Local Students Are Finalists For NHD In Indiana Northeast Region Contest
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Historical Society on Monday announced students have been selected to advance to the National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) State Contest after a Northeast region contest on Saturday.
The contest included students from DeKalb, Kosciusko, Marion and Whitley counties.
Approximately 120 students took part in Saturday’s contest, with finalists advancing to the 2023 NHDI State Contest on April 22 at Marian University in Indianapolis.
Local students and their projects who are Northeast region contest finalists include:
• Senior Group Performance, “The Original FrontierWOMEN, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucreta Mott and their Execution of the Seneca Falls Convention,” Emma Ferguson and Raquel Brouwer, Warsaw Community High School.
NHDI is a yearlong program dedicated to enhancing history education in Indiana's schools. Students in grades four through 12 explore a historical subject that fits under the annual theme. This year’s theme is “Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas.” Students use their research to create a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance or website. To reach the 2023 NHDI State Contest, students must qualify at one of six regional contests.
NHDI is a project-based, inquiry-based program which encourages students to explore their own passions by conducting research, developing research questions, and then exhibit their individual learning styles through the creation of exhibits, documentaries, performances, papers and websites.
NHDI is presented by the Rooker Family Foundation with support from the Vigran Family Foundation. For more information, visit www.indianahistory.org/historyday or call 317-232-1882.
