National History Day!

2015 Topic

Leadership and Legacy

What are some characteristics of a leader? What kinds of people make the best leaders? Who do you think are some important leaders

from American history?

Primary vs. Secondary SourcesWhat do you think a primary source is?

Written in the time periodLetters, speeches, diaries, newspaper

articles from the time, documents, photographs, artifacts, etc…

What do you think a secondary source is? By an author who was not an eyewitness or a

participant in the historical event.History books, biographies, newspaper

retrospectives, encyclopedias, interpretations found on the Internet, etc…

TopicTopic should be importantSignificant in the relation to the themeThink about how it developed/changed

over timeHow did it influence/change history?How did the events and the atmosphere

(social, economic, political, and cultural aspects) of your topic’s time period influence your topic in history.

Contest Categories Group (2 or 3) or Individual

Exhibit Performance Click Here Documentary Click Me!!! Website nhd.org Paper (Individual only)

Project Proposal Sheet Due 9/15 Must complete proposed topic

How does your topic relate to the theme? At least 2 sources Project Type List group members

Annotated Bibliography Sheet Due 10/16

Must have at least 3 Primary Sources and 3 Secondary sources For the math impaired- that’s at least 6 total

sources MUST follow MLA format

There is a link on my website where you can find how to put sources in MLA

There are also sites like citation machine that will put sources in the correct format

Must answer questions for each citation

Process Paper Sheet Due 11/19

This basically explains the process in which you did your project.

Must answer all question in complete sentences.

Maximum of 500 words

Final Project Due 12/5 Must include all components

Project, Title Page, Process paper (except for students doing the paper project type, and Annotated Bibliography