History Fair is Back! All 8th graders are required to
participate in History Fair. The
hyperlinks below will help introduce the topic for 2009-2010 History Fair, and
will take you to the rulebook explaining categories.
Important Links:
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org (Access this address for general introduction
and theme, as well as to access all information for History Fair at the
National History Day Web site).
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/images/uploads/2009rulebook.pdf (Access this address to be taken directly to
the rulebook which includes the categories of the fair such as exhibit and
performance)
Important Dates:
·
October 1st- Final topics and project
choice selections are due to teacher.
·
*Reservations
for free and optional UT/LBJ History Day Workshop [happening on Oct 24th ] are
due by Oct 16th.
·
October 23rd- Process Paper Paragraph
1&4 –(checkpoint 1)- will be due.
·
Oct 24th (Saturday) UT/LBJ History
Day Workshop
·
Oct 30th- Bibliography rough draft
due
·
Nov 6th- process paper rough draft
due
·
Nov 12th- Projects are due!!!
·
Nov 17th- History Fair at GMS
History Fair Refinement Worksheet is
attached below. This is due by Oct 1st for all students. Please scroll down to see the worksheet.
National History Day
Topic Refinement
Due
Thursday October 1st
1)
Why did this innovation happen at this particular time and in
this particular place?
2)
In what ways was the innovation new?
3)
What need in society did the innovation fill and what changes
occurred because of the innovation?
4)
What benefits did the innovation provide and to whom?
5)
How did people react initially, in the short term (within a
few years), and over the longer term (later years), to the new idea,
arrangement, organization, or technology?
6)
How did it change people’s ideas, scientific knowledge,
everyday behavior, political processes etc.?
___________________________________________________________
Circle your
choices below……
Project Type: Exhibit Research
Paper Website
Documentary Performance
I am working: Alone
With partners (no more than 3 in
a group)