Education Team at AHS is creative

 Celebrating the wonderful and creative Education Team at Arizona Historical Society. The Historical League is grateful for them. They make the National History Day Arizona FUN!

Emily Hahn writes, "This team has shared early mornings, long competition days, road trips, countless planning meetings, and more laughs than we could ever fit into one video.

Every challenge has been easier because we’ve had each other.

We’re so grateful for this team, the work we do, and the opportunity to help students discover a love of history together. Every workshop, every competition, and every student we meet is supported by a team that genuinely cares about one another and believes in this program.

We can’t wait to welcome one more member to the NHDAZ family soon."

Ziv Shemen with Kermit and Jim Henson

 Ziv Shemen sharing a moment with Kermit and Jim Henson at NHDAZ finals - clearly after pin trading day. Ziv has quite a collection so he would have met lots of other students that day.

The Historical League supports National History Day Arizona!

Arizona Historymaker 1995 Ben Avery and the great outdoors

Ben Avery, an avid promoter of outdoor recreation, devoted six decades of his life to writing about Arizona and the Southwest. Honored as Arizona Historymaker by the Historical League in 1995, he would be pleased to learn about the Every Kid Outdoors program.

Listen to Ben tell his story at https://historicalleague.org/historymakers/ben-avery/

 Every Kid Outdoors allows U.S. fourth graders and family members free access to over 2,000 federal lands and waters so you can discover our wildlife, resources, and history. Every Kid Outdoors creates crucial connections to public lands and inspires a future generation of stewards for America's spectacular national parks and other public lands.

To obtain a pass, fourth grade students can visit the bilingual Every Kid Outdoors website, participate in a short educational activity, and then download a paper voucher to print and bring with them to visit public lands and waters all across the country.

Every Kid Outdoors begins each year on September 1 and goes through August 31.

In 1968, Ben Avery received the highest honor the United States Department of the Interior bestows upon a non-employee. He was presented with the Conservation Service Award by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, who cited Mr. Avery’s writings as having “scored a multitude of triumphs, with many bearing on programs of the Bureau of Land Management and other agencies of the department.”

Listen to Ben tell his story at https://historicalleague.org/historymakers/ben-avery/

National History Day Arizona 2026 statistics

 The Historical League is a proud supporter of this program!

Lattie Coor supporter of Tastes & Treasures Volume II

 Creating Tastes & Treasures Volume II Storytelling Cookbook in 2015 featuring stories and favorite recipes from historic destinations, Arizona Historymakers, Historical League families, and supporters was a labor of love.
The Historical League was so pleased to receive this memory and recipe about Lattie Coor from Elva Coor, Lattie's wife. 

It is with sadness we relate that Lattie Coor (1936-2026) has now passed. 

Trivia Night at Arizona Heritage Center July 31

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6th grader Matthew Davies-Venn is excited about NHD National Contest

When asked what he’s most excited about for Nationals, 6th grader Matthew Davies-Venn replied, "I’m especially excited about competing with other individuals from different states and U.S. territories, watching their documentaries and learning about their projects.

I’m also looking forward to collecting all the pins, the parade and the exciting museum trips that my teacher has planned for our group."

Matthew did a documentary The Cool Revolution: How Air Conditioning Reformed the Valley of the Sun into a Habitable Metropolis.

The Historical League is proud to support the National History Day program.