This week is largely dedicated to selecting topics and beginning research for National History Day. Please understand the following process when beginning topic selection and starting your project, and consult the following slideshow for research suggestions.
1. Topic Selection (Must relate to NHD theme of turning point in history)
2. Preliminary research with a reliance on secondary sources (understand context, background related to person or event, etc.)
3. Develop a Thesis Statement
4. Advanced Research with a reliance on primary sources.
5. Construction of project.
Be sure you develop a system of organization and a method of recording all sources used along the way to build your annotated bibliography.
Slideshow courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society
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