Amelia

Annotated Bibliography

ALL STUDENTS

Please adhere to the following criteria when building annotated bibliographies. Hard copy is due on the day of the preliminary class competition.

1. Organize into 2 sections: primary sources, then secondary sources
2. Each section (primary/secondary) should be in alphabetical order.
3. Use easybib (create separate lists for primary and secondary) and then export so that the lists are in proper format.

Look at this example and mirror it.

A guide and short example

A more thorough example

NHD Workshops 12/15-12/22

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ALL 9th, 10th and 12 grade students:

Report to your NHD Workshops based on project category during Social Studies, Computer and Art classes.

Schedule/ Room Assignments:

Period 1 (Ackerman, Gold, Krauss, Stanton, Thompson)

• Documentary- 9, 10, 12th* -Room 205- Thompson
• Exhibit- 9, 10, 12th- 501 Krauss & Ackerman
• Paper 9, 10th - Room 205- Thompson
• Paper -12th Cheyney lab- Stanton
• Performance- IMC - Gold
• Web - 9, 10th- IMC Gold
• Web - 12th- Cheyney lab- Stanton

Period 2 (Krauss, Thompson)

• Documentary, Web, Paper- 9th- IMC - Thompson
• Exhibit, Performance- 9th- 501 - Krauss

Period 3 (Ackerman, Brasof, Cognato, Gold, Soto, Stanton)

• Documentary- 9, 10, 12th* Room 202 - Brasof
  
• Exhibit- 9, 10, 12th- 501 Soto & Ackerman
• Paper 9, 10th - Room 202- Brasof
  
• Paper -12th Cheyney lab- Stanton
• Performance- IMC Gold/Cognato
• Web - 9,10th- IMC Gold/Cognato
• Web - 12th- Cheyney lab- Stanton

Period 4 (Brasof, Gold, Krauss, Stanton, Thompson)

• Documentary- 9, 10, 12th*- Room 202 - Brasof
  
• Exhibit- 9, 10, - 501 Krauss
• Exhibit, Web, Paper- 12th - Cheyney Lab- Stanton
  
• Paper 9, 10th Room 202- Brasof
  
• Performance-205 Gold
• Web - 9, 10th, IMC - Thompson

Creating an Entry

Dear Students:

PLEASE check out the NHD Website on CREATING AN ENTRY

Process paper, winning examples, and other information is all covered.

Primary and Secondary Sources

Sophomores:

Please study this POWERPOINT from Mr. Ackerman on primary and secondary sources.

Guidebooks and Examples

Example projects
can be found on the NHD website
as well as here and here
Winning Websites: Buckminster Fuller and Apollo-Soyuz
Exhibits: Presentation

Check out the PA state NHD FAQ

Guidebooks
2010 Rule Book (all categories)
Documentary
Website 1
Website 2
Performance
Exhibit
Paper

Primary Research

Good sites for primary research
http://uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/primary.html
UC Berkeley
Constitution.org
Library of Congress
National Archives
American Women's History
NHD definition of primary sources

Requirements for Topic Selection Essay

TASK: Write a 5 paper research paper (12-point font, 1-inch margins) on your proposed topic choice that relates to the 2009-10 NHD Theme. This research paper will be called your topic selection essay.

Step One: Read this year’s theme reading and select your Innovation in History.

Step Two: Research and write topic selection essay. The essay must answer these questions:

1. What innovation would you like to build a project about?
• What is your historical innovation?
• When was it created?
• Where was it created?
• Who is credited for this innovation?
  

2. What major impact and change in history did this innovation have?
• What was the problem this innovation solved?
• Who agreed / disagreed with this innovation?
• What immediate impact did it have on our country / people’s lives?
• What long-term changes happened as a result of this innovation?
• How has the use of this innovation changed over time

Step Three: Prepare a bibliography of 5-10 sources in MLA format.

• EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/

Step Four: Hand essay in on time. Essay due on

• 9th grade: November 20
  
• 10th grade: November 6^th
  

Grading: This essay will be a major project / exam grade in English, Social Studies, and Art History/Technology (if you have it).

Grading Rubric Based On Proper:

1. Length
2. Bibliography
3. Connection to Theme
4. Grammar/Mechanics

NOTE ON FORMING GROUPS FOR NATIONAL HISTORY DAY

As always, groups are permitted and encouraged for National History Day projects. However, each student is responsible for handing in his or her own researched topic selection essay about the group’s agreed upon innovation. Discuss with your teacher what each paper should focus on.

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS

• INDIVIDUAL: write entire essay as described in this assignment
• GROUP OF TWO STUDENTS: In Step Two one student answers question 1 and the other student answers question 2. Each student should submit a 5-10 source bibliography.
• GROUP OF THREE-FOUR STUDENTS.
• In Step Two one group member answers question 1.
• The next two group members should divide question 2 between them.
• The fourth group member should complete an essay on primary sources available online and in print.
• Each student should submit a 5-10 source bibliography.
• ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO WRITE A 5 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER.

NHD Annotations

An annotation is a critical summary of your research. In addition to writing a brief overview of the major ideas in the research, you must also identify the qualifications of the author, the intended audience, and the relationship to other relevant sources.

WHOLE CLASS REVIEW (15 minutes)

Read through the on-line presentation on How to Create Annotations:
http://www.lawrence.edu/library/music/muhi20234titlepage.html

Individual Work (30 minutes)

Download the PDF to your computer. Read it and pay attention to the example annotations:

http://www.utoledo.edu/library/help/guides/docs/Annotations.pdf

Using one of your sources, try to write an annotation and post to your blog.

Bibliography Citations in MLA FORMAT!
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html
or
http://www.lawrence.edu/library/music/muhi20234citations.html

If you have extra time-

WRITING Tricks Website A great list of Transition words, Adjectives, Synonyms, and other writing tips- check it out!

HOMEWORK:

Continue working on researching and writing your annotations. FIVE annotations due by TUES. OCTOBER 20.

NHD Thesis

A thesis is your argument. It sums up the point of your paper in a few sentences. When building your thesis statement, you are defining why we should care about your innovation, and how you are going to prove that your innovation had a lasting impact on human life.

Whole Class Review (10 minutes)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

Independent Work (20 minutes)

Try using the online thesis builder to help you write your thesis statement
http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html

HOMEWORK:

Continue working on researching and writing your annotations. FIVE annotations due by TUES. OCTOBER 20.

Innovation's Effect

TODAY's ASSIGNMENT

Classwork: Continue NHD research. Go to http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
to check for primary documents on your topic.

Guiding Question: What need in society did the innovation fill and what changes occurred to society because of the innovation?

Assessment: Post your findings to your blog. INCLUDE the url/site address for where you found your information.

What is NHD? What is the theme?

What is NHD?

• National History Day is an innovative process for students to learn history by selecting topics of interest and launching into a year-long research project.
• NHD is an opportunity for teachers and students to “do” real historical research.

What is the 2009-2010 Theme?
This year's National History Day theme, Innovation in History: Impact and Change, provides students the opportunity to think broadly about where, when, and why humans create, design, construct, compose, problem solve, and invent.

What is Innovation?
Innovation suggests creative new approaches to any facet of life. What is it about the topic that is new and different, and is also the result of human ideas or actions?

Innovation suggests creative new approaches to any facet of life. Examples topics can come from science like Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, new discoveries like Isaac Newton’s laws of gravity, or new inventions like the automobile.

Students might explore innovation in artistic or musical forms. Changes in political, social or religious institutions or arrangements might also be considered as innovations, as new ways to respond to problems facing society.

What is in History?
The important aspect of any National History Day research project is to place the topic in the historical context, through analyzing and exploring the questions of why and so what?

An examination of historical context begins with looking at why this innovation came about when and where it did. Establishing historical context means showing what economic, political, social, technological, cultural, religious or other circumstances existed before, and perhaps caused or contributed to, the innovation of interest. It is critical for students to read about the time period first. Without historical context it is impossible for students to analyze the impact of an innovation.

The other aspect of the in history part of the theme is to look at the effects or results of the innovation. How did people react initially, in the short term (within a few years), and over the longer term (in later years and decades), to the new idea, arrangement, organization, or technology?

Sample Topics
• Longbow or the Stirrup or Gunpowder: Revolutionizing Warfare
• Metallurgy: Transforming Agricultural, Military and Artistic Tools
• Irrigation: Urbanization of Communities
• Ox Drawn Plow: Opening Trade, Transporting Goods
• Electrum: Standard Unit of Measure
• Anesthesia: Improving Surgery, Improving Health
• Waterwheel: Harnessing Energy
• The Compass and Exploration
• Lateen Sails: Sailing Against the Wind
• Gatlin Gun or Repeating Rifle: Faster than a Speeding Bullet
• Telescope: Bringing the Stars into Focus
• Gutenberg Press: Spreading Literacy to the Masses
• Heliocentric Solar System: Centering our Thoughts on Astronomy
• Mercator’s Projection: A Grid of Directions
• The Sextant: Guided by the Stars
• Barometer: Under Pressure
• Pendulum Clock: Measuring Time
• Telegraph: Communicating through Code
• The Steam Engine: Faster and Stronger
• Spinning Jenny: Automation of Weaving
• Canning: Preserving Food
• Cotton Gin: Expanding Production and Slavery
• Automated Loom: Speed Weaving
• Transcontinental Railroad: Linking a Continent
• Electricity: Shedding Light
• Photography: Capturing Time
• Refrigeration: Cold Storage
• The Reaper: Slicing through Labor Costs
• Sewing Machine: Seamless Production
• Dynamite: Exploding and Expanding Construction Projects
• Plastics: The Gift that Won’t Stop Giving
• Internal Combustion Engine: Speed and Energy
• Telephone: Communication Connection
• X-Ray: Seeing through the Future
• Household Vacuum: Cleaning Up
• Airplanes: Transforming Transportation: Connecting the World
• Polio Vaccine: New Hope
• Laser Technology: Curing without Cutting
• Barbed Wire: Fencing the Future

Essential Questions for Research

• Why did this innovation happen at this particular time and in this particular place?

• In what ways was the innovation new?

• What need in society did the innovation fill and what changes occurred to society because of the innovation?

• What benefits did the innovation provide, and to whom?

• How did people react initially, in the short term (within a few years), and over
the longer term (in later years), to the new idea, arrangement, organization,
or technology?

• How did it change people’s ideas, scientific knowledge, everyday behavior, political
processes, etc.?

Stage 1: Choose Your Adventure!

Stage 2: Develop Idea and narrow Topic

Stage 3: Research and Annotations

Ask yourself these questions when analyzing documents.

1. 1. “What exactly does the document mean?”
   
2. What is the literal versus real meaning, e.g., in a diplomatic exchange?
   
3. What do the words in the source mean, e.g., gay in the 1890s meant something quite different from what it meant in the 1990s.
4. “How well situated was the author to observe or record the events in question?”
5. “When, how, and to whom was the report made?"
6. “Is there bias either in the report, or in yourself, that must be accounted for?”
7. “What specialized information is needed to interpret the source?”
   
8. “Do the reported actions seem probable according to the dictates of informed common sense?”
9. “Is there corroborating testimony?" Do others agree?

Stage 4: Write Paper

Links for Research