National History Day in Nevada Rights and Responsibilities in History 2013-2014 Program Year
Time Topic Speaker/Presenter 9:10-9:20 Warm Up: Skills You Want Your Students to Leave Your Class With? 9:20-9:40 What is NHD? History Day Works! History Day Website & Our Website Northern Nevada Contest Judging the Categories and the rules of History Day 9:40- Rights & Responsibilities in History 10:00 Unpacking the Theme Brainstorm possible topics 10:00- Questions and Exit Pass 10:10 Lindsey Clewell Christine Hull Sue Davis Christine Hull WCSD Social Studies Professional Development Day Introduction to History Day
Christine Hull-Nevada State Coordinator of History Day (NV Department of Education) Sue Davis- Northern Nevada Regional Coordinator of History Day (Washoe County School District-Retired) Lindsey Clewell-History Day Teacher (Gifted and Talented Program-Mendive Middle School) Introductions
History Day Contest Rules/Program Overview
What skills do you want your students to leave your class with? History Day Works! Our websitehttp://nevadanhd.weebly.com/ History Day Websitehttp://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ What is History Day?
School: School Contest Form Please fill this out (one Participating Teachers: Please indicate with an * which teacher in your school will be the main contact for this year s History Day Program Dates of Contests: Classroom Contests School Contests Registration for State Contest State Contest National Contest History Day Interns If you are interested in having an intern assigned to your school please indicate what times of the day/week you plan to work on History Day in your classroom(s) so that we can schedule interns. March 31, 2014, Online April 26, 2014, UNR June 15-19, College Park, Maryland per school) Return to Christine by December 20 th If you are the only classroom in your school, the classroom/school contest will be the same date Schools with more than one teacher should consider having a classroom and school contest
Divisions: Junior Division: Grades 6-8 Senior Division: Grades 9-12 Contest Categories: Paper (individual only) Exhibit (individual or group) Performance (individual or group) Documentary (individual or group) Website (individual or group) Program Overview
Historical Quality= 60% Relation to theme= 20% Clarity of Presentation= 20% How Entry will be Judged
Must relate clearly to Annual Theme Student may participate in only 1 entry per year Group exhibit size is 2-5 students All entries must be ORIGINAL (may not revise a project from previous years to fit new theme) Students are responsible for research, design, and creation of project but may receive help from & advice from teachers and parents on mechanical aspects. Rules for All Categories
Equipment and set-up is responsibility of student. Students will have a discussion with judges and be prepared to explain in detail their project. Prohibited Materials- Anything dangerous such as weapons, firearms, animals, organisms, plants Title of project must be clearly visible on all written materials Rules for All Categories
All entries must have a : Title page Process paper in 500 words or less describing how the research was conducted and process of creating project Annotated bibliography-each source must explain how source was used and how it helped to understand the topic. Primary and secondary sources must be separate in the bibliography Proper citation format and consistent (MLA or Turabian) Rules for All Categories
Plagiarism- failure to cite information is plagiarism and may result in disqualification Rules for all Categories
Length: no less than 1500 words and not to exceed more than 2500 words. 2500 words excludes: notes, annotated bibliography, illustration captions, and supplemental materials (appendix) Citations within the paper are required Papers must be typed and turned in electronically as one file Pages must be double spaced, numbered, & stapled in the top left corner (not in a binder). Paper
Size requirements- no larger than 40 inches wide, 30 inches deep, & 6 feet high. No set design of exhibit (not always a 3 board presentation) Media devices must not run for more than 3 minutes and limited to 500 words. Text on exhibit limited to 500 words, includes: Titles, subtitles, captions, graphs, timeline, media materials Not included in the 500 word count is brief citations or credits for illustrations or quotations Exhibit
Must be entirely student created May not exceed 10 minutes Allowed 5 minutes to set up and 5 minutes to remove any props needed for performance May use slides, tape recorders, computers, or other media with performance. May rent or make costumes Performance
May not exceed 10 minutes Allowed 5 minutes to set up and 5 minutes to remove equipment Documentary must be narrated by students May use photographs, films, recorded music and provide proper citation Documentaries must be uploaded through SmugMug Documentary
Must be constructed using the NHD web site editor no more than 100MB of file space May use photographs, graphics, video, recorded music but must be properly cited Contain no more than 1200 studentcomposed words (code used to build website does not count) Multimedia clips may not last more than 45 seconds Student must narrate any audio Must submit the URL in advance Web Site
Getting your students started
Start them off right by teaching them how to vet resources and what a Primary Source is. The annotated bibliography requires students to distinguish between primary and secondary sources. See Research Section Primary and Secondary Sources
All entries required an annotated Bibliography An annotation summarizes the source and describes how that source was useful to the project. Keep a working annotated bibliography during the research process. Lack of annotations can significantly damage a student's evaluation in the competition. Students must include both secondary and primary sources in their research. Handout- History Fair Notes Annotated Bibliography
Chicago History Day http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/ Bibliography/citations http://easybib.com/ http://www.bibme.org/ http://citationmachine.net/index2.php Nevada History Resources http://www.onlinenevada.org/ http://nevadaculture.org/ https://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/materials/s pecoll/ resources
It s Not About the Competition Teacher Inservice Program One Inservice credit for attending the various events throughout the year History Day Interns M.A. & PhD Students in History Education Pre-Service teachers Day at the Museum/Library Historical Society & Special Collections @ UNR
Save the Date(s) Fall Teacher Workshop* October 2nd, Location TBD 3:30-6:30 Day at the Library/Museum* Saturday, February 8 @ 8:30-12:00 (UNR) Classroom/School Contests February and March Northern Nevada State Competition* Saturday, April 26 @ 8:00am-3:00pm (UNR) Northern Nevada Winner's Workshop* Saturday, May 10th 9:00-3:00 @ TBD National History Day Contest Registration May 20 Deadline National History Day Contest, College Park, MD June 15-19
It s Not About the Competition Program Partners Nevada Humanities NV State Museums & Historical Society State Library & Archives KNPB UNR-History Department, College of Education UNR Library-Special Collections Washoe County School District And many more