History Day Competition

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History Day Competition
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What is History Day?
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History Day is -
an extra credit opportunity
a National Competition
a chance to challenge yourself against the very
best students
a chance to learn a lot about a specific topic
learning how to do college level research
a lot of work

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Theme and Topics

• Adherence to theme is an important part of what
  judges look for
• Leadership Legacy in History
• Topics almost anything. Topics should have
  occurred at least 20 years ago.
• Remember to always consider your topic idea in
  relation to the theme

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Balanced Research

• A successful History Day project includes
  thorough analysis and interpretation of a topic
• Historical Context (the social, cultural,
  intellectual, physical, political, and economic
  setting)
• Balanced Research 1. multiple types of sources
  and 2. multiple points of views

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Annotated Bibliography

• All Categories
• Annotated Bibliography demonstrates what you have
  learned
• Primary Source direct evidence from the period
  (diaries, letters, photos, first hand accounts)
• Secondary Source an interpretation or synthesis
  of primary sources (textbooks, encyclopedias,
  etc.)
• Sources are cited using MLA

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Process Paper

• All Categories except Paper
• No more than 500 words
• How you chose your topic
• How you conducted your research
• How you selected your category and created your
  project
• How your project relates to the theme

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Title Page

• A title page is required as the first page of
  written material in every category.
• Your title page must include ONLY
• the title of your entry,
• your name(s)
• the contest division and category
• NOTE The title page must not include any other
  information

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Individual v. Group

• You may choose to work individually in every
  category
• Groups can consist of between 2 and 5 members
• No groups for historical papers

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Categories

• Papers Individuals Only
• Websites Individual and Groups
• Documentaries Individual and Groups
• Exhibits Individual and Groups
• Performance Individual and Groups
• Note A Group is made up of 2 to 5 students

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Historical Papers

• No less then 1500 and no more than 2500 words in
  length
• Citations - foot notes, end notes or internal
  documentation are required but do not count on
  total word count
• Citations must be used to credit the sources of
  specific ideas and direct quotations

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Exhibits

• No larger than 40 inches wide, 30 inches deep and
  6 feet high
• Student composed written material on exhibit - no
  more than 500 words. This does not include
  documents, process paper, or annotated
  bibliography
• Media devices used in an exhibit must not run for
  more than a total of 3 minutes.

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Performances

• Not to exceed 10 minutes
• 5 minutes to set-up and 5 minutes to take down
  only by performers
• Script written entirely by students, must be
  memorized
• Use of slides, tape recorders, computers, or
  other media within your performance is permitted.

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Documentaries

• 10 minutes in length
• Live narration or comments are prohibited
• Students must operate any editing equipment used
  in the production
• Original script written by students
• At the conclusion of the documentary, you must
  provide a list of acknowledgments and credits for
  all sources (should be brief)

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Websites

• No more than 1200 visible, student composed words
• Constructed using the NHD web site editor
  (weebly)
• You may use professional photographs, graphics,
  video, recorded music, within the site
• Multimedia is Limited to No More than Four
  Minutes for Entire Website
• Students must operate all software and equipment
  in the development of the website

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History Day Focus

• You must not do a report !!!
• Higher level thinking
• ANALYSIS !
• Impact go beyond the who, what, and where,
  focus on the WHY was this important.
• Cause and Effect
• You become the expert
• Must have interviews!

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History Day Timeline

• September 26 Review Theme/Topic Selection
• October 17 Refine Topic/Thesis
• October 24 Thesis
• November 21 First draft Bibliography/Project
  Outline
• December 19 Second draft Bibliography/First
  draft Process Paper
• January 26 School Project due
• January 29 Night at the Museum School winners
  announced

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History Day Timeline

• March 15, 2015 Orange County NHD Finals (OCDE)
• May 7 - 9, 2015 California State NHD Finals
  (Rocklin, CA)
• June 14-18, 2014 National NHD Finals (University
  of Maryland)

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• Good Luck!!!