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How to create and narrow a thesis statement for National History Day: WATCH ME NOW!!!!

10 Requirements for NHD: =What is National History Day?=

Watch this video for a quick introduction to the National History Day Program: What is NHD?

National History Day (NHD) is a highly regarded academic program for elementary and secondary school students. Each year, more than half a million students, encouraged by thousands of teachers nationwide participate in the NHD contest. Students choose historical topics related to a theme and conduct extensive primary and secondary research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing conclusions about their topics’ significance in history, students present their work in original papers, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries. These products are entered into competitions in the spring at local, state and national levels where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators. The program culminates in the Kenneth E. Behring National Contest each June held at the University of Maryland at College Park. In addition to discovering the exciting world of the past, NHD also helps students develop the following attributes that are critical for future success: More than 5 million students have gone on to careers in business, law, medicine and countless other disciplines where they are putting into practice what they learned through NHD.
 * critical thinking and problem-solving skills
 * research and reading skills
 * oral and written communication and presentation skills
 * self esteem and confidence
 * a sense of responsibility for and involvement in the democratic process

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= The History Day Process **:**= The process of creating a History Day Project is probably similar to other research projects that you have created only on a bigger scale. Everyone's journey may be a bit different, but we will all follow the same process:



Here are some ideas on Note-taking: Follow this link to learn how to implement the National History Day Program in your classroom: National History Day in the Classroom

US II Teacher pages:

 * ==TEACHER== || ==NHD SITE== ||
 * Ms. Bendle ||  ||
 * Ms. Healy ||  ||
 * Mr. Holland ||  ||
 * Mr. Lightbody ||  ||
 * Mr. Kilbride ||  ||
 * Mr. Max || Mr Max US II NHD page ||
 * Mr. Tivnan ||  ||

Share this document with students as a concise overview of this years' theme:

Link to this year's annual theme: @http://www.nhd.org/AnnualTheme.htm

Downloadable Theme Sheet:

Sample Topics 2012: @http://www.nhd.org/images/uploads/2012SampleTopicspage.pdf

Theme Book 2012: @http://www.nhd.org/images/uploads/2012themebook.pdf

Here are some examples from the 2010 contest by Malden High School Students: NHD Project 2010 - MHS

To better guide teachers and students in creating year long National History Day Projects, take some time to read and understand the theme book for the contest. It will help guide your research and keep you on track to produce the best project possible:

NHD 2010-2011 Theme Book

Here are some templates that students can use to record information for their annotated bibliographies :



National History Day 2012 Theme: __**// Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History //**__


 * //__Judging Criteria that will be used to judge final products:__//**

Samples of 2011 NHD Projects:
@http://50627696.nhd.weebly.com/ **Nanjiing Massacre**

** @http://87150647.nhd.weebly.com/ **Rwandan Genocide

@http://23320303.nhd.weebly.com/ How **Face Book Impacts Democratic Ideas**

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkLzhiHK8Fg Video: Impact of Media Violence on American youth

Pt 1 : @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvpuH6zTvdk Documentary on the Treaty of Versailles

Pt 2: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlopTTEzF8&feature=related Documentary on the Treaty of Versailles

NHD; Atomc Bomb P7 Ellen, Karina, Wendy ** : The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Justified or unjustified **

NHD: Terrorism - 9/11 –** Role American Middle East Foreign Policy Played in 9-11 Attacks **