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I chose Muhammad Ali as my topic because I have always been interested in sports figures that changed the sport that they were involved in. Also I knew it would be easy to relate to Muhammad Ali because I play sports also. I also felt it would be easy to get good information about him involving his boxing career and his life. Another reason I chose Muhammad Ali is that I knew he is a very accomplished man and has received lots of awards so it would make my research more enjoyable learning about all new things about him such as his awards and accomplishments.
I first started conducting research by getting sources and information about the broad topics of my project like boxing history and Civil Rights. After that I started getting sources about Muhammad Ali and my topics. I got a few different books and websites about Muhammad Ali’s childhood and his life. Also I emailed a teacher from the UWSP library and got good information about how to get good information. I got about five sources about Muhammad Ali’s life and two sources on the broad topics. Once I got a good amount of sources I started taking note cards on the important information on my sources. I continued getting sources and taking notes until I thought I had a good amount of each. By the time I thought I was good with sources it was time for us to pick a presentation category for history day.
I chose to do a website because I like doing work on the computer instead of on paper, so I thought a website would be the best match for me. I also knew that I wanted to do a website because I have an older sister who did a website for her history day project too, and watching her make a website made me want to do a website for my history day project. I used weebly to create my project because I had already done a weebly for my business class and I liked how the weebly website looked after all the information was put into it, I also like weebly because it is an easy website to work on. When creating a website, I liked the idea of being able to create different tabs of the information I wanted other people to know about Muhammad Ali.
My project, Muhammad Ali, relates to the NHD theme “Leadership and Legacy” for a few different reasons. The first reason is that Muhammad Ali left a huge boxing legacy as being known as the greatest boxer that has ever fought. Another reason Muhammad Ali fits the theme for this years history day is that he had a leadership act in the Civil Rights movement. His success in the ring was a beacon of hope for all the Black Americans fighting for their rights, showing them that Blacks could be successful in the world at that time.
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I chose Muhammad Ali as my topic because I have always been interested in sports figures that changed the sport that they were involved in. Also I knew it would be easy to relate to Muhammad Ali because I play sports also. I also felt it would be easy to get good information about him involving his boxing career and his life. Another reason I chose Muhammad Ali is that I knew he is a very accomplished man and has received lots of awards so it would make my research more enjoyable learning about all new things about him such as his awards and accomplishments.
I first started conducting research by getting sources and information about the broad topics of my project like boxing history and Civil Rights. After that I started getting sources about Muhammad Ali and my topics. I got a few different books and websites about Muhammad Ali’s childhood and his life. Also I emailed a teacher from the UWSP library and got good information about how to get good information. I got about five sources about Muhammad Ali’s life and two sources on the broad topics. Once I got a good amount of sources I started taking note cards on the important information on my sources. I continued getting sources and taking notes until I thought I had a good amount of each. By the time I thought I was good with sources it was time for us to pick a presentation category for history day.
I chose to do a website because I like doing work on the computer instead of on paper, so I thought a website would be the best match for me. I also knew that I wanted to do a website because I have an older sister who did a website for her history day project too, and watching her make a website made me want to do a website for my history day project. I used weebly to create my project because I had already done a weebly for my business class and I liked how the weebly website looked after all the information was put into it, I also like weebly because it is an easy website to work on. When creating a website, I liked the idea of being able to create different tabs of the information I wanted other people to know about Muhammad Ali.
My project, Muhammad Ali, relates to the NHD theme “Leadership and Legacy” for a few different reasons. The first reason is that Muhammad Ali left a huge boxing legacy as being known as the greatest boxer that has ever fought. Another reason Muhammad Ali fits the theme for this years history day is that he had a leadership act in the Civil Rights movement. His success in the ring was a beacon of hope for all the Black Americans fighting for their rights, showing them that Blacks could be successful in the world at that time.
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