Top student winners will receive full-tuition scholarships to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Oh. and the University of Maryland at College Park. After twelve years of participating with eighth grade students in National History Day, I still say it s the greatest thing I can do with kids. Co. The program has become my most valuable tool as a teacher because it excites students to learn students across the spectrum from high to under achievers get interested in learning when they participate in National History Day. Since 1974, National History Day has grown from a Cleveland, Ohio competition with about 100 students to a national education program. It is funded by Cargill, The History Channel, and other corporations, foundations, and individuals.
Judges are university professors, high school teachers, museum curators and other public historians.