History Day
Santa Clara County
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National History Day, is a year-long educational program that encourages students to explore local, state, national, and world history. After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research by using libraries, archives, museums, and oral history interviews. They analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about their topics' significance in history, and create final projects that present their work. These projects can be entered into a series of competitions, from the local to the national level, where they are evaluated by historians and educators.
2022 THEME:
“Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, and Consequences”
2021 Results
Congratulations to our Elementary Division State Champions!
Congratulations to all of the students, teachers, parents, tutors, and schools who made this year’s Santa Clara County History Day virtual competition a success! Thank you to our diverse team of judges from across Northern California. They are teachers, administrators, historians, librarians, college professors, and parents of former contestants who donated their time and talents to provide feedback and score our students’ work.
Despite the restrictions and challenges of virtual learning, we had 81 students from 15 schools create 43 entries this year! Students participating in this year’s competition attend the following schools:
Archbishop Mitty High School
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
Bullis Charter School
Carlmont High School
Castilleja School
The Harker School
Heritage Academy
Homeschool
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School
Leonard Herman Intermediate School
Monta Vista High School
Palo Alto Senior High School
Saratoga High School
Silicon Valley International School
Stratford Middle School
Thank you again to everyone who helped keep History Day in Santa Clara County alive during this challenging year. We hope to see you all in person next year!
Thank you to our Sponsors
