More Tails from the Regions

It has been a busy few weeks for History Day. On Saturday we hosted the largest District 6 event in Columbus ever with over 480 registrants! Congratulations to all the students. Click here to see the results.

Some more tips about preparing for your events:

- Find out about run offs or second round judging. Do you need to stick around after your judging time? Should you leave your exhibit up all day?
- Dress professionally. Make sure you put your best foot forward.
- Read all directions, signs and paperwork handed out; you don't want to miss anything.


I also visited Marietta Middle School last night where all the eighth graders presented their projects. I had the chance to view and evaluate over 30 projects. Some other tips that come to mind:

- Make sure your main point, or what you think the main impact you individual had on history, is clearly on your exhibit.
- Don't assume that the audience knows anything about your topic. Have you clearly explained the context, or the events surrounding your individual.
- Don't get too fancy with your process paper and annotated bibliography. Just staple them together; it's easier to read than fancy book report holders.

For students moving on to Ohio History Day, now is the time to look at your evaluation forms and start revising your project. The work of a historian is never done. When writing a paper or putting together projects, historians revise over and over and over again.

This weekend takes the History Day Expert to Cincinnati for District 8 History Day. Other events going on will be District 3 History Day at the campus of Case Western Reserve University and District 1 on the campus of the University of Toledo.

Best of luck to everyone preparing for the weekend!