Get Involved with National History Day Arizona!

 Get Involved with National History Day Arizona!

NHDAZ is looking for students, judges, and volunteers to help make this year's program a success.

Students: Explore a topic you're passionate about while developing research, writing, and presentation skills.

Judges: Share your knowledge by evaluating student projects and providing constructive feedback that helps young historians grow.

Volunteers: Support competition day by assisting with event operations, welcoming participants, and helping create a positive experience for everyone involved.

Whether you're participating, judging, or volunteering, you'll play an important role in inspiring the next generation of historians.

To learn more, email nhdaz@azhs.gov

The Historical League is a proud sponsor of this program.

National History Day Arizona West Regional Competition

West Regional Competition for NHDAZ has concluded. The National History Day Arizona West Regional competition has concluded!

We appreciate all the students, educators, and families who helped make today’s event such a success!

Congratulations to the students whose projects earned top recognition today!

Thank you to the Historical League for their continued partnership and support of National History Day Arizona.

Next up: NHDAZ North on March 21st.

We’re excited to continue celebrating outstanding historical research and creativity.

Raising Canes Fundraiser

 HUGE thanks to the students, teachers, and parents who helped made this fundraiser possible with @raisingcanes

This idea was brought to NHDAZ by 2 middle school students and their father. Their teacher was also instrumental in making this a success.

NHDAZ coordinator Leonard Moody met with these students and their outstanding supporting cast and he says, “it’s incredible to see students so heavily supporting an organization whose purpose is to strive for better education.”

Thank you for your support!

NHD Teacher of the Year Dr. Rebekah West Keur

 Dr. Rebekah West Keur, a truly dedicated educator and a finalist for the prestigious National History Day (NHD) Teacher of the Year Award! Dr. West Keur has been a guiding force in the NHD program at her schools since 2018 including being the first teacher to bring the program to a large school district in Arizona, inspiring and impacting others along the way. She's had the privilege of mentoring around 700 students, helping them dive deep into history through research-centered passion projects.

"National History Day means so much to me as a scholar and an educator," Dr. West Keur shares. "This program allows all students to immerse themselves in history and historical thinking through research-centered passion projects. This offers them the opportunity to excel academically and as people."

NHDAZ East Regional Contest

Cathy Shumard

 Judging NHD takes a lot of organizing. We are grateful to Cathy Shumard making it fun, interesting and exciting for so many Historical League members to be trained and participate.

Leonard Moody, NHDAZ Coordinator, directed Feb. 22 activities held at U of A Medical School Chandler campus and nearby Chandler library with scheduling of students, judges, and families, room locations, snacks, Wi-Fi connections, technology, and problem solving.

Judging teams awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners; promoting appropriate projects on to the State competition on April 12th. Feedback is given to teachers and students so there is an opportunity to strengthen their projects: papers documentaries, exhibits, websites, and performances before State.

Leonard Moody

Many teachers make these projects a class requirement and grades are given. Participation in the NHD competitions is voluntary.

Volunteering is a BIG part of the Historical League and we are proud to support National History Day Arizona, making students and parents feel comfortable and have proper instructions for the day.

Behind the scenes, taking pictures, is our highly-motivated AHS Chief Education Officer Dr. Kristen Rex

Norma Jean Coulter

Sharron McKinney in middle

AHS Todd Bailey on right

Cheryl Stegall

Sharon Akridge

Dave and Diana Smith with other volunteer judges

Welcoming NHDAZ students are Robin Ferguson and Jolynn Clarke

Mary Perona handing out information to students

Leonard Moody giving instructions to Mary Perona, Robin Ferguson, Jolynn Clarke

Welcoming NHDAZ student contestants to the East judging competition are Historical League members Robin Ferguson, Jolynn Clarke and Mary Perona.

3rd Grade Annual Postcard Contest

 

Rights & Responsibilities in History with National History Day in Arizona

 

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Students and teachers are you ready?

The annual National History Day® contest theme is designed to help you think of a topic from any aspect of local, regional, national, or world history. With this focus, you can begin to ask questions that your research will help you answer, including how your topic is significant in history.

Here are the Arizona Historical Society we are partnering with library and archives, historical groups, and educators to develop a study guide to get you thinking about this year’s theme!

NHD’s theme will be: Rights & Responsibilities in History. This year’s theme invites you to consider questions of time and place, cause and effect, change over time, impact and significance. The key to this theme is addressing BOTH rights AND responsibilities. Both are powerful forces in history, but one does not work without the other.

Check out this resource to start defining your topic and begin your research!

https://nhd.org/en/contest/theme/

National History Day AZ students at finals in Washington D.C.

 Arizona flag, cowboy hats, and BIG smiles . . . that's what NHDAZ students wore at National competition in June! The Historical League is proud to help sponsor them in this amazing program. National History Day in Arizona

Students and parents decorated those cowboy hats to make them very individual.

National History Day AZ presentation by Dr. Kristen Rex at May meeting

With Dr. Kristen Rex and her staff plus the experience of Stacey Trepanier, the National History Day AZ is running very smoothly. How exciting to learn about the program from Dr. Rex's talk at our May meeting. Anne Lupica explained the League's support in NHDAZ, both with volunteering, judging, funding. The QR codes next to the students pictures are a direct link to their exhibits.

Many League members are retired teachers, appreciating the value of the program.

Thanks to Josephine Pete for photos.