Greater Kansas City History Day
February 27, 2021
Chrisman High School, Independence, Mo.
- New student videos from National History Day
- Suggested topics for 2021 Communication in History (Harry Truman, Missouri and Kansas topics)
- The 2021 Theme is Communication in History
- New Judges Evaluation Sheets
- New NHD Rule book
- Rule changes
- Truman digital resources: Digital document sets | Online photographs
- Live binder of NHD resources from Charlene Burns (Liberty Middle School)
- Teacher toolkits: Wisconsin | California | Minnesota
- Tips and suggestions for each category
- Student Examples: https://www.nhd.org/categories
Virtual classroom presentations by the regional coordinator can be arranged by appointment. Email: mark.adams@nara.gov
Student Examples
A Kansas City region student won second place in the nation at National History Day 2018!
Riley Sutherland from Liberty North High School's Silver medal winning performance (YouTube)
In 2017, two local students placed first in the nation - here is a 2017 recap:
- Mark Adams gave a welcome and introductory statements (video)
- Hannah Scott presented her Gold Medal winning exhibit (video)
- Take a closer look at Hannah’s exhibit (pdf)
- Erin Lowe presented her Gold Medal winning performance (video)
- Mark Adams sat down with both Gold Medal winners for a question and answer session (video)
- Jay Mehta from Kansas City placed first in the nation with this performance (2015)
- Erin Lowe from Kansas City finished first in the state and second in the nation with this performance
- Harper Ross' Dustbowl Documentary
- Patrick Lawhon from Kansas City placed first at the National History Day Finals! View his performance
- 2009 State 1st place Junior Performance (Windows Media Player)
- Example of exhibit boards (Powerpoint) (Download instructions: Right click, click "save target as")
- Second sample of exhibit boards (Powerpoint)
- Third sample of exhibit boards (Powerpoint)
- Fourth example
Links
- Truman Library online document sets
- National History Day: http://www.NHD.org/
- History Day in Missouri: http://nhdmo.org/
- National Archives
For more information e-mail mark.adams@nara.gov