The introduction, theme discussion and teaching strategies discussions from this year's Educator Conferences from National History Day in Ohio.

1. National History Day in Ohio: Bringing History to Life! Megan Wood, State Coordinator, National History Day in Ohio History Day Educator’s Conference: October 2008

13. Highlighted Resources INFOhio - Username: Explore Password: INFOhio Internet Archive - www.archive.org Purdue Online Writing Lab - American Memory - http://loc.gov/ammem FBI Freedom of Information Act Reading Room

14. Contact! Megan Wood Ohio Historical Society 1982 Velma Ave Columbus, OH 43211 614.297.2343 [email_address] MySpace: Ohio History Day Expert Facebook: mwood@ohiohistory.org Blog: http://historydayexpert.blogspot.com

15. The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies First Approach: An area of interest A person who impacted that event/idea/topic For Example : A student is interested in music Alan Freed from Ohio coined the term Rock and Roll.

16. The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies Second Approach: An interesting individual Select one way he or she impacted history For Example : A student is interest in George Washington George Washington’s role in defining the President as a civilian leader of the military.

18. How did one person (or people) impact a part of history? How did ________ impact/change/effect _______? Def. Impact: 3.influence; effect: the impact of Einstein on modern physics. 5.the force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, or ideology: the impact of the industrial revolution. The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies

20. Narrowing Topics: What’s better? Example 1: Eddie Rickenbacker was born in Columbus, OH on October 8, 1890 and he grew up liking machines. In 1910 he started racing cars. He joined the U.S. Army during World War I. After the war he started an automobile company that was financially unsuccessful. He worked for the military during World War II and was almost killed in a plane crash. He died on July 27, 1973.

21. Narrowing Topics: What’s better? Example 2: Ohioan Eddie Rickenbacker served his country during both World Wars, worked as a race car driver, and worked to advance the technology of the automobile industry. Rickenbacker started his own car company after World War I where the braking system would work on all four tires. While the company failed, his idea spread so that eventually, all cars had four-wheel braking systems.

23. Using History Day in the Classroom Who has participated in History Day? What methods/ideas/activities have worked well with students? What lessons have you learned? Who is new to the program? What questions do you have for experienced teachers? What is the ideal calendar?

24. Historic Places as sources

26. “ My quote was taken out of context!” “ Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency”

29. January 21, 1909 Hen Party

30. Context Context- (dictionary definition) The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting. For History Day: Providing the setting for relevant events going on in the town, state, region, country or world.