We started our research on Twilight in September, 2017, about six months before we were going to present at Vermont History Day. We started building our board in January after we felt confident that we had enough information and primary sources.
We presented with our first draft of our board at the Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury, VT as our practice round for Vermont History Day. After presenting, we realized we wanted to make some changes to our board. Then, once we had revised, we came out with our final product which is the one we ended up presenting with. Presenting at VT History Day was amazing. We talked to three judges while they filled out some sheets for feedback which they sent to us after Vermont History Day. The feedback was very helpful for adjusting our board and how we worded things for National History Day. Nationals, held in Maryland, was also an exceptional learning experience. We stayed in a dorm with the rest of the competitors from Vermont. During Nationals, we were selected to present at the Smithsonian Museum of American History to represent Vermont in Washington, DC. Later, about a month after going to Nationals we were honored to be the first kids to ever present at Boston History Camp. For this, we created a slide presentation that we continue to present with and make edits to. Throughout this journey with Alexander Twilight we learned how to present in front of curious audiences, how to gather information and piece it all together to create a whole project, and we learned that through history, you can connect all sorts of events and movements with the time period in which one person lived. Thank you so much for all your support! Alexander Twilight Girls, Old Stone House Museum Associates
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AuthorsGabrielle and Esme have been researching Twilight thoroughly for three years. They started off working on their Vermont History presentation and eventually ended up, more recently, presenting at Boston History Camp in Boston, Mass. Archives
December 2019
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