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
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
HISTORY DAY TIME LINE 2009-10
Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
1st Quarter Outside reading, Students are to read a book (approved by Mr. Demchak) that presents an overview of their topic and then discuss their findings with me or Miss Pinkie by the end of the quarter. (100 points)
September 3, Preliminary investigation sheet and presentation due (20 points)
September 20, Topic Selection Worksheet is due (10 points)
October 4, Final selection of topic (10 points)
October 26-28, Thesis Statement is due. It will be a part of a TWO MINUTE PITCH (5% of Quarter grade)
November 1, "Research Strategy" worksheet is due (20 points)
December 6, Research notes are due (100 points)
(Questions to answer as you conduct your research will be provided) I will be checking on your progress periodically during the month of November
Christmas Break, The most important time of your project. During this time you are to be Dec.18-Jan.3
1)organizing your research and constructing your project, web site, exhibit , script for performance etc.
2)A copy of a rough draft of your Process Paper and your Annotated Bibliogrphy (a complete list of sources including annotations) will be due on Jan. 3. They should be separated into primary and secondary sources. (50 points)
3) A copy of your URL ex) http://17427217.nhd.weebly.com so I can monitor your progress, or a rough draft of your exhibit, or script is due January 3rd. (25 points) This does not need to be detailed just an in outline so I can evaluate your progress.
January 19-20, Your Final Thesis Statement is due (25 points)
Be prepared to make a brief presentation of your work to the class.
Thursday January 27, 2011. Your final Process Paper and Annotated bibliography are to be e-mailed to me by this date. They will be e-mailed to the judges. Web Sites must be finished and posted by this date.
Thursday February 3, 2011 CCS History Day Fair,
Final draft of your paper/exhibit/documentary/performance is due, including a brief History presentation to the judges. (350 points)
March 19, 2011 District NHD at Case Western Reserve
Those students that qualify for Districts will be rewarded bonus points
Web sitesare to be posted and Process Papers with Annotated Bibliographies are to be e-mailed to historyday@wrhs.org by Friday March 11, 2011
April 30, 2011 District winners will earn a place at Ohio History Day held at Columbus State Community College
Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
1st Quarter Outside reading, Students are to read a book (approved by Mr. Demchak) that presents an overview of their topic and then discuss their findings with me or Miss Pinkie by the end of the quarter. (100 points)
September 3, Preliminary investigation sheet and presentation due (20 points)
September 20, Topic Selection Worksheet is due (10 points)
October 4, Final selection of topic (10 points)
October 26-28, Thesis Statement is due. It will be a part of a TWO MINUTE PITCH (5% of Quarter grade)
November 1, "Research Strategy" worksheet is due (20 points)
December 6, Research notes are due (100 points)
(Questions to answer as you conduct your research will be provided) I will be checking on your progress periodically during the month of November
Christmas Break, The most important time of your project. During this time you are to be Dec.18-Jan.3
1)organizing your research and constructing your project, web site, exhibit , script for performance etc.
2)A copy of a rough draft of your Process Paper and your Annotated Bibliogrphy (a complete list of sources including annotations) will be due on Jan. 3. They should be separated into primary and secondary sources. (50 points)
3) A copy of your URL ex) http://17427217.nhd.weebly.com so I can monitor your progress, or a rough draft of your exhibit, or script is due January 3rd. (25 points) This does not need to be detailed just an in outline so I can evaluate your progress.
January 19-20, Your Final Thesis Statement is due (25 points)
Be prepared to make a brief presentation of your work to the class.
Thursday January 27, 2011. Your final Process Paper and Annotated bibliography are to be e-mailed to me by this date. They will be e-mailed to the judges. Web Sites must be finished and posted by this date.
Thursday February 3, 2011 CCS History Day Fair,
Final draft of your paper/exhibit/documentary/performance is due, including a brief History presentation to the judges. (350 points)
March 19, 2011 District NHD at Case Western Reserve
Those students that qualify for Districts will be rewarded bonus points
Web sitesare to be posted and Process Papers with Annotated Bibliographies are to be e-mailed to historyday@wrhs.org by Friday March 11, 2011
April 30, 2011 District winners will earn a place at Ohio History Day held at Columbus State Community College
Suggested Topics: Debate& Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
As you pick a topic that fits this year's theme, consider the following factors:
1. It should be a topic that is of personal interest.
2. You should discover the time and place in history that the debate or act of diplomacy began.
3. You should examine it's historical importance answering the following questions. How was it important at the time it happened? Is it still important? Did the event change history? What did we learn from it?
General topics include:
Debates and Diplomacy involved in American Treaties ex.) Treaty of Ghent
Debates concerning any Reform Movements ex.) Abolitionists Movement
Debates concerning any of the Civil Liberties ex.) Freedom of the Press
Debates concerning any of the ratified amendments to the Constitution
Presidential Debates ex.) Kennedy vs. Nixon
Diplomatic Missions that failed or succeded
Cold War Era
Cuban Missile Crisis: Diplomacy to the Last Second
Marshall Plan: Diplomacy at its Best
Berlin Wall
President Reagan-Soviet Premier Gorbachev Star War Diplomacy
Supreme Court Cases
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Roe v Wade
Dred Scott v Sanford
Amistad Case
Civil Rights
Malcom X or Martin Luther King: The Best Path to Justice
Governor Fabus vs President Eisenhower
Governor Wallace vs President Kennedy
Booker T Washington vs W.E.B. Du Bois
John Brown vs Frederick Douglas
World War II
FDR-Stalin-Churchill Diplomacy During the War
Neutrality Acts and Isolation
Early American History
The Declaration of Independence: The Ultimate Act of Diplomacy
Ben Franklin Diplomacy and the French
Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union: Diplomacy Ahead of its Time
The Great Compromise: The Birth of the Constitution
Federalist vs Anti-Federalists The Ratification of the Constitution
Chief Logan and the Mingo Indians
Jay’s Treaty
Louisiana Purchase
XYZ Affair
Monroe Doctrine
Clay’s American System
Abolitionist: The Struggle to End Slavery
Indian Removal Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Lincoln Douglas Debates: A Struggle for the Soul of America
Trent Affair: A Diplomatic Crisis
Cotton Diplomacy: The South’s Key to Victory
Fort Sumter: Lincoln’s Diplomacy and the Start of the Civil War
U.S. Diplomacy During the Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick- Panama Canal- Roosevelt Corollary
Yalta Conference: A Failed Attempt at Diplomacy
As you pick a topic that fits this year's theme, consider the following factors:
1. It should be a topic that is of personal interest.
2. You should discover the time and place in history that the debate or act of diplomacy began.
3. You should examine it's historical importance answering the following questions. How was it important at the time it happened? Is it still important? Did the event change history? What did we learn from it?
General topics include:
Debates and Diplomacy involved in American Treaties ex.) Treaty of Ghent
Debates concerning any Reform Movements ex.) Abolitionists Movement
Debates concerning any of the Civil Liberties ex.) Freedom of the Press
Debates concerning any of the ratified amendments to the Constitution
Presidential Debates ex.) Kennedy vs. Nixon
Diplomatic Missions that failed or succeded
Cold War Era
Cuban Missile Crisis: Diplomacy to the Last Second
Marshall Plan: Diplomacy at its Best
Berlin Wall
President Reagan-Soviet Premier Gorbachev Star War Diplomacy
Supreme Court Cases
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Roe v Wade
Dred Scott v Sanford
Amistad Case
Civil Rights
Malcom X or Martin Luther King: The Best Path to Justice
Governor Fabus vs President Eisenhower
Governor Wallace vs President Kennedy
Booker T Washington vs W.E.B. Du Bois
John Brown vs Frederick Douglas
World War II
FDR-Stalin-Churchill Diplomacy During the War
Neutrality Acts and Isolation
Early American History
The Declaration of Independence: The Ultimate Act of Diplomacy
Ben Franklin Diplomacy and the French
Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union: Diplomacy Ahead of its Time
The Great Compromise: The Birth of the Constitution
Federalist vs Anti-Federalists The Ratification of the Constitution
Chief Logan and the Mingo Indians
Jay’s Treaty
Louisiana Purchase
XYZ Affair
Monroe Doctrine
Clay’s American System
Abolitionist: The Struggle to End Slavery
Indian Removal Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Lincoln Douglas Debates: A Struggle for the Soul of America
Trent Affair: A Diplomatic Crisis
Cotton Diplomacy: The South’s Key to Victory
Fort Sumter: Lincoln’s Diplomacy and the Start of the Civil War
U.S. Diplomacy During the Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick- Panama Canal- Roosevelt Corollary
Yalta Conference: A Failed Attempt at Diplomacy
Two Page Pitch Due Oct. 26-28
In your Two-Page pitch, you must have:
1. An engaging and exciting beginning to grab the readers' attention. (At least one paragraph - you can use a vivid description, an interesting fact, or an anecdotal story about your debate/diplomacy or it's success,failure or consequence.)
2. Thesis Statement - Your thesis statement must include:
A. A description of the diplomatic activity or debate
B. It's impact on people's lives
C. How it changed American history
3. You need to describe your research. What are at least three secondary sources you have used so far? How have these secondary resources helped you? What are at least three primary sources you have used so far? How have these primary sources helped you?
4. What type of project are you going to create for NHD? Explain how you will present your topic in this project type? Why did you choose this project type? Why do you think it is the best project type for presenting your topic? What steps will you need to take to complete this project?
5. Why did you choose this topic? Why should people be interested in your topic?
1. An engaging and exciting beginning to grab the readers' attention. (At least one paragraph - you can use a vivid description, an interesting fact, or an anecdotal story about your debate/diplomacy or it's success,failure or consequence.)
2. Thesis Statement - Your thesis statement must include:
A. A description of the diplomatic activity or debate
B. It's impact on people's lives
C. How it changed American history
3. You need to describe your research. What are at least three secondary sources you have used so far? How have these secondary resources helped you? What are at least three primary sources you have used so far? How have these primary sources helped you?
4. What type of project are you going to create for NHD? Explain how you will present your topic in this project type? Why did you choose this project type? Why do you think it is the best project type for presenting your topic? What steps will you need to take to complete this project?
5. Why did you choose this topic? Why should people be interested in your topic?
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