Creating a Project
- Read about the contest theme. What are you interested in and how can you tie it back to the theme?
- Select a topic. Make sure to talk to your teacher and your parent(s) about your topic before making the final decision.
- Decide whether you will work on your own or in a group.
- Research your topic. Reference materials are a good place to start: a textbook chapter or encyclopedia entry. Visit your school or public library. And check out the NHD Arkansas Research Resources for tips and tricks on making the most of your research.
- Start your annotated bibliography. Create your citations and annotations as you read your sources.
- Select your project category and begin building.
- Documentary
- Exhibit
- Paper
- Performance
- Website
- Self-evaluate your entry. Here are the rubrics that judges will use to evaluate your entry.
- Enter your regional NHD contest. Work with your teacher or contact your state coordinator to find out how to enter the contest.
- Create a Process Paper. Here is one example (.pdf) and another (.doc)
- Run through the checklist from the project category you chose and make sure you’ve completed everything.