maddy++claire

Alfred Nobel. I first learned about him when doing an assignment on the Nobel Prize and I took an interest in him. My friend, Claire, also showed interest in him so we decided to use him as our History Day project. We also chose him because we didn't necessarily know what the Nobel Prize was, and we also didn't know why he created the Nobel Prize.
 * How we chose our topic:**

We first started collecting information by looking on the Nobel Peace Prize website. After collecting all the information we could find on the Internet we started to try to contact some of the Nobel prize winners, which led to a dead end due to the fact that more than half of the winners were from different countries or just didn't want to comment. Next we contacted the Nobel Prize museum in Stockholm, and they provided us with some informational websites and links. Next we wanted to get more in-depth with who Alfred Nobel really was, so we checked out the book __Nobel; a Biography of Alfed Nobel__ and found many informational facts as to what his life was like and why he created the prize. We also found and examined his will.
 * How we collected information:**

We chose to make an exhibit** because at first we tried to plan our project ahead of time to get a feel of what we needed to do, and we thought that an exhibit resembling an award would best represent the Nobel prize and our topic. We chose the title of our project based on the event in which Alfred Nobel was mistaken for dead and saw his obituary, which made him fearful of what the world would think of him when he //really// was dead! That encouraged him to put in his will that he wanted his proceeds to go to awarding people who dedicated their work to peace, physics, science, etc., which is now known as the Nobel Prize.
 * how we chose our project:

In the process of making our exhibit we first collected information and pictures. Next I used a special liquid and charcoal pencils to create the important part in the will to look as realistic as possible. Next we met one day to cut the exibit out of large cardboard, paint it, and then I pasted a large golden sheet of the front to look like a plaque resembling a prize which to us represented Alfred Nobel's Legacy. Finally we pasted all the information and pictures on the board.
 * How we made our exhibit:**