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Welcome to Missouri Region 6
National History Day

Friday, March 7, 2008


Missouri Southern State University
Sponsored by MSSU Social Science Department

National History Day® is a highly regarded and academically challenging non-profit program. The program's goal is to promote the study of history by engaging students and teachers in the excitement of historical inquiry and creative presentation.

This yearlong educational program fosters academic achievement and intellectual growth. In addition to acquiring useful historical knowledge and perspective during the series of district, state and national competitions, students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills that will help them manage and use information now and in the future.

• The program begins at the start of the school year.  Curriculum and contest materials are distributed to History Day coordinators and teachers throughout the country.

• Students are encouraged to choose any topic in local, national, or world history and investigate its historical significance and relationship to the theme by conducting extensive primary and secondary research.

• After analyzing and interpreting their information, students present their findings in papers, exhibits, performances, documentaries, and web sites that are evaluated by historians and educators

     (Adapted from the National History Day web site)

National History Day 2008 theme:
Conflict & Compromise in History
For project suggestions, visit the National History Day Web site. Be especially sure to look at new Contest Rule Book, the 2008 Curriculum Book, and the list of suggested topics.

Top entries from each division and category at the nine district competitions held throughout Missouri are eligible for the History Day in Missouri competition at the University of Missouri-Columbia on April 12, 2008.

Winners at the state competition advance to the National History Day Contest held at the College Park, MD, June 15-19, 2008.

Missouri Southern's Social Sciences Department provides other activities during the district contest.