Student Activities - FLVS History Fair
WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations to the winners of the 1st Annual FLVS History Fair! These winning students will advance to the Florida State History Fair in Tallahassee. Best wishes to each of you. Thank you to all who submitted an entry!
Senior Historical Paper:
First place: Malavika, "The Neolithic Revolution: Is Man's Greatest
Achievement also his Greatest Mistake?"
Web Site:
First place: Alexia, "The Tractor: Plowing the Future"
Junior Documentary:
First place: Hank Deslaurier II, "E=MC2"
Second place: Ruairi Songer, "Cypress: The Good, Bad and Ugly"
Special Thanks to The Foundation for FLVS for providing prizes for our winners. Each 1st Place winner received a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card!
What is National History Day?
Every year, thousands of students participate in National History Day at their schools, state contests, and at the national level. Students choose a historical topic related to the annual theme, and then conduct primary and secondary research at libraries, archives and museums, through oral history interviews, and even by visiting historic sites. After analysis and interpretation of a variety of sources, students, working individually or in groups, draw conclusions and present their work in one of five ways: as a paper, an exhibit, a performance, a documentary, or a web site.
What is this year’s theme?
This year’s theme is Innovation in History: Impact and Change. Entries must address not only an innovation, but also its place in history and the ways it made an impact. The topic may be a subject of national or world history.
What is the FLVS History Fair?
Florida Virtual School will hold its first annual history fair in 2009-2010. We will accept entries in the following categories:
- Junior Division Historical Paper (middle school students)
- Senior Division Historical Paper (high school students)
- Junior Division Individual Documentary
- Senior Division Individual Documentary
- Junior Division Group (2-5 Students) Documentary
- Senior Division Group (2-5 Students) Documentary
- Junior Division Group or Individual Web Design
- Senior Division Group or Individual Web Design
Entries must be from Florida students enrolled at FLVS as long as they are not competing in a contest at their local school or District. Students must be enrolled in a course at the time of their entry in the FLVS contest; if selected, they may continue to compete at other levels even if they have completed their course-work at FLVS. There is no cost for entering the contest.
What is the Florida History Fair?
The Florida History Fair is the state contest between students representing School Districts in Florida. Each District, including Florida Virtual School, may send up to two entries per category to the state contest. This year, the contest will be held from May 2-4, 2010 at Tallahassee Community College Campus. Florida Virtual School students are responsible for their own transportation, supervision and lodging if they are selected to attend the state contest. [Note: This may be a conflict for students taking AP US Government and Politics, Comparative Language and Politics, French Language, Computer Science A, Statistics or Spanish Language as those AP Exams are May 3 and 4. Students can either request judging times so that they can take the exams at a Tallahassee location or request to take a make up exam.] Winners at the state level advance to National History day, held in College Park, Maryland on the campus of the University of Maryland (near Washington, D.C.) from June 13-17, 2010.
Where can I find more information?
The FLVS library is a great place to launch your research. The National History Day website has variety of information for students, teachers and parents at www.nhd.org. The contest rulebook is available at here.
Tips on research can be found here.
The State of Florida has an excellent resource site for students and maintains a Facebook page called “Florida History Fair.” Website.
How do I get involved in the FLVS History Fair?
In order to participate in the FLVS History Fair, students must have registered by January 15, 2010 and must submit their completed work by February 15, 2010. All websites must be completed using the format on www.nhd.org with weebly.com. All historical papers and supporting documents for documentaries and websites must be saved on a workfile that can be submitted electronically.
Who can I contact at FLVS?
FLVS History Club for networking with other students and information:
Christina Cerrato ccerrato@flvs.net; 321-607-9851
Registration and general information:
Anne Roycroft, Social Studies Specialist aroycroft@flvs.net; 850-291-1364
Websites:
Amanda Wagner, MJ US History mwagner@flvs.net; 813-345-8031
Beth Hennessey, World History ; bhennessey4@learn.flvs.net 561-273-1270
Documentaries:
Hank Deslaurier, AP Government and AP US History Teacher, hdeslaurier@flvs.net;
352-678-5290
Historical Papers:
Shauna Falanga Liverotti, AP US History, sfalangaliverotti@flvs.net; 321-945-0322