Your ThesisIn order to guide your research for your projects, you will need a solid foundation. Your THESIS will be the foundation of your project. You may have written THESIS statements before. Your thesis for National History Day will be a few sentences which presents a point that YOU want to prove about your topic. Your thesis will express one main idea about your topic. It will address your topic through the lense of this year’s theme of: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History!! Your statement explains your opinion or beliefs about the impact and historical significance of your topic using the keywords from the theme. Your opinion is implied if it is your own work, so you do not include the words: I, me, or my. It should be specific and take some sort of stand. It should be easy to understand even for someone who is unfamiliar with you topic.
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