National History Day

The AHS National History Day team is a nationally AWARD-WINNING team of dedicated young historians and scholars. 

We are diving into primary and secondary historical sources to conduct in-depth analysis of important historical events, people, places, inventions, ideas and movements.  

This year's theme is:  TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY

Students submit their work in late February and begin competing in March at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA.  Themes are released in June for the following year's competition.  This allows researchers ample time to research, write, annotate, and theorize.

  Would you like to join us?  

Come see Ms. H Newman, National History Day sponsor in the library during Patriot Period.  Draft yourself for National History Day.  https://nhd.org/en/contest/get-started/ 

Claire Ke:  Class of 2025

United States vs. Wong Kim Ark: How One Chinese American Redefined 14th Amendment Jurisprudence and Marked a Turning Point in Asian American History

No Struggle, No Progress: How the Southwest Mountains Historic District Transcended the Frontier of Discrimination as Pioneers of Freedom and Equality (Paper)

Winner 1st Place District 4 at Mary Baldwin
2nd Place, Virginia History Day Statewide Contest
African American History Award, National History Day, Washington DC
Top Ten in Category, National History Day 2023

America’s Submerged Half: How Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee Redefined the Internal and External Debates of the Women's Suffrage Movement (Paper)

1st place District 4 Contest at Mary Baldwin University
Winner of  Virginia History Day HOLLINS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S HISTORY AWARD, April 2022 

Alicia Fu: AHS Class of 2027

The Week that Changed Sino-American Diplomacy: Nixon's Visit to China

Discovery of Penicillin: One of The Greatest New Frontiers In Medical History (website)

1st place District 4 Competition at Mary Baldwin 

Sophia Flanagan: AHS Class of 2025

The Impact of Communism in Modern Day Romania - An In-depth Analysis of a Country’s Drastic Economical, Political, Cultural, and Psychological Shift towards Democracy 

Kamina Mentore, AHS Class of 2024 

Free State: A Frontier in Antebellum Free African American Communities in Virginia--(Paper)

2nd place, paper District 4 National History Day Competition

Winner 1st place paper, Virginia History Day Competition (statewide)

Competitor 2023 National History Day contest in Washington, DC

Sean Fu:  AHS Class of 2025 

The Harlem Renaissance: The Creation of A New Frontier In African American Culture (Website)

2nd place District 4 Competition at Mary Baldwin

Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiao Ping: How Political Vision and Diplomatic Wisdom Shaped the Future of Hong Kong (Website)

1st place, District 4 Competition

3rd place, Virginia Statewide History Day Statewide Competition

On Protracted War: A Speech that Inspired and Redefined (2021)

1st place, District 4 Competition

Anyi Hu:  current research on America's Founding, Shay's Rebellion

Rohan Pellathy:  current research on Swann's legacy