Student Introduction to National History Day in Ohio
1. Student Introduction to National History Day Creating Student Historians Presented by Your Name from the Your Organization
2. Why History? Why NHD? History is the original reality series. With NHD, you can research real people, living real lives, having real experiences.
3. What if you could research what YOU wanted to? National History Day allows you to explore endless topic possibilities!!
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5. Why do National History Day? “ NHD is not about memorizing dates but more about doing research and expressing what you have learned. These skills are more important after school in the real world.” “ [History Day] ROCKS! Not only do I actually pay attention in history class... I actually want to learn more!"
8. What is debate? A discussion involving opposing points; an argument. Deliberation; consideration What is diplomacy? The art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements. Tact and skill in dealing with people .
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10. Is your topic too new? Avoid current event topics... Contemporary debates over immigration to the United States.
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12. Is your topic too broad? Narrow in by time period, people affected, event, or geographic area... The entire history of the United Nations
13. ....and look at something specific related to the broad topic. A New Path to Diplomacy: The Forming of the United Nations
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15. The NHD Process Research Analyze Present The Three Hats of the Historian
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21. Primary vs. Secondary Sources Secondary Sources Created after the fact and analyzes primary sources to create a historical narrative. Primary Sources Created at the time of the event or by someone who witnessed the event.
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25. Primary source to analyze with students. Use different sources for different grade levels or different audiences
Introduce yourself, and why you work in the history field or why you love history.
This may be a good time to ask students to define history. Explain that history is not just the past, but the understanding or interpretation of the past, which means that someone has to research the information and put together a narrative. You can ask things like: "Does your text book tell the entire story of history?" You can come back around to this idea of interpreting history when you talk about the types of projects.
Graphically represent the change of topics
Show how it is a good topic connected to theme and model
Ask students what they see going on in this source through pure observation. How do they know what this source is about? What else would they like to know? How could you get more information? What is the historical context (the fight for women's suffrage)
There are three elements to a successful History Day thesis statement- key facts that identify your topic, how it relates to the theme, and why it is important in history.