National+History+Day+Project



Participating in National History Day is one of the CMS's signature projects. National History Day is an inter-disciplinary research project for students in grades 6-12. History Day teaches students to:


 * Conduct in-depth research
 * Use primary and secondary sources
 * Read a variety of texts
 * Analyze and synthesize information
 * present historical content

Students //**choose a topic that relates to an annual theme and relates to Georgia in some way**//, research that topic, and develop their research into one of five presentation categories: research paper, exhibit, documentary, performance, or website. Students may then enter their projects into History Day competitions at school, regional, state and national levels.

The 2016 theme is **Exploration, Encounter, Exchange** **in History** Students begin work on NHD in August and continue until early January. 8th Grade Choices: Documentary: http://www.nhd.org/entering-contest/creating-an-entry/documentary/ Website: http://www.nhd.org/entering-contest/creating-an-entry/website/ Paper: http://www.nhd.org/entering-contest/creating-an-entry/paper/



Deadlines: August/September-Topic Selected October/November-Thesis, Research and beginning stages of construction of Website, Paper or Documentary December: Research and Creation of Website, Paper or Documentary

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