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NHDJudgingProcessOnSaturday,judgeswillaskyouquestionsaboutyourresearch,yourtopic,yourthesis,andyourprojectitself.Whatarejudgeslookingfor?HereisalistfromtheWisconsinHistoricalSociety:
• Doesthisstudent’sworkdemonstratehistoricalresearchandscholarship?• Doesthestudentmakeanargumentabouttheimpactorhistoricalsignificanceoftheir
topicinhistory?• Doesthisstudent’sentrycommunicatehisorherideasinanorganizedandeffectiveway?• Doesthisstudent’sprojectreflectcarefulandreasonedwork?
Whatquestionswilltheyask?WhileIcan’tpredicttheexactquestions,hereareafewtoconsider…
• Whatwasthemostinterestingtorimportantthingthatyoulearnedwhileresearching?• Whatmadeyouchoosethistopic?• Whatinstitutionsdidyouvisittogatheryourinformation?• Whatimprovementscanyoustillmakeonyourproject?• Whatothermaterialdoyouthinkyouwilllookattofurtheryourprojectifyouadvanceto
state?• Howdidyourthesisevolvefromthetimethatyoustartedyourresearchtothepointwhen
youactuallystartedassemblingyourproject?• Whatisyourmostimportantsource,andwhy?• Howdidprimarysourceshelpyouunderstandyourtopic?• Asyouresearched,whatsurpriseyouthemostaboutthistopic?• Whatwasthemostdifficultaspectofyourresearch?• HowdoesyourtopicrelatetotheNHDtheme?• Howdoesyourtopicrelatetowhatwasgoingonnationally(orregionallyifthetopicisa
nationaltheme)atthetime?• Canyoubrieflydescribehowyoucreatedyour__________?• Howdidyoudividetheworkamonggroupmembers?• Howdoyouthinkyourtopicinfluencedhistory?• Youmayalsogetquestionsspecifictothecontentofyourtopic,dependingonthejudges.
EXHIBITS,PERFORMANCES,DOCUMENTARIES–Donotforgetfourcopiesofyourprocesspapersandannotatedbibliographies.Makesuretheyyouhaveatitlepageandtheyareneat,edited,andperfect!