Newsroom | Archive 2006
Riverside County students place fourth at National History Day
Fourteen Riverside County students competed in the rigorous five-day National History Day competition June 11-15 at the University of Maryland. There were approximately 7,000 students, coaches, and parents gathered from across America competing in the event.
Five students from Grace Preparatory School won fourth place for their project, “Prohibition is Better Than No Liquor at All—Will Rogers.”
They included: Levi Bagdanov, Caleb Bagdanov, Kelsey Hicks, Robyn Miles, and Melanie Miles. They also won the outstanding state award for California.
Each year, more than half a million students nationwide participate in the historical research competition. It consists of a series of competitive levels, where only the top two advance from each school, district, county, state and the national level.
National History Day is the leading model of performance-based learning. It is aligned with the national standards in English language arts and history and is used as an assessment tool to meet those standards, as well as promoting civics and participation in the democratic process.
The year round program begins with students selecting historical topics related to a theme and conducting extensive primary and secondary research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing conclusions about their topics’ significance in history, students present their findings in creative and original documentaries, exhibits, traditional papers, exhibits, and live-interpretive performances. Judges for the competition come from universities, museums and federal agencies.
For information contact:
Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199
rpeoples@rcoe.us
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