The script for the performance should not be included with the written material presented to the judges. Understanding a topic's development over time and its influence in history. These materials include letters, speeches, diaries, and newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs, artifacts, or anything else that provides first-hand accounts about a person or event. An interview with an expert, such as a professor of Civil War history, is not a primary source. A letter written by a soldier in the Civil War or a news article on the battle at Bull Run which appeared in a newspaper of the period is a primary source.
Students are responsible for the research, design, and development of their entries or projects.
Students may receive reasonable help in carrying and placing props and projects. It should include all sources that provided usable information or new perspectives in the preparation of the entry or project. Students will look at more sources than they will actually use. They should list only those sources that contributed to the development of their project. Sources of visual materials and oral interviews must be included.