national history day projects
DESCRIPTION
Slides from a workshop with k-12 educators on using the resources in the Seeds of Change: The Daily Reflector Image Collection in National History Day projectsTRANSCRIPT
USING THE DAILY REFLECTOR IMAGE COLLECTION AS A RESOURCE
National History Day Projects
Overview
About National History DayProject ProcessExamplesThemes and the Daily Reflector Image
CollectionHands-On-Activity
HTTP://WWW.NATIONALHISTORYDAY.ORG/
About National History Day
Project based curriculum and instruction
Engages students Research Writing Product development Technology use Personal skills
Choose a historic topic
Conduct primary and
secondary source research
Analyze and interpret your
sources
Draw a conclusion about
the significance of your
topic
Present your work
In the Spring Enter local NHD contest Winners to State NHD
contest State winners go on to the
Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park in June.
Video about NHD from the History Channel
http://link.history.com/services/player/bcpid1785324716?bclid=1785352303&bctid=1788865028
Project Process
Getting Started
Rules and Evaluation
Information about creating an entry, the rules, and evaluation materials is found here:
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/CreatingEntry.htm
A DOCUMENTARY AND A PERFORMANCE
2009 THEME- THE INDIVIDUAL IN HISTORY: ACTIONS AND LEGACIES
Examples
The video was created for the Junior Group Documentary.
Laura Holmes presenting "By Deeds Not Words, Alice Paul's Militant Fight For Women's Suffrage"
Examples
Documentary URLhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEoPyA_qTtk
Performance URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj6f6hKsQPM
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY PROJECTS ARE BASED UPON THEMES IN HISTORY.
THE DAILY REFLECTOR IMAGES REFLECT THEMES IN LIFE FROM 1949-1967
Themes and the Daily Reflector Image Collection
Daily Reflector ImagesDaily Reflector Images National History Day National History Day
Community Organizations & Celebrations
EconomicsEducationMedicine & Health CareNatural Disasters & the
EnvironmentPolitics & GovernmentSocial & Family LifeUrban Development
2010 Innovation in History: Impact and Change
2009 The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies
Themes
Hands-On-Activity
Narrowing topics aligned to the NHD theme and the Daily Reflector Image Collection
Using the process suggested by the NHD organization, produce topics for NHD projects that incorporate primary source images from the Daily Reflector Image Collection
Work individually to produce two narrowed topics
Formula Template
FormulaFormula ExampleExample
Theme: Interest: Topic: Issue:
Theme: Rights and Responsibilities in History
Interest: Native Americans
Topic: Treaty RightsIssue: 1788 Fort
Schuyler Treaty
Process for Narrowing Topics Based On Theme
Formula Template
Theme: 2010 Innovation in History: Impact and Change
Interest: Topic: Issue: Image URLs from Daily Reflector Image
Collection:
Video for Students on Defining Thesis Statement