Just in time for NHD!
Our button design (above) is by Agnes Mazur of Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. A young woman of many talents--she'll also present the documentary made by her, Callie McCune, and Mona Ghadri, "Carrying the Burden: The Story of Clyde Kennard." Thanks Agnes!Heads-up Illinois NHD delegation:
We encourage students to introduce themselves to each other via "Comments." Consider telling us about your project and something that excited you or that you found really interesting along the course of your work. What are you most excited about doing at NHD? Do you have special plans about what you want to see & do?
Here's a reminder about our activities:
Sunday: June 11
Pick up buttons from Lisa & Crystal. One of us will be planted near registration hall.
Pizza & Frisbee party at 7:30, Hornbake Plaza. Reservations needed! T-shirts, buttons, frisbees, and a PASTPORT will be distributed. (More about the "Pastport" below.)
Monday: June 12
Good luck to all Junior Division students presenting!
- Around campus? Want to cool out for a bit before or after presentations? Bring along $5 and stop by the the Creamery for that cold, sweet stuff. Noon til 1pm.
- If you are on campus, considering giving some moral support to another Illinois student by attending their presentation.
- Announcement for the finals appear at the Stamp Union around 7pm. Good luck--remember, we are proud of your achievements no matter what
- The Student Dance follows--it's a great way to meet students from around the U.S. or just have fun with your friends.
Tuesday: June 13
Good luck to all Senior Division students presenting... and junior finalists.
- Around campus? Want to cool out for a bit before or after presentations? Bring along $5 and stop by the the Creamery for that cold, sweet stuff. Noon til 1pm.
- If you are on campus, considering giving some moral support to another Illinois student by attending their presentation.
- Announcement for the finals appear at the Stamp Union around 7pm. Good luck--remember, we are proud of your achievements no matter what.
- Good luck Junior Division finalists!
Wednesday: June 14
- Senior Division finals!
- Make-Your-Own-Sundae and Poster for Awards Ceremony Party and the dorm, beginning 9:00 p.m. (look for posting of History Fair dorm). FREE! ALL Illinois delegation students and supporters--no matter where you stay--are welcome to join us. Good to know if you are coming so we have enuf goodies!!
posted by History Fair @ 10:28 PM
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39 Comments:
This is a great idea... and timely because of the new wireless service being offered at nationals this year.
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SUPER EXCITED FOR NATIONALS!!!
ILLINOIS ALL THE WAY!
whats with this whole "pastport" thing?
I can't wait for nationals - I'll be taking plenty of photos, and the blog will be a great place to comment on them!
As far as the buttons, I totally appriciate all of the great feedback - we're even considering making special edition "Lincoln is my Homeboy" buttons for posterity.
I can't wait to meet everyone on Sunday, even though I'm gonna be super tired after graduation and the rush to the airport - this is an opporitunity that I can't miss!
I'm going to Washington by train, and I want to visit the Spy Museum. I'm excited about NHD, and this year I get to show my project at the Smithsonian History Museum!
Breaking News! The 2006 entry list can be found on the NHD website under "press room."
Best of luck to the Illinois delegation! Hope that you enjoy nationals!
Ann Keating
i still dont know what this whole "pastport" thing is....
Welcome to Mona, Gian, Agnes, Peter, and Ann! The weather is great in College Park, Maryland (meaning NOT swamp...yet). Crystal and I had a great drive here, the back of my wagon loaded down with t-shirts, buttons, frisbees...and pastports.
We stopped in Cleveland for an hour or two. I lived there for four years on the west side of town working with community organizers and unions. In a funny coincidence, on the other side of town, now-executive director of NHD, Cathy Gorn, was at Case Western University where, as a grad student, she helped get NHD started!
Woohoo! Tomorrow is the day (for me, anyway)! See you there, Lisa and Crystal and everyone else! btw, you can now find out your judging time and which projects are in your judging group. Go to the NHD website, click "contest." you will see "senior/junior division times." Do not click on either directly, because only boxes and odd characters will show up. Right-click on either junior/senior, save to deskptop. From the desktop, right-click again, and open with Adobe. The document should pop up. The entries are organized by state, but to search for projects in your judging group, use the "search" function at the top and type in the room number (for performances/docs) or group letter (papers?, exhibits). For ex, I typed in "Individual Exhibit Group E" for mine, and 13 entries came up. Good luck!
I'm so excited to be going to Nationals!!! Good luck to everyone!!! And as mona said, what is a "pastport"?
hmmm....this mysterious "pastport"...guess you'll have to come eat pizza and end the suspense! See ya there!
p.s. This is the best NHD weather on record in the past 16 years! (Am I dating myself? Yes, my first NHD experience was - believe it or not - in 1990...most of you weren't even BORN yet!)
p.p.s. The fearless Illinois Dorm Crew members are AWESOME! Thank you all - students, family members, and teachers!!
Passport to be revealed at PIZZA PARTY
Good luck everybody. We are already so proud of all of you! I'll be following online.
Mr. Chris Salituro, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Wow! Today was such a great day. I really enjoyed judging documentaries today. The students did a fantastic job. Hollwood better watch out for these NHD directors. Good luck to Ishmael Smith and all of the Illinois NHD participants. Thank you Crystal and Lisa for making this possible.
This experience at NHD has really boosted my ability to talk in front of people. Before, I would get very nervous and lose my line or just plane forget what i was going to say. I can't wait to find out who won. This trip was GREAT!!! FIGHTIN' ILLINI ALL THE WAY!!!
This experience at NHD has really boosted my ability to talk in front of people. Before, I would get very nervous and lose my line or just plane forget what i was going to say. I can't wait to find out who won. This trip was GREAT!!! FIGHTING ILLINI ALL THE WAY!!!
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Hello!,
my experience at NHD. was great. I learned alot about history and had alot of fun. I think it will be a memorable experience.
HELLO! This Experience Has Been GREAT! This is a wonderful atmosphere to be in. Thanks to all the people who made it Great! I would also like to thank my mentor, Ms. B, for helping my group and I through the grueling process. She had to pull some teeth sometimes to get us to work, but it was worth it!
2 more days 'till this great, national event is over! Spend these days wisely while you are still in great MAryland. SIYA!
P.S. I was going to upload a picture of myself, but if you got no "special" cable, you got no picture
Hi to all:
My feet hurt!!!! We have been on the go from arrival on Saturday. It has been beautiful here!! John and I have been to Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Maryland State House, and the Naval Academy on our own touring expeditions so far.
The History Fair has been beyond my expectations. The campus is expansive and the turtles are everywhere!!!!
Today the Junior exhibits were completed and the boys lived through the process. Ms. B: you would be so proud of them.
Having lots of fun with the parents as well. The boys are trading state buttons with fervor. I think John only needs about 3 more. I met a boy from American Samoa near Fiji. John got his button.
More to write--but we will save it for another day.
Mom of dugluva---OUT.
Hey ev'ry1, im xcited 2 be here:). xcept the dorm rooms r HOTTTTTTTTTTTTT!:-)
I have the Department of Defense button, Ammar_Da_Showboy does too. I also have Hawaii, Arkansas, a Minnesota ring, Michigan, Mississippi, NJ, Oregon, VT,Kansas, IA, and a bunch of others!
"Mona said...
I still don't know what this whole "pastport" thing is..."
I know right, why do they even have it, so that we can put fake names in the slots and win nothing?
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Welcome Mona and the rest of the Stevenson HS gang of historian geeks--see Mr. B.--he has all your STUFF, including the mystery PASTPORTS. Enjoy and good luck!
Also, welcome to Anthony from Brooks, and Chris, Adrian, Brian, and Jonathan who have arrived on Monday.
We all are ahead of you in the fun department, but we're happy to have you catch up!
There are lots of great projects here. My interview went well Monday morning. In the afternoon I took part in an NHD focus group along with a few other kids from around the country where we talked about working on an NHD project. In the evening I hung out at the hotel pool and played water football.
Hello from EPS. We are so proud of you! dugluva, Ammar and Konrad, oh yeah! the dentist visit is over! I can't wait to see your button collections. What happened to the 8th graders?
Ms. B, I have almost every state, including the Germany one:). see ya sometime soon.
I went to DC today, it was GREAT!!! I saw the DOI, The Constitution(which had my relatives name on it, the Articles of Confederation, and the Bill of Rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Hi EPS. A trip to DC sounds great. I haven't heard from the 8th grade or Ms Madl. Did you all loose them? Ammar is that your family on the blog homepage in the background?
Hey dogluva how did a Germany button get in there? I thought this was only US National History Day? Is there a History Day in other countries? Slueth it out. Glad you could visit a relative or at least his signature. Genealogy is just a game of hide and seek... they hide and we seek.
Hi everyone --
Germany is here because students in the Department of Defense schools overseas participate in the program. This is only the 2nd year that DODEA has had a program, but they are already doing really well - several projects in the finals, which is quite the accomplishment for a novice "state."
Crystal
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Well, it pretty much over. NHD is over tomorrow and it was a surely on e in a lifetime opportuniy...kind of. Good luck to everyone who made it this far cuz tomorrow we find out who won the JUnior Group Exhibit. :)(: $mileys
Well, nhd was great and a a experience to view DC. I am exited to see who wins by
Yesterday was the best day. I exhibited my project at the Smithsonian and talked to over 100 people about it, including the directer of the Smithsonian!!!
Today is the awards ceremony, then sightseeing in DC and tomorrow I head home. Good luck to everyone.
Hello Illinois Delegation
Thanks for all the great messages on the blog. I look forward to the Awards Ceremony on the Webcast at History Channel and your stellar parade! Lisa and Crystal, thank you for all your help in making this a great opportunity for young historians.
Hi EPS
I can't wait to see your button collections, your photos and your smiley faces full of stories. Sounds like success has been had by all. Keep your S.P.I.E.S. balanced with the achievement awards. Konrad and Ammar, enjoy the east coast with your families. Robin, Vi and Rebecca, NNHS summer school awaits. John, it sounds like you'll be the first to find me and fill me in on the fabulous foray at National History Day!
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