Successful History Day
Gathering of Information
Guide your research by looking and forming questions. Use puzzle pieces if you need too.
Read about your topic- min 20 pages – Read at least two secondary sources before doing anything else.
Understand your topic before you decide how you are going to present.
Decide what is your point?
Back up your words with primary sources or proof.- If you can not back it up don’t put it in your project.
Site everything as you go.If you gain knowledge write where you got the knowledge from.
Putting it together
Organize your information and decide what would be the best format.
Story, Story, Story.Historians tell stories and you should place your final form in story form.
Tape everything on at first because you will be making changes.
Library Links & Book Resources
BadgerLInk - Primary source newspaper information
ArCat - Archives Catalog
MadCat - Madison library
PantherCat - UWM Library
Amazon.com - if you want to purchase books
googlebooks.com - sometimes, you can find books here for free. Copy screen to paint, then print them.