Places to Start

Now that you're excited to launch a History Day project in your classroom, here are some links to get you and your students acquainted with the components of a History Day project:

Teachers will also find these links helpful:

National History Day in Minnesota
This site is excellent for teacher resource materials and tips on getting started with History Day in the classroom. It also has video examples of winning projects in performance and documentaries. http://www.mnhs.org/school/historyday

Internet Research Skills
Evaluating internet sites. The ability to "surf the net" is not the same as developing skills to conduct research on the net.

National History Day
Find the NHD Contest Rule Book (rules and procedures) and NHD Theme and Curriculum Guide for previous and current NHD themes. It also contains numerous links to research sites.

NHD Theme and Curriculum Guide

Download a PDF file with the entire theme book for 2009-2010 from National History Day

Colorado Department of Education
Find Colorado's model content standards for grades K-12, along with suggested grade level expectations for some subject areas and additional information on the standards-based education effort in Colorado. History Day contributes to content standards in Literacy, Reading and Writing, History, Geography, Civics, Economics.