NATIONAL HISTORY DAY JUDGE TRAINING WORKSHOPS
WHO: Professional educators
WHAT: NHD Judge Training Workshops
WHERE: Throughout N.M.
WHEN: January through February, 2024
CONTACT: New Mexico History Day Senior Advisor, Heather McClenahan
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With a population that is 48 percent Hispano and more than 10 percent Indigenous, fewer than 10 percent of the judges for New Mexico’s National History Day program are people of color. We are working to change this. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and partnerships with universities, colleges, and school districts, New Mexico History Day will be conducting a series of intensive, 3-hour judge training workshops across the state in January and February. The workshops are designed for professional educators, who will be eligible for a $130 stipend, as well as pre-service teachers and history students. Some professors may offer extra credit for participation. Each session can accommodate up to 20 participants.
• January 18th -19th in Silver City
• January 22nd – 23rd in Las Cruces
• January 29th – 30th in Portales
• February 5th Farmington (virtual)
• February 8th – 9th in Albuquerque
• February 12th -13th in Las Vegas
For more information, including information on locations, times, and how to register, contact NM NHD Senior Advisor Heather McClenahan at Heather@NMHumanities.org.
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
Helping student historians and their teachers study the past to inform the present and shape the future.
ABOUT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY® (NHD):
NHD is a non-profit organization based in College Park, Maryland, that seeks to improve the teaching and learning of history. The National History Day Contest was established in 1974 and currently engages more than half a million students every year in conducting original research on historical topics of interest. Students present their research as a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website. Projects compete first at the local and affiliate levels, where the top entries are invited to the National Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park. NHD is sponsored in part by, HISTORY®, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service, Southwest Airlines, the Crown Family Foundation, The Better Angels Society, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, and the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation. For more information, visit NHD.org.
ABOUT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY® IN NEW MEXICO:
History Day in New Mexico is open to elementary, middle, and high school students statewide. The program is organized and sponsored by the New Mexico Humanities Council. NMHC offers online and in-person professional development for teachers as well as student events.