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Iowa Students Earn Honors at National History Contest
Posted 24 June
2010
Twenty-two Iowa
students earned national honors last week at the National History Day
contest at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.
NHD is an academic-enrichment program that helps students learn about
historical issues, people and events. Fifty-six students represented
Iowa in the NHD national contest, competing for scholarships and prizes
against nearly 2,500 other students from the United States, Guam,
America Samoa, Department of Defense Schools in Europe, and Shanghai,
China.
“I am very proud of the way these students represented Iowa at the
national contest,” NHD in Iowa Coordinator Millie Frese said. “They
performed with remarkable poise and were competitive in all categories.”
The year-long academic adventure fosters students’ enthusiasm for
learning and encourages them to use primary, secondary, community and
statewide resources on a subject of their choice related to an annual
theme. The theme for 2010 was “Innovation in History: Impact and
Change.”
Working individually or collaboratively in groups of two to five,
students competed in a variety of categories, including papers, Web
sites, and individual and group exhibits, documentaries, and
performances. Students in grades 6-8 competed in the junior division
while students in grades 9-12 competed in the senior division.
In addition to discovering the world of the past, NHD helps students
develop the following attributes that are critical for future success:
- critical thinking and
problem-solving skills
- research and reading
skills
- oral and written
communication and presentation skills
- self-esteem and
confidence
- a sense of
responsibility for and involvement in the democratic process
The NHD program in
Iowa has been coordinated by the State Historical Society of Iowa since
1994 and is sponsored by the State Historical Society, Inc., and the
Polk County Historical Society. More information about NHD in Iowa is
available at www.iowahistory.org.
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