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image from the History Day competition, OHS photo Ohio History Day will be held Saturday, April 26th at Columbus State Community College



Registration Information
Students who qualify at District History Day events will recieve a registration packet for Ohio History Day.

Schedule
Tentative Schedule:
Check back for more detailed information as Ohio History Day approaches.

8:00am-9:00am: - Exhibit Set Up and Registration
Exhibits will set up and register at Delaware Hall. Exhibits can be dropped off on the Grove Street side of Delaware Hall
Papers, performances, documentaries, and websites should register at the Center for Workforce Development in the first floor lobby

9:00am-11:30am: - Judging of all Entries
Exhibits- Delaware Hall
Performances, Papers- 4th Floor, Center for Workforce Development
Documentaries, Websites- 3rd Floor, Center for Workforce Development

11:30am-12:30am: - Public Viewing of Exhibits- Delaware Hall

12:30pm: - Run Off Announcements- 1st Floor, Center for Workforce Development

12:30pm-2:00pm: - Run-Offs
ONLY PERFORMANCE AND DOCUMENTARY RUN OFFS WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
Performance and Documentary students need to be present for run-offs.

2:00-3:00pm: - Public Viewing of Exhibits/Exhibit Take Down

3:30pm: - Awards Ceremony- Southern Theater.
Directions and parking for Southern Theater
There will be a brief meeting following the Awards Ceremony for students moving on to National History Day

Directions and Parking
Directions
Columbus State Community College can be reached at the Spring Street Exit off of I-71 or the Cleveland Avenue Exit off 670.

From the East: Take I-70 West to I-71 North, to the Broad Street exit. Go left on Broad Street to the first street on the right (Jefferson Avenue.) Turn right onto Jefferson Avenue, follow Jefferson Ave. across Long and Spring Streets and into campus.

From the North: Take I-71 South to the Spring Street exit, which exits on the left side of the highway. Go right on Spring Street. Make an immediate right on Jefferson Avenue into campus.

From the South: Take I-71 North, to the Broad Street exit. Go left on Broad Street to the first street on the right (Jefferson Avenue.) Turn right onto Jefferson Avenue, follow Jefferson Ave. across Long and Spring Streets and into campus.

From the West: Take I-70 East to I-71 North, to the Broad Street exit. Go left on Broad Street to the first street on the right (Jefferson Avenue.) Turn right onto Jefferson Avenue, follow Jefferson Ave. across Long and Spring Streets and into campus. Once on campus, follow around until you see a walking ramp on your left. Parking will be on your right, Delaware Hall Athletic Center is on your left.

From Port Columbus International Airport: Exit Airport at Stelzer Road to I-670 West. From I-670 West, exit at I-71 South, then take the first exit at Leonard Avenue/Cleveland Avenue. Go right on Leonard Avenue, Then left again on Cleveland Avenue. Columbus State will be on the left.

For more information about the campus, go to http://www.cscc.edu.

Parking
Parking is free on campus all day April 26 in any lot.

Columbus State Community College Campus Map

Hotel Information
Information about hotel rates for Ohio History Day will be posted as soon as they become available.

Free Time & Meal Time
Information will be updated as it becomes available

Special Prizes
Ohio History Day offers a variety of special prizes. Special awards will be awarded in a few special categories, such as use of archival material in research. Special Awards judges will circulate throughout the preliminary and final rounds of judging. Exhibit students do not need to be present at their entry to be considered for a topical prize. Awards include:

The Society of Ohio Archivists Award
Project must demonstrate exceptional research and use of primary sources to include at least two of the following: letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs, artifacts, or anything else that provides a first hand account about a person or event.

History Day Project winners must have used primary resources on site at a research institution housing those materials.

All primary sources must be cited accurately in the bibliography of the paper.

This award was initiated in 1999. Award recipients are given a certificate and a $100.00 cash award for a winner--individual or group--in both the Junior and Senior Divisions.

Local History Award
Sponsored by the Ohio Association for Historical Societies and Museums for an outstanding entry based on a local history topic.

Case Western Reserve University Half Scholarship
Juniors and Seniors can apply for the scholarship by writing a one-page essay stating your interest in and qualification for the award, one letter of support from a teacher or supervisor who is familiar with your academic work, and an official copy of your transcripts sent by your school to the address below. Students must participate in History Day and meet the Case Western Reserve University admission requirements.
Case Western Reserve Scholarship
National History Day in Ohio
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211

Ohio Humanities Council - 20th Century History Day Prize for an excellent junior and senior project focused on 20th Century history.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame- History of Music Prize for an excellent entry related to the history of music.

Teacher of Merit - One teacher will be selected as Ohio's Teacher of Merit. He or she will recieve a trip to National History Day and be nominated for the Richard T. Farrell National History Day Teacher of Merit.

Judging Information
Judging Evaluations
All judging evaluations will be collected, sorted by school, and returned to participating teachers during the following school week. Evaluation forms for paper participants moving on to National History Day will be passed out to the students following the Awards Ceremony. All other forms will not be available until they are mailed to the teacher.

Notes About History Day Judging Evaluating history is a subjective process, but criteria and methods have been established to achieve fair decisions. Here is a description of how the judging process will work at the State History Day:

Use of Score Sheets: Each judge will have an evaluation form for the entries they are judging. They are instructed to use these sheets to write positive, critical evaluations of each entry. Written comments are stressed in judging orientation because this is the principal feedback students receive from the event.

Oral interaction: Each judge, at their discretion, has the opportunity to question students about any aspect of their entry. This is most often a way to find out about the processes the entry went through to reach its current state, or to offer the student an opportunity to explain issues of their interpretation. The interview portion of judging does not weigh heavily in final decision making. All History Day entries are expected to stand on their own and be understood without the need for a student to explain or clarify their issues. During final judging, there will be no question-and-answer session.

Ratings: All History Day judging decisions are made by the consensus of the judging teams. Judges are asked to place students in the following scale: Superior - Excellent - Good. In effect, History Day judging is a jury process where the judges have to reach a shared conclusion, rather than an arbitrary point system.

Please Note: Ratings vary from one judging group to another. Each set of judges establishes their own standards for ratings. Ratings cannot be compared across different judging teams.

Final Judging: Categories with a single team of judges will have award decisions made by those teams. Categories with multiple teams of judges will have run-offs that will consider the top three entries from the initial judging groups. A new set of judges, or combination from the original teams, will evaluate the final entries and determine state award winners.

Judging Run-Offs
Be advised that there WILL BE judging run-offs in several categories. Run-off judging times will be posted by noon. Please be prepared to be available for judging in the final round beginning at 12:30.

Exhibit and Historical Paper finalists will be announced as honorable mentions during the awards ceremony. Information about the second round judging for Exhibit and Historical Paper will not be available before the awards ceremony at 3:30 PM.

Final Exhibit Judging:
Only judges and program officials will be allowed into the exhibit areas during final exhibit judging. Teams of final judges will evaluate the exhibits selected as finalists by the first round judging teams. The exhibit room will open to the public at approximately 1:30.

Students’ presence is not required or admitted for final exhibit and paper judging. They should be sure that 2 copies of their research description and bibliography are left with the exhibit after the completion of the first round of judging.

Ohio History Day Results
2007 Ohio History Day Results
2007 Special Award Recipients
2008 Ohio History Day Results
2008 Special Award Recipients


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