National History Day Debriefing
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Mrs. Herrera
Highlights from the judges concerning
Website
Documentary
Paper
Exhibit
Performance
General Information
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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
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Do NOT 'stack' your sources
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Use only sources that you can cite in your
bibliography.
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The judges may ask 'which sources did you
use.... for?'
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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
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Great websites for answers concerning the
NHD
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nhd.org
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Facebook
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San Antonio Regional History Day
Consider different points of view
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Have your different sources come from
different sides of your argument.
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A variety of sources makes your 'story' more
rounded
General Information
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Great sources for your NHD project
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Handbook of Texas online
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Library of Congress (primary sources!!)
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loc.gov
Baylor University (oral interviews)
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tshaonline.org/education/students/texasday/home
baylor.edu/lib/texas/
.org & .gov
Website
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Create a 'Weebly' account
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One account per student/group
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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
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Credit does not have to be directly below the
montage
If you have questions about your nhd.weebly
account
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address those concerns to the nhd.org help
link
Documentary
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Respectfully interaction with the judges
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Only students in your 'team' may appear on or
in your documentary
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That includes EVERYONE in your 'team'
Including the voice dub over and your own
video
If you choose to include your own video, it
needs to appear highly professional.
Paper
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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
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Need to include at least one visual aid
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Interactive
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Diorama
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Artifact
Judge should be able to immediately identify
how your topic relates to 'Leadership & Legacy'
Exhibit
Performance
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Do NOT give the judges a script of your lines
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If you accidentally missed a line, but do not
give the appearance that you did. Then the
judges would not know.