Students in grades six through 12 in 40 states are participating annually in a History Day competition. Rules for the 1983 contest are briefly described. (AM)

Suggests activities for students interested in historic preservation: walking trips, collection, and projects which recreate activities of the past. (KC)

As part of a project in working class history, ninth grade students conduct a bean bake for 1500 people. They cook pork-and-beans in huge black pots fueled day and night by two cords of wood and bake 1500 rolls of bread. An old-fashioned hoedown follows the feed. (KC)

History consists of events and things that happened in the distant or the recent past. Students can make a time capsule to leave a piece of history for the future to discover. Time capsule items should be carefully selected, preserved, labeled, stored in a sealed container, and buried with a marker to indicate the site. (JDD)

Participation in the National History Day program (involving student papers, presentations, projects, and performances) provides many opportunities for eliciting the gifted behavior of sixth- through twelfth-grade students. The program, which emphasizes student involvement in real problems, can be used in the resource room, mainstreamed, advanced…

This book offers ideas about using primary sources to enhance students' understandings of history. It discusses the following resources, methods, and ideas: types of primary sources; tips on finding and preparing primary sources for student use; personal, local, and remote history activities; detailed descriptions of diverse projects; guidelines…

Fourth-grade students, wishing to expand upon what they learned about William Penn in their textbooks, sent in questions to the director of social studies in the Reading (Pennsylvania) schools. The director referred the students to sources (some primary) that would answer their questions. (KC)

A museum program in Montreal encourages elementary and secondary school students to examine their surroundings and neighborhoods. Units focus on stained glass windows, houses, history of Montreal, the neighborhood, and architectural heritage. (KC)

Outlines steps in establishing a History Day program. Purposes of History Day are to stimulate greater interest in history among students and to encourage innovative teaching. The culmination is an awards ceremony for student projects. (KC)

Two teachers describe their junior high school's involvement in National History Day. Participation in History Day provides students with the thrill of competition and the satisfaction that comes from really getting into a topic of their choice. (RM)

Describes a Canadian secondary school communications and history course dealing with the oral and cultural history of the area. Following intensive workshops, students develop ideas, interview, write, photograph, edit, lay out, and publish a commercial quality magazine for sale to the public. (Author/KC)

Recording history is a valuable learning technique in studying immigration or ethnic history. At the University of Missouri in Saint Louis, students develop a questionnaire and then interview first-generation immigrants as well as American-born descendants. Tapes and transcriptions are added to the campus archives. For journal availability, see SO…

Providing students with historical documents as the basis for research projects motivates students; allows the instructor to tailor research topics to student interests; provides the building blocks for detailed, factual investigation and analysis; and helps develop student confidence. Students also enjoy it. (MSE)

Provides classroom procedures for adapting the nineteenth-century-style song slide show to middle school history instruction. Suggests student production of song slide shows as individual or group projects. Argues that the activity can capture the drama of history and stimulate student curiosity about the past. (SG)

Describes a technique for teaching history to gifted students in which the student selects a current event and then researches the event's historical connections as far back as possible. (DB)