This year was my fifth year to attend the NHD national contest and it was probably the best so far. In addition to myself and other NHDI coordinators Sara Griffin and Becca Loofbourrow, we had a great group of 52 students and their teachers, parents and grandparents who came to take part in the week’s […]
With district contests all wrapped up it is time to make our way down the home stretch in preparation for the big event of the year: the National History Day in Indiana State Contest. Marian University will be the home of the 2011 State Contest where district winners will present their work. Out of the […]
“NHD students are better writers, who write with a purpose and real voice, and marshal solid evidence to support their point of view.” “NHD Students outperform their non-NHD peers on state standardized tests, not only in social studies, but in reading, science and math as well.” “NHD students learn 21st century skills. They learn how […]
It has been a fun and exhausting week at the History Day national contest at the University of Maryland, and there is still plenty more to do! We had an ice cream social in the dorms, movie night, and have plans for a pizza and sign-making party and a dorm-decorating contest. On Monday, all Juniors […]
Out of the more than 3,300 students who participated in National History Day in Indiana this year, 47 finalists will represent our state at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest June 13 through 17. Some of these students are returning to nationals for the second or third time, but for most of them, […]
Last Friday, a group of senior citizens visited us from a retirement home. This is not unusual we get many groups from retirement centers but I saw something extraordinary happen with this group as they visited the You Are There 1914: The Violin Maker Upstairs experience. I happened to walk past as the group of […]
As the mother of a three month-old, I find that I usually arrive to work a little bleary-eyed. The good news is that after over a year?s hiatus, school and group tours are in full swing again here at the History Center. Nothing will wake you up like a group of 60 fourth-graders filing through […]
One of the things I share with many Hoosiers is a love for the game of basketball. I fill out a bracket every year, hoping the upsets I chose come through. My bracket is already busted (I picked Kansas to win it all) but it?s fun to follow along and cheer for the Indiana teams. […]
