Dedicated volunteers: learning, laughing, celebrating Arizona history. So grateful for these Historical League members who take the time to preserve Arizona Historymakers Program. Videos, photos, stories of amazing Arizonans can be seen for years to come. This group, meeting on Zoom, and many more are involved in the Historymakers Program, available on the Historical League website.
Matthew De Torres and Brady Tessay from Cibecue, AZ won a Special Award for National History Day AZ. They did a Senior Group Documentary - Viva Libertad: Revolution Against Spanish Rule. The Roe Family Best Arizona History Entry recognized them with a monetary award of $200.
National History Day Arizona brings history to life through project-based learning, research, presentations, workshops, and competitions that encourage students to explore historical topics of their choice. Through participation, students develop critical thinking, research, writing, communication, and problem-solving skills while learning to evaluate sources and construct evidence-based arguments.
The Historical League is a proud sponsor of this program.
Mentoring at a National History Day AZ session and I found myself watching the performance of 8th grader Nathan Davies-Venn. Incorporating his amazing violin skills with his story about Jazz, he had the audience captivated. Costumes, props, storyline, sound bites (Blues told the truth), eye contact - he has it.
"Music is my joy in life," Joyce "the Voice" Bailey. Historical League member and amazing singer!!
Joyce "the Voice" Bailey at Apache Wells Community Church, Mesa, AZ.
Approximately 3,000 students advance to the National History Day final contest each year, making qualification a significant achievement. 0.6% are judged to have projects that are of a high enough caliber to reach Nationals. That is 0.6% out of half a million qualifiers! Owen Yin and Adrish Grande are in that 0.6%!!
Congrats to W. Ira Parsons winning two awards for his Senior Paper for National History Day! Titled “The Endless Frontier”: How Atomic Revolution, Reaction, and Reform Gave Us Our Current System of Public Investment in Science.
Congrats to Kira Lupe, Lily Dehose, Marquez Duane who won a National History Day Special Award for Best Use of Oral History, sponsored by the Southwest Oral History Association - $100.
