国史日:2023年全国竞赛

作者:Kate Melchior和Simbrit Paskins

6月11日, 四年来第一次, a team of 61 middle 和 high school 学生s from across Massachusetts set out to the University of 马里兰, 学院公园, 参加2023年NHD全国大赛. There they joined a group of over 3,000 学生s representing all 50 United States, Washington, D.C., Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, 和 inter国家 schools in China, Korea, 和 South Asia.  你能想象吗?? 年轻人的海洋, 在大学校园里, 为历史而兴奋,准备好席卷全国赛!

图片显示了几名学生走向一栋建筑的背影. Students are wearing red t-shirts 和 black drawstring bags with a white MHS History day logo imprinted.
马萨诸塞州学生参加NHD全国竞赛

一次在学院公园, 学生们花了一周的时间来展示纪录片, 网站, 展品, 表演, 和 papers they’ve worked on all year; traded state pins 和 stories with 学生s from around the world; 和 shared in the incredible experience that is 国史日.

在他们在大学公园的四天逗留期间, 学生们体验了大学利记手机官网, staying in dorms 和 eating in the school dining halls with 学生s from around the world. They viewed the 展品 和 表演 of other 学生s 和 explained their own topics of research to new 朋友. They also participated in a variety of activities just for fun with their Massachusetts cohort, 包括参观D.C.一个新英格兰棋盘游戏之夜,还有一个冰淇淋派对. Finally, on the last day they participated in a massive parade 和 award ceremony in the UMD Stadium.

Image shows hundreds of 学生s wearing different colored t-shirts 和 holding a variety of props to represent their state, 在大礼堂周围排成一圈行进.
NHD在UMD体育场的游行

We are incredibly proud to highlight the following achievements from our 国史日 Massachusetts team:  

金质奖章和国家人文学者基金

获奖者:Harry Liu, Alex和er Lay和Spencer Carman
学校:奥托森中学,阿灵顿
老师:Jason Levy
青少年组网站:帕洛阿尔托研究中心v. Pennsylvania: Pioneering the Right to Education for Children with Cognitive Impairments”

特别奖:历史发现或探索优秀项目

由美国国会图书馆赞助, this prize is awarded in the junior 和 senior divisions for an outst和ing project in any category on American or inter国家 discovery or exploration. 

获奖者:Ruthanna Kern
学校:Somerville High School, Somerville
老师:阿达·桑托斯
Senior Individual Performance: “Broken: The Treaties of Fort Laramie 和 the Myth of the Frontier”

杰出会员奖:马萨诸塞州

Junior Division Winner(s): Cora Dutton, Nadia Hackbarth-Davis, Jiwan Ryu, 和 Elena Zaganjori
学校:奥托森中学,阿灵顿
老师:Jason Levy
Junior Group Documentary: “Now I’ve Got The Pill: Oral Contraceptives 和 How They Changed The Lives of American Women”

高级组冠军:杰克·巴辛格和索菲亚·布朗
学校:温纳姆汉密尔顿-温纳姆地区高中
老师:Anne Page
高级组表演:“居里:放射性科学的前沿”

We’d also like to extend a special shoutout to our Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Nominees Gail Buckley of Willow Hill School in Sudbury 和 Barbara Sturtevant of Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington. 祝贺他们,也祝贺我们所有的学生历史学家和老师, 家庭, 朋友, 以及支持他们的社区.

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国家历史日:辩论 & 历史上的外交

作者:Kate Melchior,教育部副主任

国家历史日年度主题标志, which shows white lettering over blue lines in an abstract design with a purple background. 文字上写着2022年国家历史日,辩论 & 历史上的外交:成功,失败,后果.
2022年国史日

We’re now halfway through the fall semester 和 Massachusetts 学生s are hard at work on their 国史日® projects! 国史日 (NHD) is a year-long historical research 和 inquiry project for 学生s in grades 6-12, MHS很荣幸能成为马萨诸塞州NHD的附属协调员. Every year NHD frames 学生s’ research within a historical theme with a broad application to world, 国家, 或者当地历史. 今年的主题是, 历史上的辩论和外交:成功、失败和后果, seems particularly relevant as 学生s explore important historic moments during which multiple perspectives either clashed or came together for the common good.

在MHS,我们对今年历史主题的可能性感到兴奋. MHS的汉娜威尔逊在图书馆读者服务创造了一个令人难以置信的 资源列表 在MHS藏品中突出了辩论和外交的不同主题, 包括利记APP官网手机版 马萨诸塞宪法的批准,抗议和抵抗 逃亡奴隶法案,冲突结束 妇女选举权参议员和外交官的文件 小亨利·卡伯特·洛奇. Students are invited to explore questions such as “What are the strengths 和 limits of diplomacy?以及“谁的声音被纳入辩论,谁的声音可能被排除在外。?“我们的合作伙伴 波士顿雅典娜神庙, 吉布森的房子,和 怀纳家族犹太遗产中心 和 many other organizations have also created theme pages to help NHD 学生s explore Debate 和 Diplomacy in their collections. 你可以在我们的网站上找到这些页面和其他许多页面 马萨诸塞州国家历史日网站.

阿比盖尔·亚当斯年轻时的肖像. She is wearing a blue dress with a lace trim 和 wears white pearls around her neck, 她脸上带着淡淡的微笑,表情安详.
阿比盖尔·亚当斯 本杰明·布莱斯著

今年’s theme also offers the chance to highlight the continued resonance of another important figure from the MHS collections, 她刚过完277岁生日! Born on 22 November 1744, 阿比盖尔·亚当斯 was the second First Lady in American history. 亚当斯作为顾问发挥了关键作用, 外交官, 和 public figure alongside her husb和 约翰·亚当斯 throughout his political career 和 presidency. 2019年,MHS约翰·温斯洛普学生艾拉·阿穆亚尔创建了一个 在线展览 exploring Adams’ 外交官ic work in France 和 Engl和 from 1784-88 和 its impact on Adams’ views on patriotism, 经济学, 和教育. 我们预计 亚当斯家族文件 at the MHS will serve as another rich resource for our NHD 学生s as they explore the role of Debate 和 Diplomacy in the early years of US History.

马萨诸塞州2019年国家历史日

作者:Elyssa Tardif,教育部主任

马萨诸塞州2019年的国家历史日即将结束, 我们为这5人感到骄傲,来自全州的900名学生以及他们出色的老师! 今年的主题是“胜利与悲剧”,” which inspired 学生s to tackle some of the more complex historical moments 和 figures in history. Projects ranged in topic 和 include an exhibit on the Harlem Hellfighters; a 网站 on Comfort Women 和 the Creation of the Korean Council; a performance on the 朋友hip between 阿比盖尔·亚当斯 和 Mercy Otis Warren; 和 a documentary on the Woburn Cancer Cluster.

今年, 今年3月,791名学生参加了地区比赛, 今年4月,333名学生参加了州际比赛. There are 70 学生s who will compete at the 国家 competition which will take place in 学院公园, 马里兰, 6月.

学生们在马萨诸塞州的国家历史日演讲
马萨诸塞州学生参加国家历史日

We are very pleased to report that 64 schools participated in the NHD program this year. 这比去年增加了20%! 在慷慨的资助下 大众文化委员会大规模的人文, we have been able to exp和 the program by offering introductory workshops to new schools 和 will continue this work next year to reach even more 学生s 和 teachers.

We celebrated the 国史日 program at the Massachusetts State House on 22 April, in commemoration of the beginning of public education in America that took place in 1635 with the founding of the Boston Latin School. 州议会的活动是由共和党众议员. Chynah Tyler, 和 we were joined by our partners at 大众文化委员会 as well as Sen. 众议员杰森·刘易斯. 众议员爱丽丝·佩施. Elizabeth Poirier和众议员. 彼得Capano.

2019年4月22日在州议会大厦举行的活动照片
2019年4月22日,国家历史日庆祝活动在马萨诸塞州议会大厦举行

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