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History Day Process Paper

__How I chose this topic__: I came up with Steve Irwin as the perfect topic. He's a good topic because he had 4 jobs. Steve Irwin was a conservationalist, environmentalist, a cop for rogue crocs and an educationalist. I chose Steve Irwin by knocking out all the original and famous people.Then I figured that a lot of un-original people didn't have a legacy, and even if they did I wouldn't have much to study. After that I thought that there were a lot of un-original people that wouldn't be very fun to study. That's when I thought Steve Irwin was the best candidate.

__How I Conducted My Research:__ I conducted my research mainly with books and on the Internet. I went to the Council Bluffs Public Library and got a book called __The Crocodile Hunter,__ written by Steve and Terri Irwin themselves! There were many websites that helped me while researching Steve Irwin.

__How I Created My Exhibit:__ I started by buying rubber cement and a 36" x 48" posterboard. Then I got Contac paper to match my topic (green). After that I rubber cemented the pictures I got from Google images to my posterboard. For the background, I put a crocodile in a swamp with Steve Irwin wrestling it.

__How my topic relates to the National History Day Theme:__ My topic (Steve Irwin) relates to the theme, The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies, because not only was he a conservationalist, but he was an educator, an environmentalist and a life saver for people and animals. I don't know a person who would think that's not worthy of being called a legacy.