Ohio History Day

Kudos to Alaina for making headlines in Licking County with your OHD website!

Newark middle schooler brings airline deregulation presentation to National History Day contest - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio Inspired by her and her grandfather’s shared love of travel, Appleman chose to create a website about the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 and its impact on commercial aviation for her project submission.

We love seeing OHD students in the news! Way to go, Grace!

Grace Cremeans competes in the National History Day Competition GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WV News) — Grace Cremeans recently competed at the National History Day (NHD) Competition in College Park, Maryland. NHD is celebrating 50 years of research, and selected Turning

Check out PBS NewsHour's feature on National History Day!

Competition inspires students to explore history through art Every year for 50 years, some 500,000 students from across the country have competed in National History Day, using arts to portray their researched stories....

Ohio Teachers, this is your chance to be a part of an amazing research opportunity with the NHD Silent heroes program!

Learn more and apply here: https://tinyurl.com/nhdapplynow Applications are open through August 2, so apply soon!

Website students & teachers: Do you want to save the website you built this year? NHDWebCentral archiving is open! Head to https://buff.ly/3VXChUe to get the full directions for archiving your website.

📣 National Contest Judge Evals are AVAILABLE!

Access your evaluations on the contest portal here: https://buff.ly/3RGmO8w. Once logged in, click the Eval option in the toolbar across the top of the page.

🎉 Congratulations to all of Team Ohio! Way to represent at this year' National Contest! Your dedication, talent, and hard work have truly shone through. You are all winners to us! Thank you for helping us celebrate 50 years of Ohio History Day!

🏆 Congratulations to Scarlet P. & Emma R. for placing 8th in Senior Group Websites for "Criminal of Chastity: Eisenstadt v. Baird on Redefining Privacy and Bodily Autonomy."

Congratulations to Leia Innes & Angela DeWitt from Sailorway Middle School, Ohio's Junior Division co-nominees for the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award! You truly inspire your students passion for history!

Congratulations to Marina Dieringer from Canal Wi******er High School, Ohio's Senior Division nominee for the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award! Thank you for bringing history to life for your students!

🎉 Congratulations to Ohio Senior Outstanding Affiliate Award winner Emma R. & Scarlet P. from Maysville High School for their Senior Group Website, Criminal of Chastity: Eisenstadt v. Baird on Redefining Privacy and Bodily Autonomy !

🥳 Congratulations to Ohio Junior Outstanding Affiliate Award winner Ella C. & Sarah C. from Walnut Hills High School for their Junior Group Website, Frida Kahlo: One of the Most Influential Artists Changes History !

🎉 Congratulations to William S. from Maysville High School who won the Irish or Irish- American Special Award for his Senior Documentary, "It Was Just Cold Blooded Murder, Nothing Else": Bloody Sunday, A Turning Point for Northern Ireland.

🎉 Congratulations to Grace R. from Anderson High School for placing 7th in Senior Individual Exhibits for "Shedding Light on Rural America: Rural Electrification Administration"

🏅 Congratulations to Omar E. from Hawken Upper School for placing 5th in Senior Papers for "The August 1991 Coup: A Turning Point in the Dissolution of the Soviet Union."

If you're not able to join us at the NHD award ceremony, watch the award ceremony on the link below!

It all comes down to this... 500,000 competitors and thousands of teachers participated in the 2024 National History Day Contest with the theme "Turning Points in History." After local and affiliate contests, 2,849 students with 1,623 projects entered the National Contest. Today, the 54 winners across 18 categories (plus outstanding affiliate entries and 25 special prizes) will be announced! Tune in to nhd.org//awards-ceremony/ as we broadcast the results live starting at 8am ET.

Ohio representing at the parade of states! Go Team Ohio!

Alaina A. visited the Capitol today too! She an opportunity for a special meeting with Congressman Balderson where she received a personal tour and special Congressional letter! What a special opportunity! Go Team Ohio!!

Team Ohio spending the day in D.C. today, including visiting the Capitol to view the Senate in action!

Huck, Jacob, and Bernat are not only exhibiting at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, but got to meet Bill Nye too! What a day for Team Ohio!

🎊 Congratulations to Jacob C., Bernat C., and Huck W. from Region 3! Their exhibit on the The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 has been chosen as part of the NHD Exhibit Showcase taking place today at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History! Go check them out!

Learn more about the showcase here: https://buff.ly/4e30iAB

If you weren't able to make it into the Ken Burns event, you can watch it here!

Ken Burns Event 2024

We're so excited to kick off National History Day!!! Go Team Ohio!!!!

Wishing all 58 Ohio National Qualifiers good luck as they compete in National History Day at the University of Maryland, College Park!

Keep an eye out for more exciting updates and features throughout contest week!!