2026 History Day Judges Training

Location: Los Arboles Middle School (MAP)
294 Hillcrest Ave. Marina, CA (you can park in the front lot)
Date: March 7th, 2026
Itinerary/Schedule
Judges Hours: 8am - (aprox.)3pm (some judges may be done earlier depending on category)

Please remember, ALL of the information on this page is important to review to be a qualified History Day judge. We appreciate your time!

CLICK HERE TO SEE YOUR JUDGING GROUP AND CATEGORY

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All Judge’s should complete this self-paced training:

This self-paced Asynchronous History Day Judge’s Orientation
How to Access Course:

• Access the course: https://ocde.instructure.com/register

  Select: “I AM A STUDENT”.

  Join code: N6GNHP

• Important note* Unlike previous year’s where each judge submitted an individual evaluation/score sheet with comments, this year each judges group will submit just ONE evaluation form which they should come to an agreement on and can write comments on ONE Sheet to submit.

Additional MATERIALS

Handouts for
all judging categories:

Evaluating Projects

1. Project Preview Form

2. Forced Ranking Sheet

Judging Materials (All Categories)

Suggested Interview Questions (NEW!)

Judge Comments - Best Practices and Sentence Frames (NEW!)

The Thesis Statement

Separating Primary and Secondary Resources

The Annotated Bibliography

Analysis

Points to Ponder