Rhode Island Social Studies Association Inc

Help RI students get to the 2016 National History Day Competitition at the University of Maryland this June. Sixty one RI students have been selected to participate in this national contest after competing at NHD Rhode Island on April 9th at Providence College. They are trying to raise the funds so they can compete in this nation wide program.

National History Day Rhode Island is an affiliate of National History Day.  What is National History Day? National History Day (NHD) is a highly regarded academic program for elementary and secondary school students.

Each year, more than half a million students, encouraged by thousands of teachers nationwide participate in the NHD contest. Students choose historical topics related to a theme and conduct extensive primary and secondary research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing conclusions about their topics’ significance in history, students present their work in original papers, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries. These products are entered into competitions in the spring at local, state and national levels where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators. The program culminates in the Kenneth E. Behring National Contest each June held at the University of Maryland at College Park.