TEACHES:
critical thinking, writing, and research skills and boosts performance across all subjects.
PREPARES:
students for college, work, and citizenship.
INSPIRES:
students to do more than they even thought they could.
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“History Day teaches students to look at the past, understand the present, and help them shape the future.”
-Cathy Gorn, Executive Director of National History Day
National History Day: History of NHD (1:44) What is National History Day? The history channel shows you what the holiday is and where it came from.
“National History Day (NHD) is a highly regarded academic program for elementary and secondary school students.
Each year, more than half a million students, encouraged by thousands of teachers nationwide participate in the NHD contest. Students choose historical topics related to a theme and conduct extensive primary and secondary research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing conclusions about their topic's significance in history, students present their work in original papers, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries. These products are entered into competitions in the spring at local, state and national levels where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators. The program culminates in the Kenneth E. Behring National Contest each June held at the University of Maryland at College Park.
In addition to discovering the exciting world of the past, NHD also helps students develop the following attributes that are critical for future success:
More than 5 million students have gone on to careers in business, law, medicine and countless other disciplines where they are putting into practice what they learned through NHD.”
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