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Welcome to our Waukesha South High School History Day page.
History Day is a research contest in which over 500,000 middle and high school students participate in all 50 states. Each year a different annual theme is selected and the 2009 theme is "THE INDIVIDUAL IN HISTORY: ACTIONS AND LEGACIES." Students do high level research involving primary sources and develop meaningful, interesting and creative ways to share their findings. The format choices are historical papers, original performances, media (power point and video documentary), display projects AND WEBSITES.
IMPORTANT DATES TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
Feb. 17 Regional contest registrations and fees are due. Papers are due , too.
Mar. 7 (Saturday) Southeast Regional Contest at UW-Milwaukee. 1st and 2nd place entries in each category advance to state contest.
May 2 (Saturday) Wisconsin HIstory Day Finals. UW- Madison. Ist and 2nd place entries in each category advance to national finals.
June 14-18 National HIstory Day Finals. University of Maryland at College Park.
Ready for super-sizing your classroom project! We have a package of materials for you and it's time to dig deeper and create something fantastic. The School District of Waukesha had approved and will financially support entrants who qualify for the National Level Contest in June!
Check our website at:
www.quia.com/pages/southistoryday.html
Use the links below to connect with full contest rules and resources. Dig in and have fun!
Mrs. Gardner
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| Useful links |
- Full contest descriptions and topic ideas with examples for research
- Use link to teachers and students, then National HIstory Day Links you to full description, resources and topic possibilities for Wisconsin research.
- The National Archives data base link.
- The Library of Congress web site for links to documents, photos, boks, etc., in the national collection.
- The outstanding American Memory collection of Library of Congress resources.
- hitchhiker's guide to american history is a University of Wisconsin organized link to lectures and articles on many of the project topics. the guide is organized by time frame.
- The Kingwood college Library american culural hiostory site for 1920-1929. good links for people, events, literature, movies, radio, and fashion.
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