🌟 Ready to Make History This Summer? 🌟

Curious about the people, events, or ideas that shaped our world? National History Day is your chance to dive in! This year-long competition turns your curiosity into a polished project—in a format you choose: website, documentary, performance, paper, or exhibit.

As you work on your project, you’ll build real skills that will help you succeed in high school and beyond—like researching, critical thinking, and confident communication—all while exploring a topic that you care about (not just something I assign in class 😉).

You’ll spend the first part of the year tracking down primary sources and crafting a compelling narrative based on your historical argument. And at the end of it all, your hard work could earn you recognition and scholarships at the National History Day competition!

So beat summer boredom (and the rain) by jumping into something creative, fun, and meaningful. Choose a topic related to this year’s theme—"Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History"—and get started with the General Research Organizer linked to the right of this text.

📚 Make this summer one you —

and history — won’t forget! 📚

National History Day, in collaboration with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium, created this open-access student guide filled with hints, tips, and activities to encourage student inquiry and historical research. Finding, Analyzing, and Constructing History: A Research Guide for Students was developed through a Teaching with Primary Sources grant from the Library of Congress.

https://nhd.org/en/resources/student-research-guide/