Mike Demchak
Demchakmj@aol.com
Dear Parents,
This year the 11th grades will be participating in CCS's six History Day Fair. This event is part of a broader program known as National History Day. Each year over 500,000 participate.
I am fully aware of the time and sacrifice this project requires of students, parents and teachers. I am fully convinced however, that it promotes life skills, analytical skills, comparative perspectives and models of critical judgment, essential for work in any field. It allows students to choose a topic of interest to them, discover its historical context and then develop an imaginative exhibit, or historical performance, or research paper, or documentary or web-site.
During the last five years CCS students have participated with great success. Many have qualified to participate in district competition at Case Western Reserve; thirty-seven have been recognized for outstanding achievement advancing to state competition at Ohio State. Eleven of those students have earned honorable mention recognition on the state level. And finally for the first time three students were recognized as alternate national finalists and five students won national finalist earning the right to represent CCS in the National Contest!
Students will pick a topic that fits this year’s theme "Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes Failures, Consequences.”
Please make note of the following dates:
CCS History Day Fair, Thursday February 3, 2011
NHD District Case Western Reserve, Saturday March 19, 2011
NHD State Columbus State Community College, Saturday April 30,2011
NHD Nationals University of Maryland in College Park June 12th-16th 2011
This year I will provide instructions, research tips and sites and additional information through my homework blog http://ccsdemchakblogspot.com and the history links on the left of the blog.
A great resource for History Day projects is the National History Day in Ohio website at www.NHD.org ; There are areas of the website designed to help students and to provide helpful information for parents. Students should be sure to consult the Contest Rule Book online. Students participating in History Day are encouraged to research their topics in their local public libraries, local historical organizations, and universities.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at school or at 330-724-3548 or e-mail Demchakmj.aol.com if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Mike Demchak