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CATEGORY information 
​& SAMPLE PROJECTS

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Here's that Category overview slideshow you mighta seen in your Social Studies class this week! 
SCROLL DOWN TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A
​PERFORMANCE, EXHIBIT, DOCUMENTARY, WEBSITE, AND PAPER! 
Once you have learned a lot about your topic, you will need to determine the best way to present it all. Choosing the right category is an important one because it's how all that research will be judged.

​REMEMBER: All projects require a Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography. For more details on those click here.
National Project Examples
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The Rules
​of History Day


Documentary (SHORT MOVIE)

Students can create a documentary as an individual or as a group. Using photos, documents, videos, interviews they find in their research, students create a 10-minute documentary about their thesis statement. 
  1. ​​Twelve Tips for Making a Good Documentary
  2. Guided Tootsie Roll (THIS IS GOOD!)
    1. ​Make your own Tootsie Roll​
  3. ​Make a Documentary Story Board​
  4. Laura Zeccardi's Storyboard Brainstorm
  5. Make sure to read the Documentary Rules
    1. ​​Summary of those rules are here
  6. Documentary Judge Evaluation 
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This is what a Documentary Tootsie Roll looks like! Yummy!

Watch actual TOP-RATED student documentaries

2018 Special Award Winner from TPT
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2020 Third Place at State and Special Award Winner from MHS
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Click THIS LINK to see more STUDENT DOCUMENTARIES FROM MN HISTORY DAY

SALK GROUP DOCUMENTARY
​1st Place in MINNESOTA
ANNOTATED BIB
PROCESS PAPER
Annotated Bib
Process Paper 
2015 WINNING NATIONAL SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY FROM MN (WON $5,000)
Click for Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography of this documentary

Exhibit (MUSEUM DISPLAY)

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NEWS FLASH! 2021 VIRTUAL EXHIBIT INSTRUCTIONS HERE! YOU NEED TO READ! 

Students create a museum display using a wide variety of primary sources to support the story. Exhibits can be an individual or group project. Students can only use 500 of their own written words, the rest of the story must be told using those quality sources.  A quality exhibit board needs to show primary and secondary sources that support your writing. Large boards can be purchased from school very reasonably or a used board from school can be repurposed (they are in good condition) for no charge. Students can build one from wood. Creativity should be expressed on an exhibit board but there is a general system of organization students should follow. 
Making an Exhibit
(check out these helpful documents)
Click for a gallery of well designed NHD Exhibits
Lots more Exhibits to look at and get ideas from here! 
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Click to see a detailed recommendation of what an Exhibit should include
  1. ​Use this Exhibit Map to help you plan
  2. ​Good exhibit boards use "levels of text"
  3. CRITICAL information on credits and captions!
  4. ​​Helpful video on credits and captions
  5. ​Watch an Exhibit go from School to Regions to State to Nationals
  6. ​Make sure you know the NHD rules for the Exhibit category
    1. ​​At least be sure to look at this summary of the rules
  7. ​Exhibit Judge Evaluation

Performance (SHORT PLAY)

In this category, students brainstorm scene ideas (usually 2-4 scenes) then write a script built around the thesis statement.  That includes planning a simple set,  costumes, and stage choreography. Then, the student becomes the star on stage--either as a solo performer or group.  There are many ways to write a quality 10-minute performance but it's best to use the guidse below to help you. There are also scripts written by Salk students to help you. 

NEWS FLASH! 2021 VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTIONS HERE! YOU MUST READ!!
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and

​​BE SURE TO MAKE A COPY & USE THE 2021 PERFORMANCE COMPANION WORKSHEET

  1. ​Organizing your Performance
    1. Performance Scene Selection​​
    2. ​Performance Idea Map
    3. Performance Planning 
    4. Sample Outline and Script
    5. ​Sample Salk Script (Group)​      ​Sample Salk Script (Individual)
    6. Be sure to read the Performance category rules from NHD
      1. ​At least be sure to look at this summary of the rules
    7. Here's the Performance Judge Evaluation form

Lots more great student performances to watch here! great places to get ideas and notice their sets, scenes and costumes


Website (ONLINE EXHIBIT)

PictureMUST USE this website.NHD.org to build your website
In this category, students create a website about their thesis statement using the free online web builder found at website.nhd.org. A website uses audio, video and up to 1,200 student-composed words. Use the outline below for creating a high-quality website.  

  1. Use this helpful Website Workbook (make a copy) to get started
  2. The big Instructional Guide to building a website is here
  3. Additional Guides and Videos to building your website are here
    1. ​Step One: Registering an individual site. OR Registering a group site. OR Use an existing account to start a new website
    2. Step Two: Navigate the Website Builder
    3. ​Using blocks to build your website
    4. ​Adding and linking pages 
    5. ​Create a design theme
    6. Following common how-tos
    7. Saving your website
  4. ​Organizing Information for Website
  5. ​Website Graphic Organizer
  6. ​Tips for using the NHDWebCentral website builder
  7. ​Rules for the Website Category
  8. ​Website Judge Evaluation Form. OR A summary of the rules
  9. ​CRITICAL information on credits and captions!
    1. ​​Helpful video on credits and captions

even more Sample websites! click here

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A great website by a Salk student--this one took 5th place in 2019
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A great NHD website by Mr. Glew 

EVEN MORE WEBSITE SAMPLES...CLICK HERE!


PAPER (SCHOLARLY PAPER)

This is the only project that must be done by an individual (no groups). It entails a student writing a 1,500 to 2,500 word paper supporting their thesis statement. The format of the paper is the same as all the other categories, but students are limited in their use of visuals/photos with a few exceptions (they go in an appendix at the end of a paper, not inside the actual paper). This is the most traditional method of presenting historical research and the most like how you'll be expected to demonstrate learning in High School and College (as well as in the workplace). 
WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR SOME EXPERT INSIGHTS ON MAKING A QUALITY HISTORY DAY PAPER
  1. Helpful Tips for Organizing A Paper
  2. ​​How to make Footnotes in your paper using GoogleDocs
  3. ​NHD Rules for making a paper
  4. Here's a summary of those rules
  5. ​Judge Evaluation form for papers
Look at the student papers below and click here for more GOOD examples of student work

A high-quality middle school NHD research paper
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7th Grade Paper that went to Nationals from Salk
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​Junior Level Paper from MN that finished 1st in the nation!
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  • Welcome to Mr. H.'s Webpage!
  • 7th Grade U.S. Studies
  • Salk History Day
  • Washington D.C. 2024
  • MN Studies
    • 6th Grade NHD Topics