Who we are
Announcements
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-Check out The National Archives’ NHD Resource for teachers and students.
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-We’ve always known that NHD works--now that we have stats to back it up, people are starting to notice.
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-Listen to coverage of NHD on Mississippi Edition (MPB)
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-We’re in the news--History News to be precise! Check out the discussion page as well.
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-CONGRATS to NHD in MS’s 2010 Best in Show winner Chantel Taite from Pascagoula HS on winning a Gates Millenium Scholarship that will fund her education through grad school. We’re proud of you!
State competition
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-This year’s state contest will take place on Sat., 25 Feb. 2012 in the Liberal Arts Building (LAB) at the University of Southern Mississippi
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-Registration forms (teacher/chaperone; student; quiz bowl)
Contact us
Dr. Jeff Bowersox
State coordinator
Department of History
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr., #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5047
601-266-4519 (fax) 601-266-4334
Mrs. Renee McClendon
Director of Mentorship and Outreach
NHD in MS committee:
Dr. Phyllis Jestice
Dr. Deanne Nuwer
Mrs. Mary Beth Farrell
Dr. Lee Follett
Dr. Ruth Percy
Find more details at www.nhd.org and on our Facebook page, or join our listserv for regular updates
National History Day is a nationwide competition for middle and high school students. We encourage students to use their CREATIVITY to develop ORIGINAL HISTORICAL RESEARCH focused on our annual theme.
Students compete not only for the opportunity to travel to the national competition in College Park, Maryland (near Washington, D.C.). They can also compete for a wide variety of SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS. They compete in the following categories:
Documentary (group and individual)
Exhibit (group and individual)
Paper (individual)
Performance (group and individual)
Website (group and individual)
To give you a sense of the range of possible subjects, projects from the 2010 competition (theme: Innovation in History) included a dramatization of the invention of UPS, a documentary and an exhibit on the development of video games, a website on the development of musical tuning techniques, and an exhibit on the invention of rockets. Check out our program (right) for a complete listing.
Students win just by participating in National History Day. Developing a better understanding of the past means DIGGING INTO PRIMARY SOURCES, SHARPENING CRITICAL THINKING, and ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS about the ways societies work. In short, National History Day projects build BETTER STUDENTS AND CITIZENS.
We also want to HELP TEACHERS by making National History Day a useful classroom resource, something that can enrich existing existing lessons and reduce the burden on already over-burdened educators. Check out these testimonials from teachers who have found National History Day a valuable classroom resource.
Check out our PRIMARY SOURCES page for more information on local collections of historical resources in your area. You’ll be surprised to see how many archives and local museums we have all across the state.
In addition to putting teachers in contact with local archivists and museum directors, we are offering mentorship for teachers and for students, run by veteran NHD experts and faculty from the University of Southern Mississippi’s Department of History. If you are interested in bringing National History Day into your classroom, let us know HOW WE CAN HELP!
For more information and resources, including detailed rules and guides, check out www.nhd.org.
CONGRATS to Beth Young (left with Renee McClendon) for winning 2ND PLACE AT NATIONALS, to Genevieve Miller and Ashleigh Wren (right with Kimberly Kennedy) for advancing to Finals and winning Best of Mississippi (Senior), and to Cameron Tingle (right with David Tingle) for winning Best of Mississippi (Junior)
