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The following is a suggested timeline for implementing New York State History Day in your school or classroom.
August/September
- Choose a Program Format
- Can take place in one classroom
- Can be shared between two or more social studies teachers
- An interdisciplinary teaching team (Social Studies, ELA, Art, etc.) can be developed to make History Day a seamless part of your curriculum
- Can be implemented as an after school club.
- Assess your school and local resources
- What are the resources you and your students have?
- What is the availability of technology?
- What access do you and your students have to secondary and primary sources?
- Use the following calendar and New York State History Day Teacher Resources to develop a strategy for your year.
October/November
End of November
- Help students narrow their topics to specific people, events, etc.
- Assist students to develop clear and concise thesis statements.
- Make sure student topics relate clearly to the annual theme.
December
- Provide students with guided research activities, including note taking and annotated bibliography lessons.
- Have students select a project category.
- Help students conduct in depth research with primary sources.
January
- Encourage students to bolster their research where needed and help them draw conclusions from their evidence.
- Provide guidance as students build, write, create, and edit their projects. ( Click here for examples of student projects.)
February
March
- Students compete in their regional competition.
- Students who advance to the state competition (1st and 2nd place winners in each category) should revise their projects using the judges feedback forms.
- Qualifying students must register for the state competition using the online registration system.
Early May
- Qualifying students compete at the state contest in Cooperstown.
- First and second place winners in every category should revise their projects for the national competition using the judges feedback forms.
- Qualifying students must register for the national contest using the online registration system.
June
- Qualifying students compete at the national contest at the University of Maryland in College Park.
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