NHD IN NM TEACHER WORKSHOP: HISTORICAL ARGUMENTATION/CONTEXT AND PROJECT CREATION
WHO: Teachers who attended the NHD in NM Summer Workshop in July, 2024
WHAT: NHD in NM Teacher Workshop: Historical Argumentation/Context and Project Creation
WHERE: University of New Mexico, Mesa Vista Hall – History Common Room
WHEN: November 14th, 2024, 9am-3pm
CONTACT: New Mexico History Day State Coordinator, Stephanie Wilson
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Follow-up workshop for teachers on creating National History Day projects. Join us to learn strategies for supporting student participation across project formats, like the ‘mini-exhibit’. This workshop offers a practical lesson plan and will guide educators in assisting their students in presenting a well-researched historical argument. This workshop is perfect for those who attended our July NHD in NM Teacher Workshop!
This workshop is intended as a follow-up session for those who attended the “NHD in NM Teacher Workshop” in July. Focused on enhancing the classroom experience around History Day projects, this workshop will explore historical argumentation/context and project creation in more depth and provide a hands-on lesson plan for the ‘mini-exhibit’ format that educators can implement with their students. Participants will gain a stronger understanding of the components that contribute to a successful and meaningful History Day project.
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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.