Jim Rex Memorial Award is for Youth Division Participants honoring hard work, research, and participating in project-based learning opportunities like National History Day AZ.
Jim Rex taught 7th grade American History for 29 years to Arizona students. His love for engaging students to think, get excited about their past and apply evidence to show what they know was something he shared with over 10,000 students during his career. Wanting to encourage historical thinkers this award is for student projects that show passion, knowledge, and historical argumentation.
Those ranked 1st in their project category received awards of $20 each.
Youth Division winners are 4th and 5th graders. They will gain the opportunity to go to Nationals in the Junior Division as 6-8 graders.
The Historical League congratulates all the 2026 NHD Jim Rex winners. Four winners are pictured here.
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Individual Website - March of Bread and Roses: A Child's Tale |
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| Education Team Member Emily Hahn presents to winner |
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Group Documentary - Browder v. Gayle: The Four Women Who Fought Back by Alina Gaines and Natalie Russo |
Entries were:
Youth Group Documentary - The Smallpox and the Anti-Vax Leagues in England
Daniel Armijo
Aiden Barnes
Titoluwani Faleye
Youth Group Exhibit - Running Against the World
Ben Bradley
Stephanie Escalante Rodriguez
Jaxon Gonzalez
Youth Group Website - Banditen! Jewish Partisan Resistance During the Holocaust
Grayden Lily Cohen
Maxwell Martin
Youth Individual Exhibit - Hello Girls
Shreya Khera
Youth Individual Website - March of Bread and Roses: A Child's Tale
Maedini Pandit
Youth Paper - Too Unfit for a Slave?
Carter Cvelbar
