History Day Report and Project
You are to research an event in history. This year's theme is TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY: PEOPLE, IDEAS, EVENTS. You will create a report which will teach others about your topic.
You are to choose an event that was a significant turning point in history. It must have had some significant impact on American History, and you are to include that in your report. Your grade will be determined on your ability to convey the cause/effect aspect of your topic.
After you research this topic, you will present it in three ways - as a formal report, hands-on project, and as a formal display in a History Day Faire. Research must include several sources:

* two primary sources
* encyclopedias
* books
* one interview
* internet sources
* magazine article.

REPORT: The report will follow formal guidelines and include:

* Folder
* Title page
* Table of Contents
* Chapter One - Introduction
* Chapter Two - What was happening in the world at that time (Be general)
* Chapter Three - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - All about your topic
* Chapter 6 - So What? What was the significance or result of your specific topic on the world today?
* Chapter 7 - Conclusion
* Annotated Bibliography
* Outline due______________. Outline done on Encarta format.
* Rough Draft due ______________________.

The report will be graded using the Report Evaluation form.
Bibliography and cited sources are to be documented using MLA format; reference http://www.santarosa.edu/library/lib.guides.shtml
Further information on National History Day may be found at
http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay










STEPS TO COMPLETE HISTORY DAY REPORT

_____1. Buy a spiral notebook.

_____2. Decide on a topic and have it aproved by your teacher.

_____3. Create a timeline of what you do in spiral notebook.

_____4. Find and get sources.

_____5. Cite sources in spiral notebook.

_____6. Read sources and take notes in spiral notebook.

_____7. Write rough draft report with annotated bibliography.

_____8. Write final draft report and annotated bibliogaphy.


STEPS TO COMPLETING HISTORY DAY PROJECT

_____1. Choose project format:
a. Exhibit: a museum-type exhibit.
b. Performance: a dramatic presentation.
c. Documentary: a production presented through visual technology such as video,, slides, or computers.
d. Poster: a poster-sized exhibit.
e. Historical Website: an intenet display of graphics and information.
_____2. Use the information from your report to create an interesting presentation which will both cover the topic AND indicate the effect on future events, ideas, and people.
_____3. Collect materials needed for presentation: costumes, pictures, props, camera, etc.

_____4. Practice your presentation.

_____5. Practice your presentation.

_____6. Practice your presentation.

_____7. Contract for a day to present it to the class before History Day.



______________________________________My day for presentation.



History Day Topics - Suggestions for 2000

The Law of Great Peace - Constitution
Invention of clocks - Exploration
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Unions
1492 Invasion - Native Americans
Invention of Revolver - Warfare
Salem witchcraft trials - Judiciary
Search for the Northwest Passage - Exploration
Irish Potato Famine - Immigration
Battle of Lexington and Concord - Independence
Boston Massacre - Independence
Letters of Marque - Piracy
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Arrest of Peter Zenger - Freedom of Press
U.S. Navy beginnings - Foreign Policy
Great Awakening - today’s political ideas
Battle of New Orleans - Presidency
Trail of Tears - Indian Policy
Great Compromise - Civil War
De Tocqueville - foreign image
Steel Plow - Farming vs. Ecology
Amistead Trial - Slave issue
Dread Scott Case - Slave issue
Boonesborro - TransAppalachian Opening
Steam Engine - Transportation
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - Opening of West
Tecumseh and "The Prophet"
The Alamo - Texas Independence
Vallejo - California independence
Salt Lake City - Western territory
Homestead Acts - Opening of West
Barbary Coast - Wild West
Donner Party - West
Clipper Ships - West and Trade
Erie Canal - Trade
Lowell Factories - Industrialization
Dorothea Dix - Health Care
Senaca Falls Convention - Sufferage
Teachers' Collages - Education
Brook Farm - Utopian Movement
Cotton Gin - Antebellum South
Slave Music - Jazz, etc.
Apalachian Isolation - Music
Nat Turner and Denmark Vessey - Slavery
Robert E. Lee - North vs. South
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Civil War
John Brown - Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg - Civil War
Battle of Vicksburg - Civil War
Clara Barton - Red Cross
Ironclads - War technology
Sherman's March to the Sea - Reconstruction
Ammendments 13, 14, 15
Black Codes - Civil Rights
Transcontinental Railroad - West
Transcontinental Railroad - Civil Rights
Building of the Delta - California
Wounded Knee - Native American Rights
Geronimo - Reservation System
Range Wars - Cowboys vs. Farmers
Assembly Line - Industrialization
USS Maine - International Affairs and WW I
Telephone - Communication
Pony Express - Communication
Transcontinental Railroad - West
Carnegie - Education
Skyscraper construction - Cities
Lewis Hine - Children's Rights
Camera - War
Camera - Civil Rights
Camera - Freedom of Press
Order of the White Camelia - Reconstruction
West Coast Fishing - Asian issues
Wine making - Italian immigration
Fur trade - Russian immigration
Statue of Liberty - Immigration
Boss Tweed - Corruption of Cities
Railroad - Trust system
Standard Oil - Trust system
Populist Revolt - Anti Trust Movement
Grange - Farmers' Rights
Muckrakers - Reform Movement
John Dewey - Education Reform
John Muir - Conservation
Admiral Perry - Opening of Japan
Queen Liliuokalani - Hawaii
Panama Canal - Trade