National History Day Debriefing Mrs. Herrera Highlights from the judges concerning Website Documentary Paper Exhibit Performance.

National History Day Debriefing

Mrs. Herrera

Highlights from the judges concerning

Website

Documentary

Paper

Exhibit

Performance

General Information

Judges are looking for surprising topic choices, different topics, and ones that stand out among the rest.

Change this year- ALL categories are interviewed at State Level!

Process papers- MLA or Turabian style 60% of your score comes from your ability to

supply well rounded historical research

General Information

Do NOT 'stack' your sources Use only sources that you can cite in your

bibliography. The judges may ask 'which sources did you

use.... for?' Your score can drop from including extra

sources that you did not gain an abundance of information from, or if the source(s) did not aid to your final thesis idea.

General Information

Great websites for answers concerning the NHD

nhd.org Facebook

San Antonio Regional History Day

Consider different points of view Have your different sources come from

different sides of your argument. A variety of sources makes your 'story' more

rounded

General Information

Great sources for your NHD project Handbook of Texas online

tshaonline.org/education/students/texas-day/home

Library of Congress (primary sources!!) loc.gov

Baylor University (oral interviews) baylor.edu/lib/texas/

.org & .gov

Website

Create a 'Weebly' account One account per student/group Go to NHD.org then create a Weebly account

A photo montage must have credits also, but the credits can be at the bottom of the page

Credit does not have to be directly below the montage

If you have questions about your nhd.weebly account

address those concerns to the nhd.org help link

Documentary

Respectfully interaction with the judges That includes EVERYONE in your 'team'

Only students in your 'team' may appear on or in your documentary

Including the voice dub over and your own video

If you choose to include your own video, it needs to appear highly professional.

Paper

Keep repeating throughout your paper, 'why your leadership of choice makes a great legacy'

20 % of your score comes from organization, spelling, and grammar.

Include thesis statement at the beginning of the paper.

Exhibit

Need to include at least one visual aid Interactive Diorama Artifact

Judge should be able to immediately identify how your topic relates to 'Leadership & Legacy'

Exhibit

Performance

Do NOT give the judges a script of your lines If you accidentally missed a line, but do not

give the appearance that you did. Then the judges would not know.