HAUPPAUGE NHD MS and HS Why Research? Graduates commented that - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HAUPPAUGE NHD MS and HS

Why Research? ● Graduates commented that they need better social studies research skills to be successful in college. ● As a department we looked at different research projects and decided to pilot NHD.

Why did we choose National History Day? ● National History Day provides students the opportunities to learn historical content and develop research, thinking and communication skills through the study of history and to provide educators with resources and training to enhance classroom teaching. (nhd.org) ● Allowed for student choice, was based on a yearly theme, integrated social studies standards, and allowed for flexibility.

Skills students learn through this project ● Critical thinking and problem-solving skills ● Research and reading skills ● Oral and written communication and presentation skills ● Self esteem and confidence ● A sense of responsibility for and involvement in the democratic process (nhd.org) ● provide a rich and rigorous experience with skills that scaffold and spiral through the curriculum

NHD Implementation Timeline ● 2008-09 - History Club Pilot ● 2009-10 - all students in AP Courses (grades 9,10,11 and 12) ● 2010-11 - all 8th grade students ● 2011-12 - all 9th grade students ● 2012-13 - all 7th, 10th, 11th grades ● 2012 - present - all students 7-12 in full year courses

Creation of the Project ● Interdisciplinary - ELA, Library Media Specialists, and Social Studies ● Specific assignments for each discipline with a timeline ● Created opportunities for professional development - Nuts and Bolts of NHD 1, 2, 3, college courses, department and grade/course level meetings

NHD Interdisciplinary Project ● Introduction of annual theme in both disciplines ● Topic/Project/Group selection ● Research Process - data bases (VRC), NoodleTools, Notecards, Annotated Bibliography, Outline, Process paper

Projects in Social Studies ● Historical Paper (individual project only) ● Exhibit Board ● Documentary ● Performance ● Website Student selected the type of project and either an individual or group project

Projects in ELA ● Assignments on the skills including paraphrasing, quotation, citation, etc. ● Paragraphs on the annual theme and the topic choice (MS) ● Independent Reading Project (IRP- MS) ● Persuasive letter based on the theme ● Additional writing assignments based on the annual theme

How are 7th graders prepared for this project? ● 6th grade research project -where students use primary and secondary sources, annotated bibliography, NoodleTools, and process paper. ● For the past two years students using the annual theme at Explorer Day (MS Interdisciplinary Day) ● Librarians work on research skills building on the skills students learned in 7th grade and the previous grade to spiral skills. ● Students write paragraphs for ELA that can be used for their project. ● Notecards and NoodleTools

Support Given to Students ● Librarians who were part of the NHD PD course and were judges at the Long Island competition at Hofstra University are fully versed in the project and skills ● Teachers were judges at the LI (Hofstra) and NYS (Cooperstown) competitions opportunity for PD ● After school extra help for students ● Weebly Website club at the MS ● Individual student mentoring ● Summer mentoring ● Different project requirements for grade and course levels

Assessments ● Students are assessed with rubrics for both the formative(outline and annotated bibliography) and summative assessments ● Students reflected on their work through the process paper and/or teacher created feedback forms and surveys. ● Interrater reliability in grading was practiced in the PD class - The Nuts and Bolts of NHD, college courses and in SS department and grade/course level meetings

Hauppauge History Fair ● The History Fair is modeled after the NHD competition ● This year will be the third annual History Fair ● Over 300 students participated - they were selected from all levels of social studies (7th and 8th grades, Non Integrated, Regents, AP and IB levels) ● Students participated in all of the NHD projects categories ● The students were interviewed and their projects were scored with a ranking rubric ● The top three in each category were invited to participate in the Long Island History Fair at Hofstra University in March ● Awards were presented to the students

History Day Competition ● Student projects are displayed for the community ● Students at Hauppauge have participated at the school, local, NYS and National levels. ● Last year we sent 3 MS and 3 HS projects to the NYS Competition ● Last year Elise Zhao placed 7th in the nation.

What skills do students learn from the NHD Project? ● Improved research skills ● Better quality of projects ● Critical thinking skills ● Time management ● Students are able to read and use documents evidenced by better performance on assessments ● Greater understanding of plagiarism, citations, annotations, bibliographies, reliable sources ● Presentation and technology skills ● Programs such as turnitin, NoodleTools, and the VRC ● Students are more college and career ready

Considerations for the Future ● Continued collaboration between ELA, Library, and SS Departments ● In HS English classes continued work on annotation skills ● In the MS have students present to other students ● Parent meeting for 7th grade parents including examples of projects ● Continue to introduce the NHD theme in first assignments and/or June lessons ● Consider aligning summer reading to the NHD theme ● Look at the 4th and 5th grade curriculum and projects for opportunities to develop research skills ● Reflect as a department on changes for the project including rubrics, topic selection, sources, etc. ● Continue extra help sessions