| East Tennessee History Day at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Monday, March 1, 2010 REGISTRATION FOR EAST TENNESSEE HISTORY DAY WILL OPEN JANUARY 1, 2010 AND CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 12, 2010! The East Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee History Department are co-sponsors for the Ninth Annual East Tennessee History Day contest (a district contest of National History Day) to be held at the Carolyn P. Brown University Center on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on Monday, March 1, 2010. This year's National History Day theme is "Innovation in History: Impact and Change." Note to teachers: There is not a fee for the District Competition. Paper and Website entries: Need to have been submitted NO LATER than Friday, February 12, 2010. You must submit four (4) copies of your Paper or Website entry's final draft, which must be received NO LATER than Friday, February 12, 2010. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS! Please mail papers and website entries to: William E. Hardy Co-Coordinator, East Tennessee History Day East Tennessee Historical Society P.O. Box 1629 Knoxville, TN 37901 Those attending the competition should park in the University Center parking garage, which is located off of Cumberland Avenue on Phillip Fulmer Way. The University Parking Garage is to the right. Please make sure to have your parking ticket stamped at the "Registration Desk" (UT University Center, 2nd Floor) in order to receive the $5.00 university conference rate for parking. Tickets without a stamp will be charged on a per hour basis. All rooms for the competition are located on the 2nd floor of the University Center, which can be accessed from the parking garage, or by walking around to the front of the building, which puts you on the second floor. Registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. and will be located outside of the UC Ballroom, where exhibits will be displayed. If you enter from the front of the University Center (facing Cumberland Avenue) there will be someone at the front desk that can direct you to the UC Ballroom and the registration table. For a map of the University of Tennessee campus, http://www.utk.edu/maps Once you click on the link, click on the UT Knoxville Campus Map and then select #7 and "Display Map" to find the University Center and the UC's attached Public Parking Garage. For a map of the floorplans of the Carolyn P. Brown University Center, http://web.utk.edu/~univctr/reservations/floorplans.php Registration and all contest rooms are on the 2nd Floor. We gratefully acknowledge the continued support of our sponsors for East Tennessee History Day. Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Dixie Stampede Dollywood East Tennessee Veteran's Memorial Association Indian Creek Productions Knoxville Zoo Regal Cinemas Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies Tennessee Smokies Baseball University of Tennessee Press If you have any questions about the East Tennessee History Day contest, please contact one of the East Tennessee History Day contest coordinators: Lisa Oakley at 865-215-8828 or William E. Hardy at 865-215-8875, or by e-mail at oakley@east-tennessee-history.org or hardy@east-tennessee-history.org Continue to Check Back Regularly for East Tennessee District News and Updates! |
| New Changes for 2010 New Start Time for East Tennessee History Day! The Welcome Ceremony will begin at 9:30 with Judging beginning at 10:00. Change in Numbers of Winners Effective immediately, the numbers of winners that are eligible to advance from East Tennessee History Day in Knoxville to the state competition at Legislative Plaza in Nashville will change. Only the top (3) winners in each category will advance from the district competition to the state competition. Change in Numbers of Projects Per School Eligible for East Tennessee History Day As a result of the growth of East Tennessee History Day, there is a limit on the number of projects eligible per school. In each category, there is a limit of 2 projects, per grade level, per school. For example, a school can bring 2 Individual Exhibits per grade level, 2 Group Exhibits per grade level, and so on for category. In McMinn and Monroe Counties, in which a county contests exists, projects advancing to the district contest are limited by county contest coordinators. Documentary Projects Due to the increase in student participants in documentaries, there is a lack of availability of audio/visual equipment on hand in each room. While a few rooms will have both a TV/DVD combo and a laptop/projector in the room, some rooms will only have a TV/DVD combo in them, other rooms will only have a laptop/projector in them, and some rooms may have only a projector in the room. Therefore, always have a back-up plan. All students participating in the documentary category must burn their project onto a DVD-R. DVD-RW's are not compatible with the equipment on hand at the University of Tennessee, University Center and will not play. In addition, plan to bring your own laptop and projector as a back-up in case a.) the room you are competing in does not have a laptop and projector in the room or b.) your laptop does not work with the equipment on hand. Keep in mind: "It is always best to have a back-up!" If you have any questions pertaining to any of the new rules or changes for the 2010 East Tennessee History Day competition, please contact the East Tennessee History Day Co-Coordinator William E. Hardy at 865-215-8875 or by e-mail at hardy@east-tennessee-history.org. HISTORY DAYS ARE HERE! East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) staff will provide free teacher workshops on the National History Day program, as well as provide free NHD theme and rule books at workshops. Schools and/or school districts are invited to schedule a workshop as an introduction to the NHD program and competition, or perhaps for more detailed nuts-and-bolts instruction, to go beyond the basic introduction to NHD to focus on researching and developing NHD projects (ETHS staff can model winning exhibit boards, documentaries, performances, and process papers with annotated bibliographies). If you are interested in scheduling a workshop, or just to talk more about NHD resources available in East Tennessee, please call Lisa Oakley (Co-Coordinator) at 865-215-8828 or by e-mail oakley@east-tennessee-history.org |
We would like to acknowledge the following supporters of the History Day program:
