Honors students are required to create a project
*All chemawa students can create and enter a project

2019-2020 History Day Competition

Competition Dates:

  • Chemawa Middle School Competition:  December 2, 2019
  • Student Registration Forms for RUSD Due:  TBD
  • RUSD Website, Historical Paper, & Documentary Entries Due: TBD
  • RUSD Contest:  February 1, 2020    Earhart Middle School, Riverside
  • Riverside County Contest: March 14, 2020 Valley View High School, Moreno Valley
  • State Contest: May 8-10 2020 William Jessup University in Rocklin, (SACRAMENTO)CA
  • National Contest: June 14-18 2020 at University of Maryland, College Park. (WASHINGTON, DC)

Please visit the NHD website for more information about this exciting opportunity to learn, create, compete, and travel.​ 

​The theme for 2019-2020 is Breaking Barriers in History.

​Help finding a NHD Topic:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ACjT0RDPaCYbXwWulcgEMEe0zzk67Vm_0k7_4pXsBWo/edit?usp=sharing​ 
https://newseumed.org/idea/2019-nhd/
https://edsitement.neh.gov/national-history-day/national-history-day-2019-triumph-and-tragedy-history
https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/exhibits/show/nhd-tt
http://www.maisonshalom.org/en/241/maggy-and-maison-shalom
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/national-history-day-resources
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/triumph-and-tragedy-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/UJ8g1iCcMb4okeqc
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/index.html  



Whether you are a student who likes researching and writing, a dramatic student who enjoys performing, a tech savvy student who likes to build websites, a film fanatic,  or a visual student with an eye for details, there is a project option that will give you the chance to showcase your passions and talents. Students may select a topic that fits the theme and choose to create a
  • Performance (Individual or Group 2-5) 
  • Website (Individual or Group 2-3)  MUST create your site with new NHD Website Vendor TBD by November 1, 2019
  • Documentary film (Individual or Group 2-3)
  • Exhibit (Individual or Group 2-3)
  • Research Paper (Individual only)

NHD information:

2018 RUSD and RIVERSIDE COUNTY CONTESTS  -  Go Cougars!!
Photos of 2017 History Day Competition:  Five teams of Chemawa students competed at the district competition for RUSD in January, and three teams represented Chemawa at the Riverside County Competition in March. CONGRATULATIONS!!