Other thanks for joining us here on our. 9 arrests have been made in france in connection with the beheading of a schoolteacher near paris trust city took place after the teacher reportedly showed his class cartoons of the prophet mohammed residents of pupils have been laying flowers at the place the attack unfolded is a breakdown of what happened. One of our compatriots was murdered because he taught freedom of expression the freedom to believe or not believe this. You are compared to it was the victim of an islamist terror attack on the. 9 arrests have taken place following searches overnight following that attack that terror attack in that region to the northwest of paris when the stand one is a minor and 2 are parents of children to attend did the school where the 47 year old history teacher has been named by french media as samuel patty taught this is the reaction from the ground. It is the school that is attacked it is the Republican School that is attacked it is secularism that
Then they go out they do research and find the resources to tell them the story but also try to figure out the significance of their topics in history. They are going into archives, into museums, into libraries, and sifting through primary sources, secondary sources, and they are thinking critically about that and why their topic was important in history, as related to an annual theme. This year, the theme is triumph and tragedy in history. So we have had conflict and compromise, taking a stand, all kinds of different angles and perspectives for kids to look at, but this year it is triumph and tragedy. They have been choosing topics that range from indian treaties to world war ii, to helen keller, partition of india, you name it. They are choosing really fascinating, interesting topics. Then they present their findings in different formats. Of course, one of the categories you see behind me, that is the exhibit category. Then there is also paper category, and dramatic performance, docu
They are going into archives and into museums, into libraries and sifting through primary sources, secondary sources and thinking critically about that why their opic was important in history. We have had conflict and compromise, taking a stand. All kinds of different angles and things for kids to look at. This year it is triumph and tragedy. They have been choosing topics tra range from indian treaties helen keller,i to partition of india. You name it. They are choosing really fascinating and interesting topics and then they present their findings in different formats. So of course one of the categories you see right behind me and that is the exhibit category. And then there is also paper categories and there is dramatic performance, documentary or website. So history gives kids an opportunity to be creative in the way in which they present their information. And then they enter at a local level competition. Students move up to the state level of competition and then the winners come
And theyre sifting through primary sources, secondary sources, and thinking critically about that and why their topic was important in history, as related to the annual theme. This year, the theme is triumph and tragedy in history. So we have had conflict and compromise, taking a stand, all kinds of different angles, perspectives for kids to look at, and this year it is triumph and tragedy. So they have been choosing topics that range from indian treaties to world war ii, to helen keller, the partition of india, you name it. They are choosing early fascinating and interesting topics. And then they present findings in different formats. For one of the categories, you see behind me, the exhibit category. There is also a paper category, and dramatic performance, documentary, or website. So history day gives kids an opportunity to be creative in the way in which they present their information. And then they enter at a local level competition, students who win move up to the state level of
Primary sources, secondary sources, and thinking critically about that and why their topic was important in history, as related to the annual theme. This year, the theme is triumph nd tragedy in history. We have at all kinds of different angles, perspectives for kids to look at, and this year it is triumph and tragedy. So we have topics ranging from indian treaties to world war ii, to helen keller, the partition of india, you name it. Really fascinating, interesting topics, and they present findings in different formats. For one of the categories, you see behind me, the exhibit category. Also a paper category, and dramatic performance, documentary, or website. So history day gives kids an opportunity to be creative in the way in which they present their information. And they enter at a local level, students who win move up to the state level of competition, and then the winners come here to the national event. So about 600,000 kids participate at the first level, in every state, d. C.