about bloodletting which was a thing barbers used to do since they were also doctors. They would cut your actual head or neck and release blood for some sort of health reason. That is why barber shops have that bar with blue and red stripes which symbolize a vein and an artery and also bloody bandages.

3. I learned a very interesting fact about what women did for acne in the Victorian era. They put vaginal discharge on their pimples and apparently it would go away overnight. I didn't include this on my poster but I mentioned it to a few curious judges.

4. I learned that the first form of condoms were made of animal bladders and intestines...eww! In the Victorian Era condoms weren't used that much through because people only had monogamous sex and only did so when wanting to conceive. A friend of mine that I met at Dare 2 Stand Out told me that sex being a taboo subject started in the Victorian Era, I wonder if any of the stuff I researched could have anything to do with that.

3- Three things you felt proud of on the day of the fair.

1. I felt very proud of having everything accomplished on time. At the beginning when I was researching for the History Fair I was stressing big time because I didn't think I would finish on time and I didn't like my topic and I thought I could never come close to the quality of last year's project. When Miss Pollock told me that she thought my project this year was even better than last year's it helped to give me the confidence to get everything done and be proud of my work.

2. I feel very proud to have been chosen as a "judging minion" for the French History Fair. I was exhausted by the end of the day (2 period of gofer-ing as a minion, 2 periods of standing and then the beep test!) but I think helping out was really fun, it made me feel good and it was awesome to see the french fair.

3. I felt extremely proud when I was presenting to the judges because I was very confident and clear while I was speaking and I was able to answer all the questions that were asked by the judges and spectators with a large amount of knowledge behind them.

2- Two specific researching or presenting techniques that were helpful to make your project so wonderful.

1. I decided to incorporate some questions in my speech which I found to be very effective. Even if the listener didn't answer my questions it still made them intrigued and feel like they were a part of the project.

2. I think pointing to different parts of my project (such as the advertisements on the poster and the 3D aid) really helped to enhance my speech and make everything flow and fit together beautifully.

1- One suggesting to make the History Fair next year even better.

1. I think next year we should have time after where the participants can go and look at other people's projects. I was suppose to have three judges so I waited at my project throughout the whole English fair for the third judge (who didn't show up). I really enjoyed going to see all the French student's projects and I think it would have been good if we were allowed say, 10 minutes to leave our projects and go looks at other people's.