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History Day
                                                                                                                                   

Seventh grade students will be researching and writing a historical paper.  They will be using the National History Day’s theme of “Conflict and Compromise in History.”  Many of the guidelines that we have developed will come directly from the National History Day Committee. Both the Ohio History Day and National History Day sites provide many helpful links.  They can even help your child choose a topic.

Your child will learn to (1) search for and examine all kinds of information with a critical eye, (2) use information to establish the relationship between/among people, places and events, (3) recognize the many different points of view which the past and present offer, and (4) present their research in the traditional written form . 

Students will work with our History, Language Arts, Enrichment and Technology teachers and our Media Specialist on this project. Attached you will find the rubrics, timeline and other information to help guide your child through this process. 

Our team is excited about working together with you for your child’s benefit!

****ATTENTION ALL MOTIVATED HISTORIANS****

The theme “Conflict and Compromise” comes from National History Day 2008.  In January, interested/committed students will be encouraged to take their projects to the Ohio History Day Competition in the spring.  Students can submit their papers or research in several creative ways (i.e. create a documentary; prepare a solo or group performance; create and display an exhibit; or expand their research paper). 

Mrs. Ligocki will meet with the students who desire to go on to the District Competition.  Last year, we had seventeen students participate at the district level, and thirteen at the state level!  A special note, from last year, John O’Brien won the Religious Freedom Award at the National Competition in Washington D.C.

 THE COMPLETE PROCESS

 The students are expected to:

• Find an Interesting and Researchable Topic that Relates to the History Day Theme

• Develop a Strong Thesis.

• Find Information and Resources

            a.         Primary Sources (Minimum five primary sources… more is better!)

b.         Secondary Sources (Minimum ten secondary sources)

c.         Must use three (minimum) different categories (i.e. newspapers, journal articles, diaries,     government records, reference books, internet, etc.)

• Record and Organize information and Resources

a.                   Source Cards

b.                  Note Cards

c.                   Journal Entries (Minimum two per week)

• Evaluate and Interpret Information

• Present the Research

a.             Title Page

b.            Paper must include a minimum of 1000-2500 words  (not counting process paper, title page or   

             annotated bibliography) in 12 point Times New Roman with 1” margins.

c.             Citations

d.            Annotated Bibliography

• Process Paper

a.                   Introduces your topic

b.                  Explains how you developed your topic (Journal entries will assist you here)

c.                   This is separate from the research paper.

• Three Copies of the Research and Process Papers (written in Word) must be submitted as well as a 3.5 floppy disk containing the identical information from the papers (the disk will be used in conjunction with a computer site that checks for plagiarism.  Plagiarism, simply put, is the use of another's original words or ideas as though they were your own. Any time you borrow from an original source and do not give proper credit, it is plagiarism). 

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