Connecting Classrooms to Primary Sources using National History Day A TPS Project

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Connecting Classrooms to Primary Sources using
National History DayA TPS Project

• John Buchinger
• j.buchinger_at_nysha.org

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New York State History Day

• What is History Day? National History Day, a
  year-long educational program sponsored in New
  York State by the New York State Historical
  Association, encourages students in grades 6-12
  to explore local, state, national, and world
  history. After selecting a historical topic that
  relates to an annual theme, students conduct
  extensive research by using libraries, archives,
  museums, and oral history interviews. They
  analyze and interpret their findings, draw
  conclusions about their topics' significance in
  history, and create final projects that present
  their work.

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New York State Stats

• Professional Staff

Tobi Voigt Manager of Statewide Programs
John Buchinger Associate Director for Education
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New York State Stats

• Participation Growth
• 2005-2006 approx. 5,000 students
• 2006-2007 7,219 students (30)
• 2007-2008 8,457 students (17)

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Why the project?

• Despite all this success we still arent that big
  of a deal back home!

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Why the project?

• Introducing participants to the National History
  Day program and offering training on program
  implementation and student-driven projects based
  on primary source research will provide a real
  world context for student learning and engagement
  with History Day resources.

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Why the project?

• History Day is the only program in the United
  States endorsed by the US Congress
• The program is a perfect marrying of student
  driven experience, in a process of inquiry that
  mirrors historic academic research utilizing
  primary sources
• Has a proven track record of inspring life long
  learning

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New York State History Day is

• About kids researching

.and analyzing primary sources
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Teachers in geographically isolated, financially
challenged rural districts will get the support
in making TWPS a reality
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The Audiance

• Interested teachers will be able to apply for
  mini-grants, assisting them with implementing the
  program in their individual schools, and for
  interested participants, extend the experience
  into the regional and state competitions
  associated with New York State and National
  History Day

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How do we get there?

• New York State History Day (NYSHD) staff, guest
  speakers, and distance learning opportunities
  will provide the training, and curriculum
  materials to be delivered to teachers, and
  librarians from across the BOCES' districts of
  New York State.  

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How do we get there?

• This training will facilitate use of the Library
  of Congress' on-line collection, the American
  Memory Project, and provide web based support
  tools for National History Day implementation

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Summer Teacher Institute
July 13 14 2009 Library and Internet Research
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Summer Teacher Institute
July 18 Judgment Day
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Web Resources
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Web 2.0
Facebook
YouTube Flickr
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Web 2.0
e-newsletter
blogs
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History Day is Contagious

• Once experienced by teachers and students- the
  process germinates
• It represents a real world application of use of
  primary sources and provides meaning behind the
  study of history
• This will provide long term growth and expansion
  of historic research and student interaction and
  understanding of primary source documents.

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