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Seniors Share Research from Their History Capstone Projects

This week, five Seniors presented their research findings in a virtual presentation for their History Capstone Project.
The Dalton History Department, interested students, and other community members joined the Seniors on Wednesday morning as they shared their research projects to test ideas and gather audience feedback. This year’s Capstone Projects included presentations by:
  • Adedayo Perkovich ’21 - The Artist as Citizen: Black Women Musicians and the Fight for Social Justice.
  • Grace Chaikin ’21 - The Societal Perception of Domestic Violence in the 1970s.
  • Oliver Huston ’21 - Art and the Russian Peasant.
  • Christopher Gumina ’21 - Hooliganism Through the Ages: An Exploration of Soccer-Related Violence.
  • Emily Saxl ’21 - Justice, Feminism, and Traditionalism: An Examination of 20th Century Argentine Women’s Movement Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo.
This year’s new History Capstone Conference Program is an opportunity for Dalton Seniors to think as a historian, become an informed global citizen, organize time to learn independently, and expand research techniques in pursuit of original historical research. Since the summer, these students have worked diligently to propose a viable research project idea, identify sources of information, and document a plan for accessing these sources.
 
The group met weekly virtually with classmates and their advisors to share research findings, troubleshoot problems, and complete assignment benchmarks. At the end of the project, students will turn their original thesis into a research paper or a fully-formed podcast to support their argument with primary and secondary sources and well-analyzed evidence.
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