This year’s theme:
"Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History"
For History Day Participants (these links will be updated as information for 2012 is made available):
What is History Day? History Day is a statewide program sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation in conjunction with National History Day. It is open to students from grades 4 through 12. History Day is an exciting enrichment program that furthers students understanding of historical issues, ideas, people and events. It is an academic adventure that provides teachers with an innovative teaching tool that fosters students' enthusiasm for learning. Students will develop invaluable research and analytical skills as they progress through their projects and define the significance of their topics. This event will quickly become a tradition for the students, teachers, schools and parents.
Students Can Compete in the Following Six Categories:
Historical paper, exhibit, performance, documentary, historical web site, or 4/5th grade poster.
What happens to the participants that win? The Monterey County History Day program is part of a statewide competition that involves over 35,000 students each year. The winning projects of the Monterey County Competition will compete at the California State Finals in San Jose on April 28th to May 1st. The winners of the state competition will represent California at the National Competition in Maryland on June 12th-16th.
Volunteering: Participating students and teachers spend months brainstorming, researching, writing, editing, designing, and preparing for the History Day Competition. But it cannot be a successful event without volunteers. Judging the History Day Competition is a great way to get involved in this event and provide students feedback on the project they have spent so much time and energy creating. The Lyceum offers judge orientations in instructed by experienced judges to provide all the information you will need to continue the excellence of this tradition. If you are interested in volunteering as a judge please contact Tom Nelson at
general@lyceum.org.
This year, the Judge Orientation will be soon scheduled the last week of February, 2012. NOTE: Judges are required to attend one of these orientations.
List of Online Resources and Connections:
History Day 2011
Congratulations McKenna Gibson, State Winner!
McKenna Gibson of All Saints' Day School is going to Nationals! Her poster on The Great Art Debate received numerous awards at the county level, and has qualified her to compete nationally next month at the University of Maryland. Below she is seen accepting her County Winner award.
Monterey County's 21st Annual History Day Competition
Congratulations 2011 County Winners!
| Tiana Alexander | Mckenna Gibson | Vincent Lopez | Alex Rodriguez | Sean Thompson |
| Matthew Arreola | Andrew Grogin | Ariana Mau-Rogers | Hailey Rowe | Art Tiongson |
| Dylan Bird | Hannah Grogin | Jasmine Miller | Natalie Schmidt | Robby Treadwell |
| Annabelle Bull | Helena Guenther | Emma Morgan | Evan Simpson | Annika Vemura |
| Lindsay Davi | Sarah Levi | Kai Robinson-Weaver | Aradhana Sinha | John Whilden |
Special thanks to:
And thank you to
Lucille Standifer for your incredible contributions to History Day over the last 10 years. We'll miss you!!!
Our special thanks to the following sponsors for their generous support and contributions to the event.:
- The Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
- Chapman Foundation
- Harden Foundation
- Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation
- AT&T Pebble Beach Foundation
- Winners Awards and Engraving
- First National Bank
