NHD Checklist: Git ‘er Done!
All of these skills will be taught during NHD Classes, and due dates given for each piece.
NHD in MS State Contest: Saturday, March 21, 2015 at USM/Hattiesburg
“Local Event” is scheduled for ______
**Please note: there is a NEW rulebook for NHD 2015 – available on website
______Choose Topic – based on 2015 Theme – recommended: 25 years old, available resources (including interviews and site visits), ‘small’ topic with a ‘huge impact’, student is passionate about topic
2015 NHD Theme: “Leadership and Legacy in History”
______Balanced Research recommendation: 10-25 sources for Local Event
Balance: primary (first-hand account) & secondary sources Balance: perspectives/points of view
Balance: types of resources – books, newspapers, encyclopedias, oral history, field trips, expert interviews, documentaries, documents, speeches, letters, diaries, photos, music, films, reports, internet (access online archives)
______Take Good Notes and Track Bibliography Information (option: use your easybib
account/noodletools/resource tracker to track)
______Construct Thesis Statement important: must be a concise argument, use theme words
______Analysis & Interpretation (difficult, but important!) historical & alternate perspective, context
______Choose Information supports thesis statement - for use in project
______Choose Presentation Category exhibit, historical paper, performance,documentary, web site
______Organize Information outline for performance, documentary, paper
storyboard for exhibit, web site
______Create Project individual or group (2-5 students)
historical paper– individual only, 1500-2500 words: write draft, revise, edit, repeat!
exhibit – 6’X30”X40”, max. 500 student-composed words: title, thesis, subtitles, visuals,captions, floor
performance – 10 minutes maximum: script, costumes, props, practice!
documentary – 10 minutes maximum: script, narration, visuals, music
web site – use nhd.weebly.com (access via NHD web site at max. 1200 student-composed
words,title/student info/thesis on homepage, integrate media
______Process Paper (not for historical paper category) 500 words maximum: thesis statement, why chose topic, how conducted research, how chose category and created project, relation of topic to theme and impact of topic; Title Page for paper, documentary, exhibit, performance categories
______Annotated Bibliography separated into primary and secondary sources;
MLA or Turabian Style: draft, edit, revise,repeat! Easybib.com is option
***PLEASE NOTE: PARENTS OR TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED TO TYPE FOR STUDENTS