Utah History Fair project

Tayler and Sean finished her Utah History Fair project this weekend.  Back in October, we had a "parent's meeting" to talk about everything this project entailed.  Holy smokes for a 4th grader this was a HUGE project.  They have been completing different steps for it since October and today the final project was due.  Next Monday their process paper is due which has to be 300 words (at a minimum).  Don't get me wrong, I love everything they can learn, but this project and all that it included, was way too much for a 9 year old to do. At the parents meeting we were all thinking this was more of a High School or college project.  Seriously!  They kept saying "we don't want parents helping a lot" but there is no way on this earth that any of the students could have even started the project, let alone finish it.  We had to make sure that it was all her work. On Feb. 2nd they will be drilled by judges on each project, where they will be expected to answer a whole list of questions.. meaning they have to know the information inside and out.  I am so glad that Sean helped the whole way and that it is finally DONE!! 
She chose the subject THE UTAH WAR and ended up reading about 6 hours of material from History books about it.  We had huge stacks of books on our table for weeks.  We marked sections for her to read, rented videos on the subject, etc.  Yep, this thing was MANDO. 
But great job Tay. I am proud of you.