Pacing Guide

Below you will find our pacing guide for this learning activity. 

• WEEK 1  Lesson 1: What is History Day? Introduction to this Year’s Theme

• WEEK 2:  Independent Exploration of Google Site & brainstorming topic ideas

• WEEK 3:  Lesson 2: Research & Scrible, direct instruction & scaffolding

• WEEK 4:  Independent Research & Note taking

• WEEK 5:  Lesson 3: category selection and direct instruction, research support, project scaffolding

• WEEK 6:  Collaborative Creating

• WEEK 7:  Lesson 4: Required elements, direct instruction & scaffolding

• WEEK 8:  Collaborative Creating

• WEEK 9:  School History Day Contest: student sharing, evaluating, reflecting

Want to work ahead or need more ideas? You can use the generic pacing guide below with links to resources and examples to help you along the way. Use this document and this Google site to guide your National History Day pacing and activities!