National History Day in Nevada
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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?
What is NHD?
• History Day Works!
• History Day Website & Our Website
• Northern Nevada Contest
• Judging the Categories and the rules of
History Day
Rights & Responsibilities in History
Unpacking the Theme
Brainstorm possible topics
Questions and Exit Pass
Lindsey Clewell
9:20-9:40
9:4010:00
10:0010:10
WCSD Social Studies
Professional Development Day
Introduction to History Day
Christine Hull
Sue Davis
Christine Hull
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 Contest Form
School:
Participating Teachers:
Please indicate with an * which
teacher in your school will be the
main contact for this year’s History
Day Program
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Dates of Contests:
Classroom Contests
School Contests
Registration for State
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Contest
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State Contest
March 31, 2014, Online
National Contest
April 26, 2014, UNR
June 15-19, College Park, Maryland
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.
Please fill this out (one
per school)
Return to Christine by
December 20th
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:
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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…