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2016-2017 History Day Packet

8th Grade Honors’ Classes

Taking a Stand in History

http://www.jymshd.org/

General Information

JYMS History Day website: http://www.jymshd.org/ This year, we have a History Day website set up with information and links. You can get copies of the

theme sheet, see examples of winning projects in different categories, find links to great resources, keep

track of deadlines, see important updates, and more by making use of the page.

Individual or Group

Students will decide if they want to work individually or in a group with another student (preferably

someone in your class ~ but not necessarily). Groups may consist of up to five students and MUST be

approved by your teacher. If you choose to work in a group you need to choose your partners wisely! You

may not quit a group once it has been formed and approved by your teacher.

Type of Project

You will then decide what type of project you will be doing. You can complete a project in one of the

following nine categories (examples of each are linked from the JYMS History Day Website):

Individual paper,

Individual or group exhibit (similar to a museum exhibit),

Individual or group performance (a dramatic portrayal of the topic),

Individual or group documentary (a documentary using video or movie making software such as iMovie

or Windows Movie Maker: movie-making software is highly advised)

Individual or group website (Go through NHD site to build site through Weebly.)

Grading

Your History Day project will be a large part of your grade for the second and third grading periods.

Meeting deadlines acceptably is crucial. Meeting deadlines, using class time effectively, staying on task,

your actual project grade and you presentation score will all be calculated together for your grade. Even

though we will be going to the computer lab & library several times throughout the course of the

project, you will be expected to spend a significant amount of time on your project outside of the

classroom.



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Check-in Dates & Turning in Assignments

Check-in dates are very important. Assignments should be turned in through Google Docs and a hard copy

should be given to your teacher in your History Day folder in class on the due date. All previous graded

work must be included in the folder with your printed version. Pictures are the only exception to this

requirement; they will be checked in class. I am exploring the use of google classrooms at this time for

project turn in dates more to come later.

Internet Access Outside of Class Time

If you need to access the Internet and do not have such access at home, you will need to contact your teacher

to set up times to do so at school. The library is always open and staffed before school from 7:30 until

8:00 AM and after school on Mondays through Thursdays from 3:15 until 4:30 PM. Computers are

always available at those times. We will also be establishing times before and after school when at least one

of the History Day teacher sponsors will be available. If you have a problem with computer access at

home it is essential to let us know so that we can work out access for you.

Keeping Notes

Your annotated bibliography is vitally important for this project. So, as you decide on a project it is

imperative that you keep notes. You will think that you will remember where you got ideas, but you will

forget. You should check what you need for the reference at the EasyBib.com, click on “MLA”, then on

“All 59 Options,” then on the type of reference you have. Please include All URL info in your

bibliography.

Local Resources

Expect to spend some time at local public libraries such as the Mishawaka library and the St. Joseph County

library in downtown South Bend and/or at university libraries such as those at Indiana University at South

Bend and the University of Notre Dame. The St. Joseph County library in South Bend has many more

materials and resources than the Mishawaka library, so if you can, it may help you to do some research

there.

Talk about your project!

Several of our projects that have won at the state History Day contest have utilized excellent sources that

were discovered because students talked about their project with people they knew. One student who won at

state and finished 10th at the National Competition conducted an interview with a scientist who worked on

the Manhattan Project (The Atomic Bomb) about whom she learned from a friend. Another student who

took first place at state was studying the Japanese Internment Camps and was able to include letters written

by a Japanese girl from inside an internment camp that she got from a teacher here at Young. There are

many other examples and what they all have in common are that the students talked about their project and

someone they knew had a great idea that put their project over the top.

So, talk about your project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Project Requirements

1) Paperwork:

a. Title Page

b. Process Paper (for all types of projects except individual papers)

c. Annotated Bibliography with at least 25 acceptable sources. Of those, at least 10 must be

primary (this may not be possible for all topics. See your teacher EARLY if you feel that it is not

possible to fulfill the 10 primary source requirement) and at least 10 must be non-Internet

sources. No encyclopedia sources will be cited and no wiki-anythings, about.com(s), etc. See

next section for more on quality of sources. Please include All URL info in your bibliography.

2) Completed Project: a paper, exhibit, documentary, website, or performance. See rules for each

category and for all categories.

An important note on sources!

The quality of your sources is of utmost importance in a project of this

type!

It is particularly important to document the quality and authority of your Internet sources. To ensure this, the

following rules apply to Internet sources:

1. Internet sources should almost entirely come from .edu, .org, or .gov domains. If you have a source

with a .com domain name, it must be justified as coming from an authoritative source! You can use

the advanced search on Google or use sources on Inspire.net to get high quality sources.

2. For any source, but particularly for Internet sources, you need to verify the author and/or the

organization that publishes the website and you must be able to defend the source. That is, who is

the person writing the page and what are his or her credentials? You should know this information

about any source – Internet or not – that you use.

3. Primary Sources of information are very important for a History Day project. We will be discussing

primary sources in class. Be thinking of the availability of primary sources as you choose a topic. Some

of our best projects which have had topics in the relatively recent past have conducted and used

interviews with people who had first hand knowledge of the topic of the project. You must have an

interview for your project!

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Timeline of Activities:

HD In-Class Workdates:

Lab dates:

September 20-22

October 3-7

October 17-19

October 24-28

November 7-11

November 21-23

December 19-23

The library and computer lab days are concentrated at the beginning of the project to help you get a good

start on your research. These are very important class times – you will need to make good use of it to

ensure that you are not overwhelmed in the later stages of the project when there is little or no class time

allotted for it.

Each day we are in the library/lab you will receive points towards your project for staying on task, working

only on your History Day Project, using a library voice, and not disturbing others.

These are minimum requirements!!!!!!!!!!!!! To complete a quality History

Day project, you will need to exceed these minimum standards!!!!!!!!! The deadlines

below are designed to help you plan out your project. We cannot overstress the

importance of meeting deadlines.

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Items to accomplish - due Monday, October 3rd

All projects: 1. Fill out the History Day Topic and Project Sheet and return to your teacher.

2. Decide whether you will work individually or in a group. If you are going to be in a group you must have your group agreed

upon and approved by your teacher.

3. Be able to use Easy Bib or Citation Machine. We will demonstrate this in the library or classroom.

4. Do some research at home and bring back to your group.

Items to accomplish - due Friday, October 7th

All Projects: 1. Three (3) sources cited and annotated in appropriate annotated bibliography format.

You may use Citation Machine or Easy Bib.

Items to accomplish – due Wednesday, Oct 19th

All Projects: 1. You should have a total of 8 resources now documented in annotated bibliography format.

2. Do some research at home and bring back to your group if you are in a group. You will need to put in some quality time

outside of school to keep up at this point.

Exhibits: 1. Start your process paper.

2. You must have at least 10 pictures saved to a folder in google photos? & cited in your pictures bibliography.

3. Think about building or purchasing your board.

Documentaries: 1. Start your process paper


3. Have your ideas outined or in a storyboard

Performances: 1. Start your process paper.

2. Have your ideas outined or in a storyboard

Websites: 1. Start your process paper.


Individual Papers: 1. You should have started a rough draft / outline of ideas for your paper.

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Items to accomplish – due Friday, October 28th




3. Start your picture book (rubric will be handed out today).

Exhibits: 1. Have a rough draft of your process paper (excluding Section 3) completed and turned in.


3. Be thinking of a prop(s) you can use in your exhibit. You must have your board purchased or designed by now.

Documentaries: 1. Have a rough draft of your process paper (excluding Section 3) completed and turned in.

2. You must have at least 20 pictures saved to a folder in google photos? & cited in your pictures bibliography..

3. You should have a rough storyboard complete which includes thoughts and ideas for your script.

Performances: 1. Have a rough draft of your process paper (excluding Section 3) completed and turned in.

2. You should have a rough storyboard complete which includes thoughts and ideas for your script.

Websites: 1. Have a rough draft of your process paper (excluding Section 3) completed and turned in.


3. You should have a rough storyboard or outline complete which includes thoughts and ideas for your website.

Individual Papers: 1. You should have started a rough draft / outline of your paper.

Items to accomplish – due Friday, November 11th




3. Start your book of quotes (rubric will be handed out today).

4. Your picture book is due today.

Exhibits: 1. You must have a completed rough draft of your process paper and submit it.


Documentaries: 1. You must have a completed rough draft of your process paper and submit it.


3. You should have rough draft of your script and storyboard complete. Start creating your project.

Performances: 1. You must have a completed rough draft of your process paper and submit it.

2. Must submit a rough draft of your ideas.

Websites: 1. You must have a completed rough draft of your process paper and submit it.


Individual Papers: 1. Your current rough draft is due.

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Items to be accomplished – due Wednesday, November 23rd


2. Your book of quotes is due today.

3. At least one interview.

Exhibits: 1. You need to be putting together your project. You will need to have at least one “prop” for your exhibit.

Documentaries: 1. You should be working on creating your project using movie-making software. You should have a rough draft of your

project nearly complete. Editing takes a lot of time before and after school – so you need to be wrapping up.

Performances: 1. You should have your final draft completed and have started memorizing your lines and rehearsing. Call the South Bend

Community School Corporation to get a costume – We believe it is a $10 -$20 fee and they will supply you with all the

costumes you will need for this project.

2. You should be able to perform a significant portion of your play for your teacher/classmates.

Websites: 1. You should have a rough draft of your website done.

2. You should be able to show a significant portion of your website for your teacher/classmates.

Individual Papers: 1. An updated rough draft is due.

Thursday, December 22nd - Final Title Page, Process Paper, and Annotated

Bibliography are due!

Monday, January 9th - Project Completion Date

If you have any questions throughout your History Day project please feel free to email:

Mrs. Reisdorf ([email protected] )

Mr. Zbrzezny ([email protected])

Technical Assistance / Former Social Studies Teacher and History Day GURU

Mr. Gill ([email protected] )

mailto:[email protected]



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Process Paper - Required of all History Day Projects except Historical Papers.

The Process Paper is NOT a summary of your topic!!!!!!!!!!!

Section 1: Explains how you chose your topic.

Section 2: Explains how you conducted your research.

Section 3: Explains how you selected your presentation category and created your project.

Section 4: Explains how your project relates to the NHD theme.

Typically, each section is one paragraph.

Your paper should be no longer than 500 words and no shorter than 300 words.

Requirements for Annotated Bibliography

Requirements (An annotated bibliography is required for all categories.)

● You need at least 20 quality sources. Of those:

o at least 10 must be non-internet sources.

o at least 10 primary sources

● The annotations for each source must explain

o how the source was used.

o how the source helped you understand your topic.

o if primary, why you categorized that particular source as primary.

o “defense” of source’s authority (be able to explain why the author or site is credible)

● In addition to written materials used in researching and completing your project,

annotated citations must be in your bibliography for sources of visual materials & oral interviews.

● List only those sources that you used to develop your entry.

● You will need to separate the primary sources from the secondary sources. Put a heading for Primary

Sources and then for Secondary Sources. Alphabetize sources in each section.

● Primary Sources: This year, we are requiring a minimum of 10 quality primary sources.. For some

subjects, particularly in ancient history, finding 10 quality primary sources can be very difficult. In those

cases, an allowance MAY be made. Be sure to check with your teacher if you do not think you can come

up with 10 quality primary sources. The judging form used in NHD competitions evaluates the use of

“available primary sources,” so your bibliography will be evaluated based on what is available for your

topic.

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Annotated Bibliography Format

1 line between citation and annotation and 2 lines between different citations

Easiest way to format:

In Word: Go to the “Hanging Indent” and drag to ¼ or ½ inch.

In Google Docs: Drag indents in to ½ inch and drag the first line indent back to ¼ inch

Type in your citation (or paste from Citation Machine or Easy Bib).

Hit “Shift-Enter” twice. This will start your annotation in the correct space.

Type in the annotation.

Hit “Enter” three times and you are ready for next citation.

Sample of Formatting for Annotated Bibliography.

Examples of annotated sources are shown below to illustrate format and expectations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources

Bates, Daisy. The Long Shadow of Little Rock. 1st ed. New York: David McKay Co. Inc., 1962. Print.

Daisy Bates was the president of the Arkansas NAACP and the one who met and listened to the students

each day. This first-hand account was very important to my paper because it made me more aware of the

feelings of the people involved.

Burr, William. "Nixon's Trip to China." The National Security Archive. George Washington University,

11/12/2003. Web. 26 Sep 2010. <http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB106/index.htm>.

This website contains declassified documents of the actual conversations Nixon had with the Chinese

leaders from the time leading up to Nixon’s trip. It is important because I can easily look at exactly

what they discussed. It also has quite a bit of other information in addition to the declassified

documents. (The documents were declassified in 2003)

Secondary Sources

Frost, Bob. "Chairman Mao: Picture of a Dictator as He Rallied the Chinese Peasants and then Ravaged

Them." Biography. Aug. 1998: 88-94. Print.

This article describes Mao Zedong leading the Communists in the Long March. It also has information

on the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War, and Mao’s treatment of his people. From this article, I better

understood the totalitarian nature of the Chinese government.

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What Is a Primary Source?

Primary sources are materials directly related to a topic by time or participation. These materials include

letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs,

artifacts, or anything else that provides first-hand accounts about a person or event. Check out the Research

Roadmap (http://ne.nhd.org/images/uploads/AResearchRoadmap.pdf ) for more guidance.

Some materials might be considered primary sources for one topic but not for another. For example, a

newspaper article about D-Day (which was June 6, 1944) written on June 8th, 1944 was likely written by a

participant or eyewitness and would be a primary source; an article about D-Day written in June 2001

probably was not written by an eyewitness or participant and would not be a primary source. Similarly,

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered soon after the 1863 battle, is a primary source for the Civil War,

but a speech given on the 100th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg in 1963 is not a primary source for

the Civil War. If, however, the topic was how Americans commemorate the Civil War, then the 100th

anniversary speech might be a primary source for that topic. If there's any doubt about whether a source

should be listed as primary or secondary, you should explain in the annotation why you chose to categorize

it as you did.

Here are some common questions about primary sources:

Are interviews with experts primary sources? Generally speaking, no. An interview with an expert (a professor of Civil War history, for example) is not a

primary source, HOWEVER, if that expert actually lived through and has first-hand knowledge of the

events being described, it would be a primary source.

If I find a quote from a historical figure in my textbook or another secondary source and I use the

quote in my project, should I list it as a primary source? No, quotes from historical figures which are found in secondary sources are not considered primary sources.

The author of the book has processed the quotation, selecting it from the original source. Without seeing the

original source for yourself, you don't know if the quotation is taken out of context, what else was in the

source, what the context was, etc.

Should I list each photograph or document individually? You should handle this differently in notes than in the bibliography. When you are citing sources for

specific pieces of information or interpretations, such as in footnotes or endnotes, you should cite the

individual document or photograph. In the bibliography, however, you would cite only the collection as a

whole, not all the individual items. You should include the full title of the collection (i.e., Digges-Sewall

Papers or the Hutzler Collection), the institution and city or city/state where the collection is located (i.e.,

Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore). You can use the annotation to explain that this collection provided

7 photographs which you used in your exhibit or that collection provided14 letters which were important in

helping you trace what happened.

http://ne.nhd.org/images/uploads/AResearchRoadmap.pdf

http://ne.nhd.org/images/uploads/AResearchRoadmap.pdf

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The same treatment applies to newspaper articles. In the footnotes, endnotes, or in-text citations you should

cite the individual articles and issues of a newspaper. In the bibliography, you would list only the newspaper

itself, not the individual issues or articles; you can use the annotation to explain that you used X number of

days of the newspaper for your research.

Finding and Using Primary Source Material Once students have collected the basic information and sources on their topic, they will need to locate

primary source materials. Primary sources should make up a substantial share of the research for all History

Day entries. It is important to remember that primary sources provide firsthand accounts about people and

events.

Places to Look for Primary Source Material

Students should consider the following sources when looking for primary source material:

● Municipal and College Libraries

● Local and State Historical Associations

● Museums

● State Archives

● Corporate Archives

● Town and County Historians

● Town Hall Records

● Town Planning Offices

● Schools

● Churches

● Community Groups, such as the VFW, DAR, Ethnic Organizations, etc.

● Community Residents

● US History Primary Sources and Major websites: http://www.nhd.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm

● World History Primary Sources and Major websites

http://www.nhd.org/WorldHistoryPrimarySources.htm

http://www.nhd.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm










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Building Historical Context and Conducting Research

I have my topic and I know how it is connected to the NHD theme. Now what?

Build historical context by reading different types of sources... (From http://www.nhd.org/ConductingResearch.htm) Nothing in history happens in a vacuum. To understand the connections between your topic & the time period, begin

reading about the time period and as you read ask yourself questions: why did my topic happen at this particular time and

in this particular place? What were the events or the influences that came before my topic? How was my topic influenced

by & how did it influence the economic, social, political, & cultural climate of the time period? All of these questions

will help you to build the story of your topic and grasp the historical significance. While you are researching a topic for an NHD project, you will read different types of sources: tertiary sources, secondary

sources, and primary sources.

Primary Sources

A primary source is a piece of information about a historical event or period in which the creator of the

source was an actual participant in or a contemporary of a historical moment. The purpose of primary

sources is to capture the words, the thoughts and the intentions of the past. Primary sources help you to interpret what

happened and why it happened. Examples of primary sources include documents, artifacts, historic sites, songs, or other written and tangible items created

during the historical period you are studying.

Secondary Sources

A secondary source is a source that was not created first-hand by someone who participated in the

historical era. Secondary sources are usually created by historians, but based on the historian's reading

of primary sources. Secondary sources are usually written decades, if not centuries, after the event occurred by people

who did not live through or participate in the event or issue. The purpose of a secondary source is to help build the story

of your research from multiple perspectives and to give your research historical context. An example of a secondary source is Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson, published in

1988. They are a great starting point in helping you see the big picture. Understanding the context of your topic will help

you make sense of the primary sources that you find. The primary and secondary sources McPherson used are listed in

the bibliography. Another researcher might consult these same primary sources and reach a different conclusion.

Tertiary Sources Tertiary sources are based on a collection of primary and secondary sources and may or may not be written by an expert.

Tertiary sources should never appear in your bibliography but are only used as exploratory sources, to give you ideas

about what to research.*

Wikipedia is not a reliable source and should not be utilized or appear in your bibliography.

Examples are dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, and guidebooks. From National History Day Website at http://nhd.org/ConductingResearch.htm#annobibs *Note: For History Day local, 2 encyclopedia sources are allowed. However, these sources should not still be in

bibliography for regional, state, or local competitions.

http://nhd.org/ConductingResearch.htm#annobibs

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History Day Topic Selection Sheet

Student Name _____________________________________________-

I am planning to work (individually or in a group) ____________________

I am considering working with the following person / people

_____________________________________ ___________________________________

_____________________________________ ___________________________________

Some possible topics we have thought about are:

1. _________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________

My (Our) first choice of a topic is ______________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________(topic)

The format I/we would like to use to present our project on is

___________________________________(exhibit, documentary, paper, play, website).

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I will stick to the timeline and complete all required work to accomplish this project.

Student Signature _______________________________________ Date ____________

I am aware of the requirements for successful completion of this project and will help my son or

daughter (to the best of my ability) accomplish his/her goals for the project.

Parent Signature __________________________________________ Date ___________

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