IC: The Pike 2

http://www.tlaupp.com/thepike.html
more information on the pike attractions and exhibits.

Day 7

1. Looking over all info and adding to them.
2. Lokked up info on the pike.
3. meeting week requirements
4. organizing

IC: The Pike

http://webpages.charter.net/mtruax/1904wf/Pike%20Overview.htm



The Pike was the biggest and most expensive theme park built. It was a mile long path with 50 attractions from 30 nations with animals, performers and rides. Each attraction costs 25 cents

Day 6

1. Finding info on more subtopics.
2. Started looking up 1904 olympics.
3. cunstructing more notecards
4. organize layouts.

IC: 1904 Olympics

http://history1900s.about.com/od/fadsfashion/a/olympics1904.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/1904-Olympics
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1904

The Summer 1904 Olympics Games was the first to be held in the U.S. Since it was in St. Louis many athletes couldn't come, such as some in Europe and other distant countries. Most competitors came from Canada but France, England and Sweden didn't show.
The Olympics also introduced new ideas like accepting boxing, dumbbells, freestyle wrestling and decathlons as Olympic sports and having Francis Field as the first concrete stadium in the United States. It is now used by Washington University. Gold, silver and bronze metals were given for the first time for 1st,2nd and 3rd places.
Len Tau and Jan Mashiani, marathon runners were the first African Americans to participate in the Olympics and a U.S. gymnast George Eyser won 6 medals while having a wooden leg.

IC: Buildings 2

http://www.mohistory.org/exhibits/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html
*Palace of Education and Social Economy had open classes to be taken or watched from kindergarten to college courses. You could also learn skills in calligraphy.
*Palace of Forestry, Fish, and Game preserved trees, fish and animals. It displayed taxidermy and had an aquarium of 60 fish in a ocean like pool of salt water.
*Palace of Horticulture displayed different fruits, nuts and flowers from around the world.
*Palace of Manufactures exhibit house equipment, clothes, carpets, stoves and other household items.

IC: Summary 2

http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark/history/fair.html
Designed by George Kessler, there were 1,500 buildings in a 75 mile radius. 22 countries were represented at the fair. Buildings still standing today from the fair are the administration building for the fair has become Washington University's Brooking's Hall, the Palace of Fine Arts became the Art Museum and Francis Gymnasium that held the First Olympics in the U.S. The A. Building was accompanied by Pres. Francis, operators of the fair and a large press office.

Day 5

1. Going deeper into topic
2. Finding more info on already looked up topics
3. Organizing
4. Elaborate on info

IC: State Buildings

http://www.tlaupp.com/states.html

The Fair had different buildings from different states and countries. Almost all U.S states constructed a building except for six. There was a special section at the fair for all the government buildings named the, "Plateau Of States". St. Louis built the Missouri State Building in regards to the fair and still stands today. It was 312 by 150 feet in area and cost $125,000.

IC: Transportation

http://exhibits.slpl.lib.mo.us/lpe/data/LPE240022820.asp?thread=240029396

Since the fair was big people needed a way to transport around quickly. There were gondolas with singers on them and rickshaws that were carriages where someone lifts the rolling carriage and walks with it carrying you, trolley cars, trains and camel rides. People also just used a car. And also a regular horse carriage ride.

Airships and hot air balloons were used for races and transportation.

There were different buildings of transportation from other countries.

Day 4

1. Producing more index cards.
2. Finding other information on different subjects of fair.
3. Organizing all new info.
4. Start to construct order of project layout.

IC: Countries That Attended

http://www.tlaupp.com/countries.html

Many foreign countries helped build buildings and exhibits at the fair from examples of architecture throughout history.


Some countries that participated in the 1904 Worlds fair were:
Argentine, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, ColombiaCosta, Denmark, Ethiopia, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guadaloupe, Holland, Hayti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Monaco, New Zealand, Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Portugal, San Salvador, San Domingo, Nicaragua, Russia, Siam, Sweden, Turkey and Venezuela.

IC: Attractions

http://www.crawforddirect.com/1904wf.html
The event was broken into 12 major classifications such as Transportation, Art, Anthropology and Education. The fair was built over 1,200 acres of St. Louis. Palaces were built to hold the main events. The Olympic Games took place there having it been the first concrete stadium in the United States.

http://library.thinkquest.org/5986/1904park.htm
The Observation Wheel later named, "The Ferris Wheel", was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris. It was 250 ft. high with 36 passenger cars that each held 60 people.

IC: Foods and Inventions

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/northeast/YearofAnniv/1904_worlds_fair_page_2.html
Many foods were tested for appeal at the world's fair. Iced tea and Dr. Pepper were some of the beverages that were displayed there. The waffle cone was invented in result of not having enough bowls for the customers. Cotton candy and "Fruit Icicles" also.
They had 80 concession stands and 35 resturants around the fair and some are still standing till this day.

Household advances like tabletop stoves, dishwashers were displayed there.

IC: Summary

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/

Opened by President David R. Francis, the 1904 World's Fair was a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase and the country's economic success. Taking place in St. Louis, MO at Forest Park it lasted for 7 months. It bought people from around the country to experience new inventions, foods, technology and cultures. Besides that it also had an amusement section. It included rides, shows and a zoo. By December 1904 about 20 million people came to experience the affair.

Day 1

1. Asking questions about project.
2. Looking over project requirements.
3. Thinking of question.
4. Looking up more info to find question.

Day 3

1. Brainstorming on subtopics for project.
2. Looked up history on topic.
3. Getting into answering question.
4. Getting more info to help with question.

Day 2

1. Thinking about a topic.
2. Looked at world History project topics.
3. We haven't answered the question.
4. Answering question by doing more research.

Product Prospectus

1. How was the World's Fair in St. Louis an impact in the modern world?
2. Props and video
3. Because it will show the different cultures in our world today with actual footage from it.
4. Different types of food, info, and cultures.
5. Because we have so many different types of culture in St. Louis today.
6. intro
facts
movie
food
7. Doing more research on topic and putting outline of presentation started.