National History Day is an academic program in a competitive format. Students excel not by winning, but by mastering knowledge about an historic event, improving their research skills, and learning how to successfully convey their knowledge to others.

Debate and Diplomacy:

Successes, Failures, and Consequences

Every year National History Day frames students' research within a historical theme. The theme is chosen for the broad application to world, national or state history and its relevance to ancient history or to the more recent past. This year's theme is Debate & Diplomacy: Successes, Failures, Consequences. The intentional selection of the theme for National History Day is to provide an opportunity for students to push past the antiquated view of history as mere facts and dates and drill down into historical content to develop perspective and understanding.

The NHD theme provides a focused way to increase student's historical understanding by developing a lens to read history, an organizational structure that helps students place information in the correct context and finally, the ability to see connections over time.

East Valley Regional Coordinator
Shara Forrister - Faculty
Axia College of University of Phoenix Online
933 North Joshua Tree Lane
Gilbert, AZ 85234
(480)830-8632
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