The true benefits from participating in National History Day go way past a certificate or medal. The program teaches kids the writing, analytical understanding, and reading comprehension skills that will make them a success in life, no matter what their career, states parent Susan Moose, Minnesota NHD makes learning fun.
Students choose a topic they want to learn more about.
Students become engaged and have fun with NHD because they choose a topic they want to learn about. Students have done projects on Barbie, Twiggy, Martin Luther King Jr., Women's Rights, motorcycles, Walmart, and just about anything you can think of. Through the NHD program students learn skills that will help them throughout life. The NHD program fosters academic achievement and intellectual growth. In addition to acquiring useful historical knowledge and perspective, students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills that will help them manage and use information now and in the future.