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Starting Your Project
Once you have completed your research, you can start creating your project. Your project will be the way you let the public see your research and conclusions.
Papers:
Start with an outline. It will consist of a introduction, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Ask yourself these questions: How will I lay out my argument? In what order will I present my research and information?
Performances:
Outline your script. Make sure the performance is backed by your primary research and dramatically portrays your conclusion. Add your conclusion into the performance without saying "My conclusion is." With a performance, consider sets, stage movement (called "blocking" in theater) and props.
Documentaries:
Outline your script. It should include both your verbal commentary and storyboard of video clips, images, and audio. In order to make your argument in an organized way, think about introducing the topic, presenting your evidence, and show how it supports your conclusion.
Exhibits:
Gather the images that support your conclusion. An exhibit is a visual story and the text created helps the viewer understand the message. Consider a layout that clearly expresses your conclusion, whether it is chronological or shows opposing viewpoints. The visual layout is important, only second to content and research.
Web Sites
This is year web sites become an official National History Day category. Individual and Group projects will be judged together as one category at the regional, state, and national contests. Visit the web site category information page for more information.
Once you have finished your preliminary outlines and layout, carefully review them. Get feedback from your History Day teacher and parents on how to revise the project. They can help you shape a successful project. Don't feel bad if you need to make a few changes; even professional historians have to make big changes during the revision process. Don't be discouraged if you have to add more research. Historians often have to do that too. |
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