National History Day Projects

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