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Welcome to Tennessee History Day!
Tennessee History Day is the state affiliate of the National History Day competition. Four preliminary district competitions take place in West Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, East Tennessee, and Southeast Tennessee in February and March culminating with the state level competition in April. State-level winners move on to the National History Day competition in June. History Day is a year-long curriculum enhancement program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Have questions? Email Kelly Wilkerson, your state coordinator, at History Day To receive periodic updates about news related to Tennessee History Day, click here to join our email list. |
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Tennessee Students Win Awards at National History Day Contest
After months of intensive research and success at local and state competitions, three Tennessee students won awards during the National History Day (NHD) competition held on the University of Maryland's College Park campus June 13th-June 17th. In all, 43 students from Tennessee participated in the annual competition in which students are judged by the quality of their history projects. Projects were based on this year's annual theme of Innovation in History: Impact and Change and were entered in five categories: museum style exhibit, interpretive website, multimedia documentary, dramatic performance, and research paper. The awards were presented during a ceremony on June 17, 2010. Tennessee's winners were: Emma Grace Thompson, a home school student from Coker Creek, who took second place in the Junior Individual Documentary category for her project on "Innovation Ends Isolation: The Effect of the Telephone on a Small Appalachian Community." Teacher: Sharron Thompson. Dillan Edwards, a student at Mountain View Elementary in Etowah who took the Outstanding State Entry prize in the Junior Division for his exhibit on "The Jungle." Teacher: Kimberly Powers Caitlyn Sudkamp, a home school student from Signal Mountain, who took the Outstanding State Entry prize in the Senior Division for her exhibit on "A Matter of Time: John Harrison's Sea Clocks." Teacher: Linda Neuhoff. To see the full news release regarding the Tennessee delegation's experience at National History Day, click here. |
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Tennessee History Day State Competition Results
Click here to see the results of the Tennessee History Day State Competition. Held on April 17, 2010 at Legislative Plaza, the Nashville Public Library, and the Tennessee State Museum, 100 students took home awards for their work in the five categories of exhibit, documentary, website, research paper, and performance. Click here for the press release. Congratulations to the winners and all the students who presented terrific History Day projects! |
2011 District Competition Information For more information about your district competition, please click on the link below:
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History Day District Competition Results
Click here for the winning results of the Middle Tennessee District Competition. Click here to see the Special Award winners for the Middle Tennessee District Competition. Click here for the winning results for the Southeast Tennessee District Competition. Click here to see the Special Award winners for the Southeast District Competition. Click here for the winning results of the East Tennessee District Competition. Click here to see the Special Award winners for the East Tennessee District Competition. Click here for the winning results of the West Tennessee District Competition. Click here to see the Special Award winners for the West Tennessee District Competition. |
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Tennessee History Day News
In 2009, the Tennessee Historical Society became the hosts for the Tennessee History Day competition and welcomed its participants to Nashville. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with terrific district coordinators as well Tennessee's great teachers, parents, students who are so enthusiastic about the History Day program. We remain dedicated to continuing the great work of growing the National History Day program in Tennessee that began at the University of Memphis! |
"Work together, children. Don't get weary."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
at Fisk University- April 20, 1960
