National History Day® (NHD) is a non-profit education organization based in College Park, Maryland. NHD offers year-long academic programs that engage over half a million middle- and high-school students around the world annually in conducting original research on historical topics of interest.
The largest NHD program is the National History Day Contest that encourages students around the world to conduct historical research on a topic of their choice. Students enter these projects at the local and affiliate levels, with top students advancing to the National Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park. (source: nhd.org)
Interested in participating? The CN team is open for any students in grades 7-12 and offers opportunities for both group and individual projects in six different categories, including websites, exhibits, video documentaries, performances, podcasts, and research papers.
The Fresno County regional competition is usually held in mid-March at Fresno Pacific University. The top three projects in each category can advance to the NHD-CA State competition.
NHD-CA, the California State competition (for projects that advance from the county), is usually held in late April or early May at Sacramento State University. The top two projects in each category at State advance to Nationals!
NHD National Competition takes place in June at the University of Maryland, College Park. It is a several-day event involving thousands of students from all over the US and international students as well!