2008–09 National History Day Fair

The I ndi vidual in History

History Fair Process Paper Hint Sheet

Purpose = Process paper tells the story of the student putting the
project together.

No factual details of History Fair topic should be in process

paper.

Page 1 – Title page

Page 2 & 3 – Process paper – about 6 paragraphs

This section of the paper should include the following:

I – How your topic was chosen

II – How you conducted research
III – Second way you conducted research
IV – Last way you conducted research
V – How you chose your category and put together the project
VI – How it relates to the theme, the individual in history

Page 4 & 5 – Annotated bibliography

At least 2 primary sources

At least 4 secondary sources: book, internet, reference,
other(another book, site, or reference)
Annotation = “ I used this book because …”

Process paper is worth 100 points

Don’t leave home without it

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History Fair Note Cards Rubric
I ndi vidual
2008–09 National History Day Fair
The in History

Title Card Name(s)

Period(s)
Title of History Fair Topic

Letter in upper right-hand corner

Bibliography entry. Examples can be found on

Resource Cards pages 28-33 in History Fair Student Handbook

Card #

Letter and Page # where sentence

came from

Fact Cards
1 complete sentence