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Documentary

Documentaries are great for students who like to work with computers and multimedia. A documentary should reflect your ability to use audio-visual equipment to communicate a topic’s significance in history. Documentary projects should be ten minutes or less, provide credits to showcase cited resources and include a hard copy of your process paper and an annotated bibliography.

• Documentary Intro Video
• Documentary Project Checklist
• Documentary Evaluation Form

Example Project	Category	Project Elements
Pasteurization: Reshaping the Dairy Industry	Junior Group Documentary	Documentary Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Spotlighting Social Conflict Through Musical Theater	Junior Individual Documentary	Documentary Process Paper Annotated Bibliography
Forging a New Frontier for Female Athletes: Dr. Christine Grant's Relentless Pursuit of Gender Equality	Senior Group Documentary	Documentary Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
Born Under Discrimination: How Jazz Became the Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement	Senior Individual Documentary	Documentary Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography

Exhibit

Exhibits are a three dimensional representation of your research and interpretation of your topic’s significance in history. Exhibit projects use color, images, documents, objects, graphics and a 500 student composed word limit (not including citations) to showcase your analysis of the topic. Labels and captions should be used to creatively with visual images and objects to enhance the message of the exhibit.

• Exhibit Intro Video
• Exhibit Project Checklist
• Exhibit Evaluation Form

Example Project	Category	Project Elements
The Apgar Score: Advancing the Frontier of Neonatal Medicine	Junior Group Exhibit	Exhibit Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
The "Best" Medical Advancement of the Era: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Chart a New Frontier by Discovering Insulin	Senior Group Exhibit	Exhibit Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory: Fiery Conflict Sparks Compromise	Senior Individual Exhibit	Exhibit Process Paper Annotated Bibliography

Paper

A paper is a traditional form of presenting historical research and is an individual effort with a 1,500 - 2,500 word limit. Various types of creative writing (for example, fictional diaries, poems, etc.) are permitted, but most conform to all general and category rules.

• Paper Intro Video
• Paper Project Checklist
• Paper Evaluation Form

Example Project	Category	Project Elements
American Quakers in WWII: A New Frontier in Immigration Legislation	Junior Paper	Paper (Includes Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography)
Los Alamos: The Manhattan Project’s Secret City and Origin of the World’s First Atomic Bomb	Junior Paper	Paper (Includes Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography)
The Harlem Hellfighters: Scorned by Compromise, Exalted through Combat, Tried by Racial Conflict	Senior Paper	Paper (Includes Annotated Bibliography)
The Switch in Time that Saved Nine: The Supreme Court’s Conflict and Compromise Concerning New Deal Legislation	Senior Paper	Paper (Includes Annotated Bibliography)

Performance

A performance is a dramatic portrayal of your topic’s significance in history and must be an original production. It should be scripted based on research of your chosen topic and should not exceed the time limit of ten minutes. Students are welcome to use costumes, music and props during their performance but must be responsible for all materials during the contest.

• Performance Intro Video
• Performance Project Checklist
• Performance Evaluation Form

Example Project	Category	Project Elements
Annie Wittenmyer: Leading a Frontier in Hospital Safety Conditions	Junior Group Performance	Performance Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
Striding Towards Justice: How the Nuremberg Trials Were a Frontier in International Law	Junior Individual Performance	Performance Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
The Wright Brothers: Paving the Runway for Modern-Day Aeronautics by Flying Through the Frontier of Air Travel	Senior Group Performance	Performance Process Paper & Annotated Bibliography
Pay It No Mind	Senior Individual Performance	Performance Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography

Website

All website projects must be created through NHDWebCentral and reflect the your ability to use website design software to communicate the topic’s significance in history. Websites are a collection of web pages, interconnected by hyperlinks, that present both primary and secondary sources and your historical analysis. In order for websites to engage and inform viewers, websites should incorporate interactive multimedia, text, non-textual descriptions (e.g., photographs, maps, music, etc.) and interpretations of sources.

• Website Intro Video
• Website Project Checklist
• Website Evaluation Form

Example Project	Category	Project Elements
Mayo Clinic: Revolutionizing Medicine and Patient Care	Junior Group Website	Website (Includes Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography)
Vietnamese Refugees in Iowa: Ray's Humanitarian and Controversial Relocation	Junior Individual Website	Website (Includes Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography)
Females in FFA: Forging New Frontiers in Farming and Beyond	Senior Group Website	Website (Includes Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography)
Khrushchev, Corn, and Cold War Diplomacy: Garst Grows Relations with Russia One Ear at a Time	Senior Individual Website	Website (Includes Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography)