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Greetings from the State Coordinator
Greetings!
It's time to register for those regional contests! This means that the deadlines for submitting paper and web sites are approaching soon, as they are due by the registration deadlines. Exhibits, documentary and performance entries have a little more time, but only if they get registered in time for their contests.
In the meantime, keep contacting me with those project questions. I am always glad to help you sort out bibliographic references, decipher category rules, and so on. You can reach me easiest by email: t.voigt@nysha.org
John and I will be traveling to as many regional contests as possible in March, and look forward to seeing you and all the wonderful History Day scholarship!
Best wishes,
Tobi Voigt |
| ACTION ALERT: NYS History Day Needs Your Help
 We need your help to ensure that the New York State History Day program remains strong in the years ahead! Funding provided in the New York State Education Department budget has enabled us to expand the program over the past three years. Statewide participation has nearly tripled. Our program staff has provided National History Day curriculum materials to participating schools free of cost, increased our in-person teacher and student trainings, and developed comprehensive lesson plans and curricula.
With the current economic crisis and pending state budget cuts, the New York State Historical Association is working hard to continue the annual $180,000 in state support for the New York State History Day program. Please help us by contacting your state senator and assembly member and asking them to support New York State History Day.
Here's how you can help:
- Download our Action Alert document, which provides more information and a sample letter/email that you can use to contact your local legislators.
- Visit www.congress.org and type in your zip code to find contact information (address and email) for your state senator and assembly member.
- Fax, mail or send your customized letters or e-mail as soon as possible.
Thank you for your continued support of New York State History Day! | |
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National History Day Teacher Awards
 The History Channel Award National History Day, in collaboration with The History Channel, is proud to announce the 11th annual History Channel Award for Service. The award, sponsored by The History Channel, will be presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to history education. To be eligible, the nominee must be a participant in the National History Day program and may be a teacher, media specialist, district or state National History Day coordinator, judge or parent. Click here: The History Channel Award for more information.
PBS Teacher of Merit Award
National History Day and PBS are pleased to announce the 2009 PBS Teacher of Merit Award for innovative history teaching. The award recognizes outstanding teachers at the state level and one exceptional history teacher at the national level who will receive a cash prize of $5000.00. The eight finalists for this award will also be recognized at the national level, and each will receive a PBS video library.
To be eligible, a teacher must be a participant in the National History Day program and be nominated by the state History Day coordinator.
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NHD Announces 2009 Summer Teacher Institute
 National History Day 2009 Teacher Summer Institute applications are now available. This year the summer institute will be held in Philadelphia, July 13-18th. Dr. Gary Nash from UCLA will be the lead historian.
Dr. Nash has written extensively and "is considered to be one of the most eminent social historians in the United States. Among Nash's nearly 20 texts are such titles as Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early America; Race and Revolution: The Inaugural Merril Jensen Lectures; History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past;and First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory."
Teachers will stay at the historic Union League of Philadelphia. In addition to lectures and discussions with prominent historians, teachers will experience guided tours of the Mother Bethel church, the Johnson House and the Belmont Mansion.
Teachers of history/social studies (U.S. and World) in middle and high schools, librarians and media specialists are invited to apply.
Applications must include a letter of endorsement from the applicant's supervisor, which attests employment status and supports the applicant's participating in two workshop presentations during the 2009-2010 school year.
Full applications available on the NHD website www.nhd.org. | |
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