my topic for national history day is illegal street racing around the country. my group is Juliene, Veasna and John. we chose this topic because it is something they are all really interested in and it would be fun to interview racers and make a documentary about it. it is something a lot of people are interested in and a lot of people consider it a hobby. so it will attract people into watching the movie we make. it also has a lot of history and documents we can use. there a lot of court cases for street racing and it started back in the 50's. when cars were made a lot of people started racing them and it traces back a long time ago. it might be harder to find street races from a long time ago but we have found 2 documents for that already. we planed to video tape cars racing and there are a lot of videos online that we can use too.
there were some problems we had when doing our project. the one problem that had the biggest effect was when we didnt do our voice over's quick enough, but once we got them done and over with everything went well. the things that we did well were the entire documentary. we had great videos, pictures, information, voice overs, and music. i really loved the engaging begining. that was my favorite part. if i had to do something diffrent next year i think i am going to do an exhibit. it is a lot easier then a documetnary. the documentary takes so much more time. and i also only want to work with 2 more people at most.
some things i learned is that street racing is a big problem in our country even though many people dont realize it. many people are dying and getting injured from it. there are a lot of things being disturbed and damaged because of racing. people are trying to stop it and help make other ways people can race legally and still get that adrenaline rush. but then again a lot of people love street racing and think it should be legal. thats one of the reasons we wanted to make this documentary. we can video tape both sides and show the debate and reasons for their opinions. it can help other people base an opinion on street racing.
street racing has also improved cars a lot over the years. people who race have invented things to make the cars go faster and ways to make the car lighter so its gets to a higher speed. it has helped make new kinds of cars and helped make cars that run without gas.
my links that helped with the project:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_racing
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/street-racing-racing-risks/1225200336
http://www.fazeteen.com/spring2002/streetracing.htm
http://www.jmooneyham.com/fast-kills-the-best-street-racing-kill-stories-on-the-net.html
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1058379/
http://www.superstreetonline.com/index.html
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1418
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