CHICAGO METRO HISTORY FAIR

2016 SUMMARY STATEMENT FORM

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Title

Catholic Worker Movement

Student name(s) Yahminah Robinson , Tania Villanueva, Giselle Ramirez

Project Category:
Group
Individual
and
Exhibit
Performance
Website

Documentary

Check if applicable (and respond to the 3rd question):

This project uses the 2014 National History Day theme, Rights and Responsibilities

1. THESIS STATEMENT

Present the projects argument or interpretation in two sentences. If you are using the NHD theme, you
might want to make it evident in your thesis statement.

Catholic worker movement changed the lives of people by providing them shelter and
stepping up to the situations that occurred at the time when this started.
2. SUMMARY OF PROJECT

Briefly explain your project and its conclusion. Include: How and why did change happen and what was the
impact? Why is it historically significant? What historical meaning or importance can we learn from your
findings?
Our project is about The catholic worker movement and how it benefited the whole world. During the great
depression many people didn't have money or food. Churches started helping out people by providing shelter
and food. This is important because it improved how society worker together and churches became more
important.

3. Required for projects using the National History Day theme only.

Explain how this project integrates the ND theme Exploration, Encounter and Exchange into its argument.

This project integrates the ND theme Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange because Peter and
Dorothy believed in nonviolence, they wanted to help others, they both wanted the same things for the
people around them.

4. PROCESS

A. What historical question did you start off withand how did it change once you

began doing your research?

Our first question was what is the catholic worker movement. Once we began
researching more we came up with more questions like who were Dorthy day and Peter
Maurn what did the great depression have to do. When we began our research we
learned many different things about churches.

B. What kinds of sources did you use as evidence to develop your argument (for
example, letters, photographs, government documents, interviews, etc.)?

The sources we used as evidence to developed my argument was photographs,

videos and also quotes.

C. Select one piece of evidence that you used and explain how it influenced your

argument.
The quotes influenced our argument because it gave us a different perspective on how
the Catholic Worker Movement provided necessities for people who were less fortunate.

D. List libraries (other than school), museums, and other institutions that you visited
to do your research.

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