Oregon History Day

The Oregon Historical Society is actively sponsoring National History Day for Oregon for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. The topic, “Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, and Events” is a topic sure to not only engage students, but to excite teachers due to its close alignment with Oregon state social science and language arts standards. As a result, integrating History Day into classroom teaching and curriculum is not extra work, but is attainable with the online support materials and one-on-one support from the coordinator. The winners will receive a paid trip to the finals in Washington, D.C. next June.

October 12, 2012: Statewide teacher in-service day: Coordinator to host a breakfast for the Portland-Metro and Salem-Eugene Region. This will be a kick off "workshop" for start up materials, and possibly a student speaker and teacher who have participated in the past to field questions from the audience. Contact: Denise Brock, Oregon History Day Coordinator, Oregon Historical Society, Denise.Brock@ohs.org.

More information will be posted on this site soon. In the meantime, for more NHD contest information visit: www.nationalhistoryday.org

Contest Resources:

Oregon History Day Calendar of Events (PDF)

Rule Book (PDF)

Theme Sheet (PDF)

Theme Book (PDF 7.5 Mb)