This document provides information about three research and presentation opportunities for students: I-Search allows students to research a self-selected topic of interest and present their findings in a student museum. National History Day is an annual national competition where students research historical topics and can compete in Washington D.C. The Georgia Social Studies Fair is a similar statewide competition focused on anthropology, sociology, history and geography topics. All three encourage creative presentation of student research through papers, websites, presentations and more.

1. I-Search
• I-Search is research where you pick what you
want to study, create a guiding question, and
then create a presentation that can be
presented in a student museum in the Spring
to your parents, friends, and teachers.
• We will go through the whole process of
helping you find what you are passionate
about and how you best learn.

2. National History Day
National History Day is a National Competition held in Washington D.C. every year where
you can go to Washington and compete with people from around the United States. I
went two years ago and collected the examples in this slide show.

3. The Georgia Social Studies Fair
•The Social Studies Fair is like National History Day, but it is a
local and state competition.
•If you pick something that has to do with
Anthropology, Sociology, History, or Geography, your I-Search
project will be in the Social Studies Fair.

4. I-Search
History Day
Social
Studies
Fair
Creative
Art
Websites
Boards
Papers
Skits
Presentations

22. National History Day
The theme this year is Rights and
Responsibilities:
http://www.nhd.org/AnnualTheme.htm
Examples of Websites:
http://www.nhd.org/judgewebsitesamples.htm

23. Georgia Social Studies Fair
• For this competition, you compete at the
school level, then the district, and on to the
state:
• http://www.gcss.net/socialstudiesfair.htm