Overview for Tennessee History Day Contestants
Tennessee History day follows the guidelines and rules of National History Day. To familiarize yourself with the contest rules, you may view and download a copy of the rulebook here.
Tennessee History Day Competition Divisions:
- Junior - Grades 6 thru 8
- Senior - Grades 9 thru 12
Exhibits Category:
- Individual and Group (2-5 students) Entries
- Display no larger than 40 inches wide, 30 inches deep, and 6 feet high when displayed
- Accompanying process paper: 500 word description of how research was done
- Annotated bibliography separated into primary and secondary sources
- Exhibit clearly addresses theme
- Title is clear and visible
- Exhibit uses extensive primary source material on the display
- Labels, captions, and titles include no more than 500 of your own words
- Quoted sources have no word limit
- Has visual impact and shows interpretation
Performances:
- Individual and Group (2-5 students) Entries
- 10 minute maximum performance
- Maximum 5 minute set up and 5 minute take down before and after the performances
- Accompanying process paper: 500 word description of how research was done
- Annotated bibliography separated into primary and secondary sources
- Performance addresses the theme
- Performance incorporates primary source materials
Documentaries:
- Individual and Group (2-5 students) Entries
- Students may use slides with cassette, vcr and tv, or non-interactive computer presentations
- 10 minute maximum presentation length
- Maximum 5 minute set up and 5 minute take down before and after presentation
- Accompanying process paper: 500 word description of how research was done
- Annotated bibliography separated into primary and secondary sources
- Documentary addresses the theme
- Documentary incorporates primary source materials
Historical Papers:
- Individual Entries Only
- 1,500-2,500 words, excluding notes, annotated bibliography, and title page
- Annotated bibliography separated into primary and secondary sources
- Paper clearly addresses theme
- Citations used in paper
- Paper incorporates extensive use of primary source materials
- Organization shows clear focus and progression
Web Site:
- Individual and Group (2-5 students) Entries
- Students must build their websites on National History Day's weebly portal at the beginning level of competition
- Websites may use up to 100MB of file space
- May contain no more than 1, 2000 visible, student-composed words
- One page must serve as the "home page"
- Each multimedia clip may not last more than 45 seconds and may not include student-composed narration
- Annotated bibliography must be included as an integrated part of the website. Does NOT count toward the 1,200 word limit
- At competition time, students must submit four hard copies of the homepage, the process paper, and the annotated bibliography
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