National History Day® in North Carolina

Explore National History Day in North Carolina

N.C. History Day, an affiliate of the National History Day® program, is designed to inspire historical inquiry in middle and high school classrooms through hands-on discovery. It works in all Social Studies and English Language Arts curriculums.  An optional part of the program is a series of contests at the regional, state, and national levels. Explore our pages or email nchistoryday@dncr.nc.gov to learn more!

N.C. History Day Project Examples

Explore North Carolina projects from past National History Day® contests below. They are sorted by project category. The Junior Division projects were created by middle school students, and Senior Division are high school level projects.

Documentary Category Projects

Junior Individual Documentary

Hetch Hetchy: Constructing the Framework for Modern Environmentalism

Junior Individual Documentary

Breaking Barriers in the Harlem Renaissance 

Junior Group Documentary

Clearing the Fog: The United States Debate on Signing the Geneva Protocol Banning Chemical Weapons

Junior Group Documentary

The Moonlight Schools: Developing Communication through Literacy in the Rural South

Senior Individual Documentary

The Live and Let Live Phenomena

Senior Individual Documentary

Radio Free Europe: Radio Communications in the Cold War

Senior Group Documentary

Ripe for the Picking: The Diplomatic Failure of Minister John L. Stevens

Senior Group Documentary

Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Combating the Marginalization of the Mentally Disabled

Exhibit Category Projects

Paper Category Projects

Performance Category Projects

Junior Individual Performance

Williamina Fleming: Breaking Barriers with a Universe of Glass

Junior Individual Performance

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Attic Memories

Junior Group Performance

The Venona Project: Lies, Ties, and Soviet Spies

Junior Group Performance

The Debate over Radio’s Most Notorious Con-Man: How John Brinkley Exploited the Lack of  Diplomacy between Two Nations

Senior Individual Performance

The Guerrilla Girls: How the 'Conscience of the Art World' Complained Constructively to Fight Discrimination in Museums

Senior Individual Performance

Queen Victoria vs. Sir John: The Kensington System

Senior Group Performance

The 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott: Ineffective Diplomacy within the Sporting World

Senior Group Performance

The Rambling House: How Irish Storytellers Communicated History to Preserve and Understand Culture

Website Category Projects

Thanks to Our Sponsors and Partners

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We extend our special thanks to the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, which administers our program, and to our sponsors: the North Caroliniana Society and the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies. We also thank our partners at the North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities.

N.C. History Day is a National History Day® affiliate.

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