Government/ History Day Research Project Schedule
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and Second Semester, History Day Project 1. 9/19 - History Day Research Paper Workshop Activity - Finding topics Activity - Citations worksheet History Day Standards and Instructions 2. 9/26 - Choose options for History Day project a. Single or partner b. Presentation c. Topic 3. 10/14 - Rough Draft of Annotated Bibliography due 4. 10/24 - Final Topic and Thesis statement due 5. 11/15 - Rough draft of text narrative, History Day Standards and Instrucions Guide 6. 11/30 - Activity - Convert Bibliography to Word, will be checked at the end of the period Activity - Outline (research paper option), Board layout (display option), Scene descriptions (Video performance), Script rough draft (website and documentary options) planning. 7. 12/8- History Day Rough Drafts 3 (Three) III copies, no matter what format! All copies must incude works cited/bibliography! 8. 1/16 - Revisions due; Websites and documentaries must be complete. Performances must be totally scripted. 9. 1/23 - Process papers due, Instructions Here!! 10. beginning 2/15 - Judging by faculty, finalists chosen 11. 2/24 - Winners submitted 12. Mid March - Baltimore City History Day Fair 13. April 29 - Maryland History Day Fair, UMBC 14. June 11 - 15 - National History Day - UM College Park All members of a group developing a perfomance, a website, or a documentary are responsible for all due dates. The absence of one member is NOT an acceptable excuse for being unprepared. All students must complete a research project as part of their grade. If you do not want to participate in History Day, you must complete a research paper and meet all the deadlines. Research Options
1. Research Paper - Rough draft, 1500 to 2500 words. Must include bibliography and title page. Please see PAGE 20 History Day Website for information. Clarification: Paper must be typed, double spaced, 12 font or smaller, 1 inch margins No bullets All copies must include works cited/ bibliography 2. Exhibit/ Display - Diagram or board, and all materials displayed. Rough draft of all text with bibliography. 500 word limit. Must include bibliography. Please see PAGE 23 History Day Website for information. Clarification: Bullets are NOT permitted, the statement must be supported in the text Example: "Washington and his army spent the winter of 1776-1777 in Valley Forge, it was cold and there were many casualties" would be a bullet, but it is not complete. This would be the first sentence of a paragraph explaining where Valley Forge was, why Washington's armies were there, and including support such as a first person statement of someone who was there. Citations must be included in text. You may be creative with fonts and text! Works cited must be in text, bibliography must be part of the display. Full text is due on all due dates, as well as a drawing for each panel and sources for all pictures or display components. 3. Perfomance - Diagram of stage, description of setting and costumes. Rough draft of script with bibliography. 10 minute limit. Please see PAGE 26 History Day Website for information. Clarification: Complete script is due on all due dates. Script must be in 12 font or smaller, 1 inch margins. Figure 1 page per minute. Script must contain citations, the performance should not unless it is needed for the dialog. 4. Documentary - Description of documentary, script, and layout of each page including visual, film, or text. Rough draft of script with bibliography. 10 minute limit. Please see PAGE 28 History Day Website for information. Clarification: Complete script is due, script must be in 12 font or smaller, 1 inch margins. Figure 1 page per minute. Script must contain citations. A layout for each section or panel of the documentary is due, all works must be cited. 5. Website - Use History Day Website Construction Page for instructions. Description of documentary, script, and layout of each page including visual, film, or text. Rough draft of script with bibliography. 10 minute limit. Please see PAGE 31 History Day Website for information. Clarification: Complete script is due, script must be in 12 font or smaller, 1 inch margins. Figure 1 page per minute. Script must contain citations. A layout for each section or panel of the documentary is due. All works must be cited. Remainder of schedule to be posted. This semester we will be participating in the Maryland History Day as our Research component. History Day Website for Maryland Participation Son of Citation Machine Correctly formats citations PaperRater This resource checks your paper for grammar errors and plaigarism |
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