HANDOUT: ALL ABOUT ANNOTATIONS ‘Annotations are brief descriptions (wo to three sentences) of how each source contributed to your undersianding ‘or to the project. They generally include the following elements: ‘A brief description of what the source was (the format of source or what it contained), ‘+ An explanation of how itwas useful in shaping your understanding or how it was used in your project. ‘+ Optional: An explanation of why you categorized the source as primary or secondary — only ifit would be Unclear or confusing to the judges. Example Annotations “This source helped me “We used this book fo feam more “This book was @ collection of understand what role the Interim about recent events inthe Israel _—_—‘thelllers thal Joe Kemedy Commitee (a group of Palestinian conf, especialy the wrote from 1944 unti his distinguished sclentii, Industral, war. It also contained some maps alsabiing stroke in 1961. and political figures) played in the init, which we used to get a better Although there were not efters decision of the bomb. Ithefped me picture ofthe parition.” speaking of Rosemary receiving ‘understand their reasoning for the lobotomy, soe did write of his dropping the atomic bomb. The cconcems for his deughier and Interim Commitee advised the the prospect of geting her tne President on nucioar energy.” operation." Annotation Sentence Starters “Try not to use “ths source." to start each annotation. Change up by trying any one of the following. Remember: If you are working n a group, your annotations should use words ke we" and "our." you ae working alone, your annotations should use words ike "and *my* This book helped me / us to understand. ‘This document was important to my/our topic because. After reading this newspeper article |/ we 1/ We used this speech to... “This website was.. 1 We found out that ‘This memoir provided me / us with... 1/ We learned that. ‘This manuscript showed metus thet. |1/ We had a new perspective on the topic ater reading this source because... This interview talked about... This book helped me / us to understand our topic better because... ‘Stuck? Feel like you're repeating yourself? + Pretend that you're describing the book to your teacher. Try describing the author's point of viewin the Did this source surprise or shock you? Tell us more. ‘Was this one of your favorite sources? Describe wiiy. Be specific. Was there one particularly important part ofthe source?HANDOUT: PROCESS PAPERS AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES ‘Your Process Paper and Annotated Bibliogrephy ate important parts of the judging process. These are the first thing that judges read, so you dont want to save this part of your History Day project until the last minute. The ‘writen materials include three parts: 1. TITLE PAGE Title of Entry ‘Student Name(s) ‘Age Division and Entry Category ‘Werd Count: ‘© Exhibit Include the student-composed word count for the exhibit and the total word courtin the process paper © Documentary and Performance: Include the total word count in the process paper ‘© Paper: include the total word count in the paper ‘© Website: include this information on the homepage of your website. Include the student- ‘composed word count for website and the total word count inthe process paper ‘+ DONT inciude your grade, schoo! name or teacher name! me ato We we Rane Nemos Nee Name Junior Baton unr Dalen Sone Division ‘Serio Dvison Fistorcal Paper ‘row ene Incl Pertormance nei Documenta Paper Lengtix 22384 words | studont-composed Words: 490] Procure Paper Azs worse | Process Paper 410 word recess Paper 210 words 2. PROCESS PAPER (600 words, 4-5 Paragraphs) + How did you get the idea for this topic? + Where did you go for your research? What types of sources (newspapers, documents, interviews, etc) did you use? ‘+ How has your understanding ofthis topic changed as you have worked on your research? ‘+ _ How did you put your presentation together? What skis id you learn? + How does your topic reiate tothe theme “Conflict and Compromise in History?" Why is this topic important in history? 3. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ‘Separate into primary and secondary sources and alphabetize. Use MLA or Turabian guide for your citafons. Use a two-sentence annotation format: ‘= What is this source? ‘+ How was it useful to your project? REMEMBER: All materials must be printed on plain white paper and stapled in the upper left-hand corner, NO ‘COVERS! NO ARTWORK OR SPECIAL PAPERS! Bring a least four copies of vour process paper when voU are Judes,