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Texas History Day

Texas History Day. JWI History Fair Parent Information. 2013 Theme. Turning Points In History: People, Ideas, Events. History Day Focus on all history Project based Co-curricular activity Awards are available for quality research For 6 th -12th. Divisions and Categories. Exhibit

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Texas History Day

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  1. Texas History Day JWI History Fair Parent Information

  2. 2013 Theme Turning Points In History: People, Ideas, Events

  3. History Day Focus on all history Project based Co-curricular activity Awards are available for quality research For 6th-12th

  4. Divisions and Categories • Exhibit • Historical Research Paper • Interpretive Web Site • Documentary • Junior Division: 6th-8th Grade • Senior Division: 9th-12th Grade

  5. Paper Category • Length Requirements: no less than 1500 and no more than 2500 words • Does not include end/footnotes, annotated bibliography or appendix material • Citations: Chicago or MLA • Preparation: typed, computer printed or legibly handwritten, pages must be numbered, no less than 10-point font • 4 copies

  6. Exhibit Category Size Requirements: 40 inches wide, 30 inches deep, 6 feet high; circular exhibits must be no more than 30 inches in diameter Media Devices: must not run for more than 3 minutes, fit within the size of the exhibit, judges and viewers must be able to operate device Word Limit: 500 student-generated word limit

  7. Documentary Category Time Requirements: 10 minutes in length Introduction: students should introduce only themselves and the title of the entry Student Involvement: students must run all equipment Student Production Entry Production: students may use professional photographs, film, slides, music in their entry with proper integration and credit Credits: do not include a full bibliography Computer Entries: interactive computer programs are prohibited

  8. Web Site Category • Entry Production: entries must be produced using the NHD web site editor beginning at the school level • Size Requirements: 1200 student generated words; 100 MB of file space • Navigation • Multimedia • Required Written Materials: annotated bibliography and process paper must be included as part of the Web site • Stable Content • Viewing files • Submitting an Entry for Judging

  9. Required Written Material for All Entries Written Material (except the historical paper) Title Page Process Paper Annotated Bibliography Separation of Primary and Secondary Sources Style Guides All rules available free to download in PDF online: http://nhd.org/images/uploads/2010rulebook.pdf

  10. Annotated Bibliography • Organized list of sources, divided into primary and secondary • Students may further divide sources by letters, interviews, photographs, etc. • Annotations should describe the content and focus of item • Annotations may also include student’s reaction to the item

  11. What is the goal of History Day? History Day • Choices • Research • Technology • Achievement

  12. How does the competition work? History Day • Choices • Research • Technology • Achievement • Levels of Competition

  13. What are the benefits of competition? History Day • Choices • Research • Technology • Achievement • Levels of Competition • Recognition

  14. Finding Primary Sources - Online Online: • Library of Congress www.loc.gov • National Archives www.archives.gov • Eyewitness to historyhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ • Our Documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov • Children & Youth in History http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources • The Portal to Texas Historyhttp://texashistory.unt.edu/ • Texas General Land Office http://www.glo.texas.gov/ • Texas Archive of the Moving Image http://www.texasarchive.org Most Universities have research databases: • University of Texas at Austin – Dolph Briscoe Center for American History http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php • Wake Forest University http://zsr.wfu.edu/databases/subject/primarysources • University of Houston http://www.uhd.edu/library/databases/primarysources.html

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