Do you want to increase your students’ engagement in language arts? Do you want your students to have a reading, research, writing, and presentation experience they’ll remember—and want to repeat? If you answered yes to these questions, then this session is for you! Learn how to weave the National History Day competition into your language arts and social studies instruction and how to balance multiple, student-led projects with the modeling and management necessary for those projects to be successful. You’ll walk away with a solid understanding of what National History Day is and how to align it to your social studies and language arts standards, strategies for implementing writing cycles in the classroom, a guide for implementing National History Day alongside proficiency based grading, and grant-writing tips for procuring materials and funds for a bus to attend the regional competition in the spring of 2019. Give your students the gift of writing and history! Come join us!
