NHD 2024: Teaching Resources & Strategies

Educators, check out these resources and strategies to help you as you guide students through the development of their National History Day (NHD) projects.

Overview

• About NHD
• Why NHD works
• State NHD affiliates
• NHD news & events
• NHD newsletter

2024 Contest Theme: Turning Points in History

• 2024 NHD theme overview videos: YouTube | Vimeo
• 2024 NHD theme book
• 2024 NHD theme book graphic organizer
• 2024 NHD rule book | Spanish rule book

Contest Categories

• Documentary
• Exhibit
• Paper
• Performance
• Website

Teaching Help

• “Help! I’m a New NHD Teacher!”
• Guide to Student Research and Historical Argumentation
• Teaching research skills
• Revolutionary Ideals Webinar Series Spring 2024
• Student NHD project examples

Lesson Plans

• Revolutionary Ideals lesson plan book
• Building a More Perfect Union lesson plan book
• Great War, Flawed Peace, and the Lasting Legacy of World War I lesson plan book
• Teaching the Civil War in the 21st Century Booklet
• Herstory: Women in America, Lesson Activities
• U.S. History in Global Perspective Guide
• Lesson Plan Archives

NHD 2024: Student Resources & Strategies

NHD 2024: Topic Resources