Course Descriptions
One-Day Intensive: NHD 101-201
Walk through the NHD process from introduction to project creation. Includes building student buy-in, topic selection, research skills, analyzing sources, writing project building blocks, and more.
You will receive materials, lunch, and relicensure credit when you attend an in-person intensive session.
Short Online Sessions
Our short online sessions offer the same content that we cover in our in person workshop over several weeks. The online format provides more time for depth and discussion.
NHD Basics for New Teachers: Overview of NHD's creative categories, tournament structure, planning calendar, core standards, and more. Designed for new-to-NHD teachers.
Theme Resources, Topic Tips, New Tools: Deep dive into the NHD annual theme, student tools, and strategies to help students find a great topic for their History Day project.
Foundational Skills First: Primary sources, secondary sources, and historical thinking skills.
Research Like a Pro: Tips and tricks for online historical research, go-to archives, using a research question, and choosing a research tracking system.
Analyze and Write: Develop a research question, thesis statement, historical context, significance in history, multiple perspectives, source credits, and captions.
Citations, Annotated Bibliographies, Process Papers: Why we cite, source credits, footnotes/endnotes, style guides, bibliography formatting, writing annotations, writing the process paper.
Create Your Project: Strategies for supporting students in building their exhibits, documentaries, performances, websites, and papers.
If you have any questions, please contact Tatiana: tchudy@utah.gov.