6th Grade - Historic Patriots

I could give you a boring, long, drawn-out research paper on a dusty, decrepit, old, [yawn] snoresville topic you really, REALLY could care less about...zzzz...
OR
We can participate in National History Day (NHD) again! [YEAH! YEAH!]
You know - NHD - the national contest where you will research a topic of YOUR CHOICE and create a project of YOUR CHOICE...you know...something fun!

This year's theme: RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
(American History Only)


You may be in a GROUP OF 2-5 STUDENTS or work INDIVIDUALLY (I highly recommend you join a group, though).

You may enter one of FIVE CATEGORIES:

• paper (individual only)
• exhibit
• performance
• documentary (video)
• web site

We will work on this in class each week on Thursdays. The following assignments will be required for classwork, as well as the final contest entry:

[1] 120 notecards.
You will be required to research your topic and provide me 10 notecards (10 facts) each Thursday before Christmas. I will be checking on your progress each week and keep prompting you to stay current with only 10 facts weekly.You will be required to find sources that are:

• At least 5 different type of sources (newspaper, magazine, book, interview, encyclopaedia, website [with two confirmation sources], journal, map, photo, video, lecture...to mention a few), and...
• At least 2 PRIMARY SOURCES (we will discuss this in class, but a PRIMARY SOURCE is from someone who was actually there at the event in history)

YOU WILL NEED TO COME TO CLASS WITH SOME RESEARCH MATERIAL!
We are limited on computers so make sure you go to the library or order material through the BOOKMOBILE (it will come to school every two weeks) to have material to conduct research. 
• DUE DATE: Thursday, December 12, 2013
   
[2] An annotated bibliography.
You will be doing research - and you need to provide a list of the sources you will use on your project, with a short, two-sentence description of each source (with correct MLA citation of your sources).

• DUE DATE: Thursday, January 30, 2014
   
[3] A process paper.
You will be required to show how you have conducted research on your project (with correct MLA citation of your sources). 
• DUE DATE: Thursday, February 6, 2014 

  

[4] The actual project - see above for the five categories you may complete for the final project.

SEE THE RULES for each project type for details. I will also provide other details for each project category. For right now, start thinking of what you would like to do.
• DUE DATE: Thursday, February 20, 2014

(for certain categories, other assignments with deadlines not indicated here [storyboards, website maps, models, for instance] will be assigned as we progress) 

The Idaho State History Day site is located here.

• We will hold a School Contest at the end of February, 2014 (Date TBA). 

• The winner will be selected to go to the Regional Contest in Kellogg on March 8, 2014. DETAILS will be provided later. 

• The Idaho State History Day competition will be in Boise held on April 12, 2014.

The National History Day competition will be held at the University of Maryland between June 15-19, 2014.

The official rule book may be downloaded here.
The theme overview sheet may be downloaded here.
The sample topics sheet may be downloaded here.

Go to http://www.nhd.org/ for more information (or click the logo below).

   

FINAL DUE DATE: February 20, 2014 (the final project)