Special Awards
Colorado History Day is proud to partner with the following individuals and organizations to offer the following special awards for 2009:
- The Johnstone Education Foundation will offer one junior award and one senior award for the Marilyn Johnstone Award in the History of the American Civil War. This award is available to entries in all categories
- The Johnstone Education Foundation will offer one junior award and one senior award for the Grant Johnstone Award in the History of the Vietnam Era. This award is available to entries in all categories
- The Colorado Geographic Alliance will offer one junior award and one senior award for the Best Use of Geography in a History Day Project. This award is available to entries in all categories. For more information on the Colorado Geographic Alliance. please visit their web site at http://www.uccs.edu/~coga/
- The Department of History at UC-Denver will offer one junior award and one senior award for the Best Use of Primary Sources in a Historical Paper. This award is available to entries in the Paper category only. The Department of History is the host of the Colorado History Day program.
- The Colorado Historical Society will sponsor one junior and one senior award for the Best Entry in Colorado History. This award is available to entries in all categories. For more information on the Colorado Historical Society, please visit their web site at http://www.coloradohistory.org/
- The Program for Teaching East Asia at the Center for Asian Studies (University of Colorado Boulder) will sponsor an award for the Best Entry on the History of East Asia. Open to junior or senior entries in the Exhibit and Performance categories only. Must relate to East Asia (China, Japan, or Korea) or some aspect of their relationship with the world. The award cannot go to projects on other areas of Asia or on Asian-Americans. For more information on the Program for Teaching East Asia, please visit their web site at http://www.colorado.edu/cas/TEA/
-The Colorado Historical Society will sponsor the Jim Hartmann Award for first and second place in the junior and senior Best Exhibit Categories
Nomination for Special Awards
Students may self-nominate their entries for one special award for the 2009 contest as part of their online registration process.
Note: For entries in the Documentary category only, if you wish to be considered for a special award, we ask that you submit a copy of your documentary ahead of time so the special awards judges can review it before the contest. Please send a copy of your documentary to the state History Day office by Friday, April 17
Please contact the Colorado History Day office at 303-556-6647 or colorado.history.day@cudenver.edu for further information on special awards.