empowering students as historians
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Empowering Students as Historianswww.nhdasia.org
• +600,000 students • NHD China• NHD Korea• NHD South Asia
What is NHD?
Categories1. Dramatic Performance2. Exhibit3. Research Paper4. Doc Film5. Website
Advancing to World Finals• 1st & 2nd Place Advance to the World Finals (mid-June)
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Authentic Audience for Student Work
Howard Gardner on 21st Cent. Learning“The most valued people in the 21st century [are those who] can survey a wide range of sources, decide which is most important and worth paying attention to, and then put this information together in ways that make sense to oneself and, ultimately, to others.”• Quoted in Mike Schmoker, Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve
Student Learning, 34.
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Free History Day Teacher Training Workshop• Sat. April 25, 8:30-1:00:• Learn how to integrate the program into existing curriculum• Explore 2016 Theme “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange”• Contact [email protected] for more info
• Project-based Learning• Inquiry-based instruction• Differentiated Instruction• Integrating Tech• Active, Student Centered