National History Day

National History Day is a school-year long project for students in grades 6 - 12. The 2007-2008 theme is Conflict and Compromise in History and the national final will be held June 15-19th at the University of Maryland. (NJ dates are given below, dates for other states vary.)

• Work alone or in a group of up to 5
• Research
• NJ Regional contest Registration - February 1, 2008
  
• Create a documentary, exhibit, paper, or performance
• Present entries at district competitions (Usually April of March) or regional contests (in NJ, March 8 & April 12, 2008)
  
• Proceed to state contests (usually late April or early May, NJ: May 3, 2008)
• Proceed to the National History Day final June 15 - 19, 2008.

The NJ State Coordinator is: Nancy Norris-Bauer at William Paterson University (norrisn@wpunj.edu). For more detail see the state coordinator list.

NJ State Contest: Date: May 3, 2008 Location: William Paterson University
Parts of the NJ History Day site have not been updated since 2005 - 2006, but district and region dates are there. I like their step by step list on Creating an Entry.