1. The Steps To Research

2. Pick Your Topic  Must meet History Day requirements  Make sure it is something you like!

3. Come Up With Questions  What do you already know?  What do you want to learn?  What do your friends think you should tell about?

4. KNOWLEDGE: Remember what you’ve learned. Verbs you might use for working at the knowledge level: *state*describe*define *reproduce*recognize

5. COMPREHENSION: Start to understand what you’ve learned. Verbs you might use for working at the comprehension level: *paraphrase*convert *predict *interpret*generalize

6. APPLICATION: Use what you’ve learned. Verbs you might use for working at the application level: *change*compute*show *modify*operate *manipulate

7. ANALYSIS: Break down organized material. Verbs you might use for working at the analysis level: *differentiate *diagram *distinguish*outline *discriminate *subdivide

8. EVALUATION: Make judgments based on criteria. Verbs you might use for working at the evaluation level: *prioritize *appraise *discriminate *critique

9. SYNTHESIS: Put things together creatively. Verbs you might use for working at the synthesis level: *organize *propose *tell *formulate *write

10. Find Resources About Your Topic  school library  Kitsap Regional Library  Seattle Public Library  UW libraries  databases  internet  interviews

11. Gather Your Information  No copying! No paraphrasing!  Close the book whenever you write notes.  Follow format on Anatomy of a Notecard.  List your resources by number so you can keep track of where you got each card’s information.  Do your annotated bibliography entries as you go.

12. Organize Your Information  Determine the most important points you need to convey to your audience. Write out about ten complete topic sentences, one for each point.  Decide what information you need to include to supplement and support those main points. Write a complete sentence for each, at least two supporting points for each topic sentence.  Organize your sentences into an outline.

13. Plan Your Presentation  paper  web site  performance  exhibit  documentary

14. Give Your Presentation  Our History Day Open House is in the school library one week before the regional meet.  The regional meet is usually the 4th Monday in March at Olympic College in Bremerton.  State HD is usually on a Saturday in the middle of April.  National HD is in the middle of June —in Maryland.