Follow this Link to Register for Middle Tennessee History Day (cut and paste if you have to)

http://tn.nhd.org/ud/templates/reg-studentstatus.php?t=6&cid=17

All students in Mr. Artibee's history classes will participate in National History Day.  Attached are details of how to create and present a project for the NHD competition.

Students must choose a topic which can fit into the theme Conflict and Compromise in History. Topics for your research can be taken from local, national, or world history.

Once the topic is selected and approved by the instructor, students must begin investigating historical context, historical significance, and the topic's relationship to the theme by conducting research in libraries, archives and museums, through oral history interviews, and by visiting historic sites.

You topic may be how a great invention created a triumph--the discovery of the Salk Vaccine that was effective against polio, or how an invention created a tragedy--the development of nuclear weapons, for example (although nukes may fit in both the triumph and tragedy columns).

Go to this web site:  http://www.nhd.org/CreatingaProject.htmto get help in deciding what project topic to pursue. Look particularly at the section titled Creating A Project

This page takes students through the step-by-step process of creating an NHD entry.

1.      Read about the contest themeand review the curriculum book.

2.      Determine if you want to do an individual or group project. Use this worksheetto help you decide.

3.      Select a topic.
- Narrow down an area of interest
- Choose a title
- Tips on topic selection
- Topic selection worksheet
- Sample topics– Sample topic list is attached to this packet.

4.      Select the type of entry: documentary, exhibit, paper, or performance. Read the Contest Rule Book.

5.      Research a topic.
- Research Roadmap
- Types of source material
- Finding basic primary source material
- Using the Internet
- Research strategy worksheet

6.      Design the entry.
- Documentary
- Exhibit
- Paper
- Performance

7.      Self-evaluate your entry.
- Judging criteria
- Evaluation forms for judging entries

8.      Contact your state coordinatorto find out how to enter the contest.

9.      What is an annotated bibliography?

10.  Citing sources for an annotated bibliography? This list of linksprovides examples.

11.  How do I create a process paper?

12.  Sample Evaluation Forms

You history day project may be presented in one of four categories:

            1) Paper (no Groups allowed in this category—individuals only)

            2) Documentary,

            3) Exhibit, or

            4) Performance. 

Each project will have a Process Paper and an Annotated Bibliography in addition to the entry itself. 

Requirements and Dates for the National History Day Project:

      Preliminary discussion and beginning of student topic selection process: 

November 26, 2007

      Group Selection (Group members do not have to be in the same class.  This is the day of final selection;  discuss you team choices with Instructors and parents and get approvals before this date):  December 10, 2007

      Topic selection:  December 14, 2007

      Research and investigation:  December 14-January 7, 2008

      Preliminary presentation of findings to class:  Jan 7-Jan 14, 2008

      Project completed due date:  February 13, 2008

      Set-up and evaluation at MLK:  February 13-18, 2008

      Regional NHD Competition (MTSU):  February 22, 2008

      State NHD Competition (University of Memphis):  March 28, 2008

The web site shown on the header of each page of this document will link you to examples of how to complete a project in your category of choice. 

We will cover the specifics of each requirement of the project in class as the project progresses.