This NHD guide is geared for helping students understand and create the annotated bibliography for their paper.
Material Category: Handouts
Research Project Overview Unit Assignment
This project overview and timeline, created by Heather Damario, shows how the History Day framework can be adapted for use in a short unit project. Note: Students building a project using these guidelines will likely need to widen their research to enter a project in the History Day contest. Available as PDF and Google Drive […]
Research Project Overview – A.P. course
This research project overview provides standards of assessment and a timeline tailored for an advanced placement classroom. Areas that may need to be updated and customized for your classroom and timeline have been highlighted. Provided by Mrs. Heather Damario.
Research Project Overview – General Education
Created and shared by History Day teacher Heather Damario, this research project overview handout provides criteria and timeline for a fall semester approach to history day. Areas that teachers may wish to update are highlighted in yellow.
Understanding Perspective in Primary Sources
This handout/fillable PDF from the National Archives can help students walk through the steps of analyzing a primary sources. You can find worksheets specific to different types of primary sources at the National Archives link: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets
Parent/Guardian Intro Letter
This letter provides an overview of Alaska History Day and National History Day for families and guardians.