American History Honors National History Day Project Development Sheet3 Name/Names ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Topic of Project _________________________________________________________________________ Title of Project __________________________________________________________________________ Category of Project: Paper Website Documentary Performance Exhibit Thesis Statement _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe the focus of your research: ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Why did you choose this topic? __________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ American History Honors National History Day Project Development Sheet4 Email the following:  Rough draft of Process Paper (typed, correct format, see below)  Roug draft of Annotated Bibliography (typed, correct format, see below)--- You must have at least 10 primary sources and at least 6 secondary sources!!!! The information below was taken from nhd.org Citations/Bibliographies To record the information the two acceptable styles of writing for NHD projects are Turabian and MLA. Historians use Turabian but we know that many classes in middle school and high school teach the MLA style. It does not matter which of these two styles you use, but it is important to be consistent. For help with questions of citations, you can check out Turabian or MLA guides from your local library. Annotated Bibliography An annotated bibliography is required for all categories. The annotations for each source must ex.

1. American History Honors National History Day
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Name/Names
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Topic of Project
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Title of Project
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Category of Project: Paper Website Documentary
Performance Exhibit

2. Thesis Statement
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Describe the focus of your research:
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Why did you choose this topic?
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Email the following:
below)
see
below)--- You must have at least 10 primary sources and at least
6
secondary sources!!!!
The information below was taken from nhd.org
Citations/Bibliographies
To record the information the two acceptable styles of writing
for NHD projects are Turabian and MLA.
Historians use Turabian but we know that many classes in
middle school and high school teach the MLA
style. It does not matter which of these two styles you use, but
it is important to be consistent. For help
with questions of citations, you can check out Turabian or MLA
guides from your local library.

5. Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography is required for all categories. The
annotations for each source must explain
how the source was used and how it helped you understand your
topic. You should also use the
annotation to explain why you categorized a particular source as
primary or secondary. Sources of visual
materials and oral interviews, if used, must also be included.
List only those sources that you used to develop your entry. An
annotation normally should be only 1-3
sentences long.
Bates, Daisy. The Long Shadow of Little Rock. 1st ed. New
York: David McKay Co. Inc., 1962.
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.
Classification of primary or secondary source. You should use
the annotation to explain why you

6. categorized a particular source as primary or secondary, If that
is likely to be at all controversial.
Historians do sometimes disagree and there's not always one
right answer, so justify your choice to the
judges.
Secondary sources which include primary materials. You also
may use the annotation to explain that a
book or other secondary source included several primary
sources used for the paper. Examples: "This
book included three letters between person X on the frontier and
person Y back in New England, which
provided insight into the struggles and experiences of the
settlers." "This book provided four photos of
settlers on the Great Plains and their homes, which were used
on the exhibit." Please note that the
materials included in secondary sources, like your text book, are
not primary in this instance because
they have been taken out if their original context. For example,
an image of a painting may have been
cropped, or a letter may be missing sentences.
Fuller explanation of credits for documentaries. You are
supposed to give credit in the documentary itself

7. for photos or other primary sources, but you can do this in a
general way, such as by writing, "Photos
from: National Archives, Ohio Historical Society, A
Photographic History of the Civil War" rather than
listing each photo individually in the documentary credits,
which would take up too much of your allotted
10 minutes. You then must use the annotation in the
bibliography to provide more detailed information.
Process Paper
A process paper is a description of no more than 500 words
explaining how you conducted your research
and created and developed your entry. You must conclude your
description with an explanation of the
relationship of your topic to the contest theme.
A title page is required as the first page of written material in
every category. Your title page must
include only the title of your entry, your name(s) and the
contest division and category in which you are
entered. Do not include your age, grade or school name.
The first section should explain how you chose your topic.

8. The second section should explain how you conducted your
research.
The third section should explain how you selected your
presentation category and created your project.
The fourth section should explain how your project relates to
the NHD theme.
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9. Name/Names
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Describe the progress of your project to date:
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Are you confident in your ability to finish a quality project on
time? Why or why not?
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Email a 1-2 minute video or 4-5 pictures of your project
(practice/progress/work).
Helen Cox High School American History Honors
National History Day Project
What is the National History Day Contest, you ask? Each year
more than half a
million students just like you participate. You will choose a
historical topic related to
the annual theme, and then conduct primary and secondary
research. You will look
through libraries, archives and museums, conduct oral history
interviews, and visit
historic sites. After you have analyzed and interpreted your
sources, and have drawn
a conclusion about the significance of your topic, you will then
be able to present your
work in one of five ways: as a paper, an exhibit, a performance,
a documentary, or a
web site.
In the spring, you may enter your work into local NHD contests
where it will be

12. judged by professional educators and historians. If your work is
chosen as one of the
best, you will move on to your state's NHD contest. As a winner
at your state NHD
contest, you will be eligible to attend the Kenneth E. Behring
National History Day
Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park in June.
This is where the best
National History Day projects from across the United States,
American Samoa,
Guam, International Schools and Department of Defense
Schools in Europe all meet
and compete.
Congratulations on embarking on your National History Day
journey! It is sure to
be a memorable one. You never know what information you
might find, or whom you
may get to meet. And the skills you will learn along the way
will last a lifetime.
(Taken from the NHD website)
In this American History Honors class, the NHD project &
competition is the only way to satify the Honors requirement.
What’s Due When?
ITEM/EVENT FALL CLASS

13. DATES
SPRING CLASS
DATES
Spring Class Meeting --------- December 5
Project Development Sheet1 September 5 January 14
Project Development Sheet2 September 12 January 21
Project Development Sheet3 September 19 January 28
Project Development Sheet4 October 16 February 18
Project Development Sheet5 November 5 February 25
Final Project Presentation November 22 March 7
Helen Cox History Day March 8
Louisiana Regional History Day @
National WWII Museum - NOLA
March 22
Louisiana History Day @
National WWII Museum - NOLA
April TBA
National History Day @
University of Maryland-
College Park, MD
June 15-19
This project is worth 5 participation grades and 5 test
grades. Failure to complete the project will not only result in

14. horrible grades but a loss of Honors credit.