National History Day in North Carolina
N.C. History Day, an affiliate of the National History Day program, is designed to inspire inquiry in history among Middle and High School students through hands-on discovery. Students pick a topic from any area of history that interests them, conducts research, and present their findings through creative projects. Students have the opportunity to compete with their projects in a series of contests at the regional, state, and national levels. Explore our pages to learn more!
Have questions about the program or want to meet with the State Coordinator to discuss in more detail? Contact Karen Ipock, by email or by phone at (252) 639-3545.
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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
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.
National History Day in North Carolina is affiliated with National History Day.
