Task Completed By This Date
  1. Presentation to Students, Intro Theme & Sample Topics, Parent Letter
  2. Narrowing down of Topic & Category

Week of 

Aug. 13-17
  1. Commitment to Topic and Category
  2. Optional: Google Drive folder for all things NHD
  3. Research begins

Teacher Check #1 – Topic & Category 

Week of

Sept. 17-21 
  1. Commitment to Individual or Group Project
  2. Workshop: Thesis statements; Create a “working” thesis
  3. Process Paper templates added to Google Drives, work begins.

Teacher Check #2 – Thesis Statement, Commitment to an Individual or Group Project

Week of

Oct. 22-27
  1. Research Documentation: Fact Sheet, Primary & Secondary Sources List
  2. Lesson: Student Evaluation of NHD & Category/Overall Project Rubrics 
  3. Workshop: Annotated Bibliography 
  4. Workshop: The Process Paper
  5. NHD Rules Verification Checklists & Project Evaluation Rubrics (category specific)

Teacher Check #3 – early Annotated Bibliography

Week of

Nov. 12-16

Teacher Check #4 – Rough Draft of the Process Paper (paragraphs 1, 2, 5)

Teacher Check #5 – Annotated Bibliography (Primary & Secondary Sources, formatting)

Week of

Dec. 10-14

Teacher Check #6 – Initial Bibliography & Completed Rough Draft Due 

Week of

Jan. 14-18

Teacher Check #7 – Final Review of Process Paper & Final Annotated Bibliography

Week of

Jan. 21-25

Final Projects & Process Papers Due

Week of

Feb. TBA

 

Eastwood’s NHD School Fair and Exhibition

 Week of

Feb. TBA

Regional NHD Competition @ IUPUI

Saturday,

March TBA

State NHD Competition @ Ivy Tech Community College

Saturday,

April TBA

National NHD Competition @ University of Maryland

 Week of

June TBA

A Rough Draft of the Process Paper is due by Friday, January 25, 2019.  

Final NHD Projects and Process Papers are due for the Eastwood NHD Showcase on February TBA

~ The Eastwood NHD School Fair will be held February TBA~