1. Debate & Diplomacy: Successes, Failures, Consequences 2011
NHD PRESENTS
Debate & Diplomacy: Successes, Failures, Consequences
2011

2. NHD PRESENTS Your topic this year
will be on a debate or a diplomatic event.
National History Day Website
A debate is defined as an argument, dispute, or deliberation.
A diplomatic event is defined as international affairs.

3. WHERE DO I START? Get Organzied Folder with pockets Note cards
SMS Research Documentation Style Sheet Booklet
NHD Packet from SS Department

4. ORGANIZATION SOURCE CARD NOTE CARD A
Collier, Christopher and James Lincoln
Collier. Creating the Constitution.
New York: Marshall Cavendish,
1999.Print.
SOURCE
CARD
342.73
COL
SMS
Articles of Confederation
A 1
NOTE
CARD
One of the biggest conflicts was over the unfairness of larger states having more representation than smaller states (37-38).

5. Research Begins Primary Sources
Materials written or produced in the time period of the historical event.
Newspaper articles
Diaries & Letters
Speeches
Autobiographies
Official Documents
Photographs
Artifacts
Etc.
Secondary Sources
Materials written by an author who was not an eyewitness or participant in the historical event.
Newspaper articles
Textbooks
Encyclopedia
Documentaries
Etc.

6. READ, READ, READ, READ, READ
Research Begins
Secondary sources will lead you to primary sources.
Reference Books: Atlas of Early American History
Periodicals: American History, National Geographic, Civil War Times
Jackdaw Primary Source Binders
READ, READ, READ, READ, READ

7. Once you get a general idea about your topic you will move from reference material that speaks generally about your topic to materials with more specific information.
Monographs: full-length books dealing with a relatively narrow topic. Creating the Constitution.
The following Journals are available through EBSCO database provided by FBISD.
Journal Articles: American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Past and Present (Academic Search Premier) to name a few.

8. USE BIBLIOGRAPHIES AT THE END OF THE BOOK!!
Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murray has many books listed for further reading.
Some Bibliographies Includes:
Books, Journals/Pamphlets, and Videos

9. USE SMS Online Catalog

10. Don’t Confuse “Internet Sources” from Online Databases
Nettrekker
Alltheweb.com
Online Databases:
EBSCO
THOMSON/GALE
WORLDBOOK ONLINE
BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER
ABC Clio
Discoverystreaming
USE BOOKS FIRST, JUDGES WILL NOT LIKE IT IF THEY SEE TOO MANY INTERNET SOURCES!

11. Ft. Bend Resources: Search Engine: Nettrekker Databases:
Search Engine: Nettrekker
Create your own user and password
Databases:
World Book Online
EBSCO
Discoverystreaming
Maps101
AP Multimedia Archive
Thomson/Gale
ABC Clio

12. Limit your searches on EBSCO by selecting Primary Sources

13. Multimedia Archive searches AP Photos throughout history:
Famous Speeches

14. PUBLIC LIBRARY RESOURCES
If you have a public library card, you can use the barcode on the back of the card to access the Public Library Databases from home.

15. Library of Congress Online

16. Find NHD Recommended Sources at
Online Sources
Look for websites that are reliable:
.gov
.org
.edu
Remember .com means commercial!
Find NHD Recommended Sources at
Research Central

17. Annotated Bibliography
Should contain 3 to 5 sentences telling the source’s purpose, content and special value.
Collier, Christopher and James Lincoln Collier. Creating the
Constitution. New York: Marshall Cavendish, Print.
This book provided me with specifics about how the constitution was formed. This source had many primary source documents which led me to further my investigation of my topic. The book finishes with how our world is impacted today because of the ground work of our founding fathers.
*For each source card, make one of your note cards an annotated note card.

18. How To-Help for your Bibliography
Citation Machine
BibMe
SMS’s Research Documentation Style Sheet
(Use SMS Library Resources-Citing Sources)
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research R GIB
Your ELA teacher

19. Consider the following other sources for information:
Historical Societies
Historical Museums
Historic Sites
School, University, and Public Libraries
Government Agencies
Elderly
War Veterans
Professors and experts