Greater Kansas City History Day
February 29, 2020
Chrisman High School, Independence, Mo.
- The Kansas City regional contest is February 29, 2020. Teacher and student registration is live: Register here
(Registration deadline is February 10, 2020 at midnight) - NHD web portal is live - see NHD web central page
- Suggested topics for Harry Truman, Missouri and Kansas
- NHD 2020 theme materials: 2020 Theme
- New:
- Truman digital resources: Digital document sets | Online photographs | Search the archives
- Live binder of NHD resources from Charlene Burns (Liberty Middle School)
- Teacher toolkits: Wisconsin | California | Minnesota
- Tips and suggestions for each category
Exhibits | Documentary | Performance | Website | Papers - NHD Rule Book: www.nhd.org/images/uploads/RuleBook14.pdf
- Student Examples: https://www.nhd.org/categories
- Contest Results from March 2, 2019
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)
- Make a closer look at Hannah’s gold medal exhibit (pdf) (2017)
- Erin Lowe presented her Gold Medal winning performance (video) (2017)
- 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
- Emily Duncan from Liberty placed 8th in the nation with this Senior Website
- 2009 State 1st place Junior Performance (Windows Media Player)
- 2009 State 1st place Website
- 2008 State 1st place Website
- 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