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National History Day 2014

National History Day 2014. Rights and Responsibilities in History. What is NHD?. Student Choice Student Led Research Based A Competition ($$$) Skill Building for High School & College Resume building for College. NHD Theme. (Ideas, people, events that impacted history).

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National History Day 2014

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  1. National History Day 2014 Rights and Responsibilitiesin History

  2. What is NHD? • Student Choice • Student Led • Research Based • A Competition ($$$) • Skill Building for High School & College • Resume building for College

  3. NHD Theme • (Ideas, people, events that impacted history)

  4. The Historical Importance • Must revolve around a person, idea, or event/effort that changed history (topic and interpretation is up to you) • It must take place ‘in history’ meaning stay away from events in the last 20 years • It must have an Impact/Change on history (this means that something happened and it could be as vague as the introduction of a new idea), and….

  5. The Historical Importance • You must address questions about time and place, cause and effect, change over time, and impact and significance. • Your finished product must explain the successes, failures, and consequences created because of the effort and what the lasting change on history is (was). • Draw conclusions about how the topic affected individuals, communities, other nations and the world as a whole

  6. What is a Primary Source? • A first hand account of an event Examples • Letters • Diaries • Speeches • Photographs • Interviews • Videos

  7. What is a Secondary Source? • A secondhand account about people or events Examples • Biographies (not autobiographies) • Newspaper articles after the event • Encyclopedias • Any info already gathered and organized for you

  8. What are the Categories? • Individual or Group categories • Junior Division (6,7,8) -Documentary (photostory, MovieMaker, PowerPoint, digital movie) -Exhibit (exhibit board) -Performance (play or skit) -Historical Paper (Individual only) -Website (must use nhd.weebly.com)

  9. Rules • No more than 3 per group • Must do work outside of class (some class time will be used for NHD) • Must share work equally • You will complete evaluations for your project and you and your group’s efforts to complete the project

  10. Exhibits • 40” wide x 30” deep x 6’ high • Media devices may be used, no more than 3 min. and 500 word limit • 500 word/text limit • A, the, of count as 1 word

  11. Performances • 10 minute time limit • 5 min. setup & 5 min. tear down • Can use media • Costumes may be used

  12. Documentaries • 10 min. max • 5 min. setup & 5 min. tear down • No live narration and you must operate all equipment • Give credits for pics & other sources at end of Doc. • Must be done by you

  13. Websites • 1,200 visible, student-composed word limit • 100MB space limit • Must have a “home page” with file name “index” • Multimedia clips no more than 45 sec. • Must use http://nhd.weebly.com to get started

  14. Paper • Individual only • Must have an Introduction with thesis, body addressing the theme, and a conclusion (see NHD National website) • 1,500-2,500 words (6-10 pages) • Must use footnotes or end notes • Ms. Stillman and I will be glad to help you • ***only strong writers should choose this category

  15. What has to be done? • Process Paper (1 page <500 words) • Annotated Bibliography • NHD Project • Evaluations and Project Updates • Be creative and have a competitive spirit

  16. What do I get? • Great grades and a great learning experience • Skills to impress your high school teachers next year • The chance to show off and be creative • Awards and medals • A Friday away from school (region only) • $$$$ (possibly) if you win at the National Comp. at the University of Maryland

  17. NHD: Where Can I Go?

  18. The U.S. Capital

  19. Mount Vernon

  20. Monuments

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