Empowering Students as Historians - Shanghai TeachMeet

1. Empowering Students as Historians
www.nhdasia.org

2. +600,000 students
NHD China
NHD Korea
NHD South Asia
What is NHD?

3. Categories
1. Dramatic
Performance
2. Exhibit
3. Research Paper
4. Doc Film
5. Website

4. Advancing to World Finals
• 1st & 2nd Place Advance to the World Finals (mid-June)
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5. Authentic Audience for Student Work
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6. Howard Gardner on 21st Cent. Learning
“The most valued people in the 21st century [are those who]
can survey a wide range of sources, decide which is most
important and worth paying attention to, and then put this
information together in ways that make sense to oneself
and, ultimately, to others.”
• Quoted in Mike Schmoker, Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve
Student Learning, 34.

7. Free History Day Teacher Training Workshop
• Sat. April 25, 8:30-1:00:
• Learn how to integrate the program into existing curriculum
• Explore 2016 Theme “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange”
• Contact Mark.Johnson@concordiashanghai.org for more info
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• Project-based Learning
• Inquiry-based instruction
• Differentiated Instruction
• Integrating Tech
• Active, Student Centered