GENERAL CONTEST RESOURCES (Click on the item for the link)
- Introductory video for 2023 theme
- Theme curriculum book
- Theme graphic organizer for 2023
- NHD national program guide on creating entries from getting started to doing research to creating an entry
- Contest rule book (RULE BOOK WAS NEW JUNE 2020 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RULE CHANGES)
- Spanish-language version of the contest rule book
CATEGORY AND OTHER STUDENT RESOURCES
- NHD national program category-specific resources --click on the appropriate button for Documentaries, Exhibits, Papers, Performances, or Websites
- Other NHD national program student resources
- Minnesota History Day category-specific resources
Project Examples:
- From the national contest (keep in mind, these are NATIONAL winners, so they are very high-level)
- From the Maryland state contest
Judging forms (these changed a LOT in 2020-2021 and changed AGAIN in 2021-2022):
- Combined pdf of all the judging forms
- Documentary
- Exhibit
- Paper
- Performance
- Website
Rules Verification Checklists (these are just to help you make sure you comply with the rules; they are not forms you have to turn in):
- Documentary
- Exhibit
- Paper
- Performance
- Website