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National History Day Teaching Materials

Attention History Day Teachers and Coordinators! The State Office has an extensive library of resources designed to enrich educators’ and students’ National History Day experience. To request materials, email Lauren Danner. Be sure to take a look at the complete catalog of available materials. Other states also have useful National History Day resources.

In addition to our lending library, we can send teacher packets on request. These include:

• 2008 Theme Sheet
• Teacher’s Guide
• Great Topic Ideas!
  Download the Washington History Day Topic Guide in PDF format.
• National History Day printable posters
• Sample Judging Forms

And, check out other materials available online:

• 2008 National History Day Curriculum Guide
• Hints for Improving Your History Day Entry
• Getting Into History Day

Following are some other Web sites which teachers may find useful:

• MLA Style Guidelines
• Washington Academic Skills Coalition Journal
• Evaluating web sites for historical content and bias
• National History Day Educators Page

To order your own copy of the video "Generation H: National History Day", call The History Channel at 1-800-708-1776.

Washington State Historical Society
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
Toll-free 1-888-BE-THERE (1-888-238-4373)