National History Day Program
National History Day
National History Day encourages students to explore local, state, national, and world history. After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research by using libraries, archives, museums, and oral history interviews. They analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about their topics’ significance in history, and create final projects that present their work. These projects can be entered into a series of competitions, from the local to the national level, where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators.
North Country History Day 2012
In 2012, the North Country History Day Regional Contest was held on Saturday, March 10th, in the Deborah Clarke Mars Education Center at Fort Ticonderoga. Twenty-six students from six schools in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Warren counties competed with 13 projects. Seven of those projects and 17 students qualified to represent the North Country at New York State History Day on Monday, April 23, 2012, in Cooperstown, New York. Congratulations to all our Region's representatives at the state contest.
See the winners from North Country History Day 2012!
North Country History Day 2013
Fort Ticonderoga coordinates North Country History Day, serving students in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Warren counties in New York State. The 2013 North Country History Day Regional Contest will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in the Deborah Clarke Mars Education Center at Fort Ticonderoga. The theme for the 2012-13 school year is “Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events."
Students compete at two levels: Junior (students in grades 6-8) and Senior (students in grades 9-12). Students create entries in various categories: Historical Papers, Individual and Group Exhibits, Individual and Group Performances, Individual and Group Documentaries, and Individual and Group Websites.
Students wishing to compete in North Country History Day must register by February 8, 2013. Registration forms can be downloaded from the New York State History Day website about a month in advance of the registration deadline. Students must attend school in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, or Warren counties or, if homeschooled, must reside in one of those four counties.
Rich Strum, North Country History Day Regional Coordinator, is available to visit your school to talk with either teachers or students about how to start a History Day program in your school. Contact Rich at for more information.
Category Guides
These category guides, created by the "National History Day in Wisconsin" staff, provide students with step-by-step directions for creating History Day projects.
The 2012 Theme “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History”
The 2012 National History Day Theme is “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.”
Download the 2012 National History Day Theme Sheet here.
Download the 2012 National History Day Theme Book here.
Information about the 2013 theme "Turning Points in History, People, Ideas, Events" will be available in September 2012.
History Day Themes for Upcoming School Years
2012-13: "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events"
2013-14: "Geography in History: Impact, Influence, Change"
2014-15: "Rights and Responsibilities in History"
