Project Overview:
Three Phases
The Doors to Diplomacy competition requires participants
to complete several tasks within three phases to be eligible for judging.
Phase 1: Research and Publish
Develop
and publish a web project, based on original research about your chosen topic.
- Form a team consisting of 2-4 students and 1-2 adult
coaches.
- Select one of the eight Doors to Diplomacy categories
and conduct an original research project involving your selected
topic, explaining how your project raises awareness about
diplomacy.
- Publish your research findings as
an educational Web project that teaches others about diplomacy.
- Important:
Include a bibliography in which you cite your sources and
document where your information came from. When conducting original research and
publishing a report or project, it is always necessary to identify the
source of your information. See examples of how to
cite sources
and create a bibliography.
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Phase 2: Reflect and Record
Describe
the research process and learning outcomes by completing your Project
Narrative and linking to your
bibliography. You may access and complete the project narrative
form in your personal Checklist.
Observe and record the following elements
of your project and include that information in the required Project Narrative. You may
want to assign a team member to act as the project historian to observe and describe these
processes.
- Important:
Tell us how your project raises awareness about the importance
of diplomacy.
- Explain how you formed your team and what each team member
contributed to the project.
- Describe how the activities and research
conducted by your team members supported required coursework, curriculum requirements, and
content standards.
- Describe how your project reflects a balance of students interacting with their communities and the use of information
technology tools.
- Describe how your students functioned as
"ambassadors" and spokespersons for their project both on-line and in person.
- Describe the impact that that
Doors to Diplomacy had -- or will have on your local community.
- Describe how the project engaged local
university, community, business and industry experts as volunteers, contributing their time and technical
expertise.
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Important: When conducting original research and publishing a report or project, it
is always necessary to identify the source of your information.
See examples of how to
cite sources
and create a bibliography.
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