For Educators: National History Day
What is History Day?
National History Day, a year-long educational program sponsored in New York State by the New York State Historical Association, encourages students to explore local, state, national, and world history. After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research by using libraries, archives, museums, and oral history interviews. They analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about their topics' significance in history, and create final projects that present their work. These projects can be entered into a series of competitions, from the local to the national level, where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators.
Fort Ticonderoga serves as the regional coordinator for New York State History Day for the North Country Region, which includes Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Warren Counties. The North Country Regional competition is scheduled for Friday, February 27, 2009, in the Deborah Clarke Mars Education Center at Fort Ticonderoga.
For additional information about New York State History Day, go to http://www.nyshistoryday.org/index.htm.
For additional information about the North Country Regional Contest, go to http://www.nyshistoryday.org/NorthCountryRegion.htm.
