Teacher Resources

Resources to Guide Teachers

National History Day’s high-quality classroom resources, professional development opportunities, and guidance are here to support your efforts to teach research skills and advise NHD students.

Classroom Tools

Teaching Research Skills

Advising NHD Students

Web Courses

NHD Teacher Nomination

Project Examples

Get inspired by NHD projects submitted in previous years’ contests. Visit to browse exhibit, website, paper and performance examples.

Contest Process

NHD projects begin at your school, whether public, private, parochial, charter, or homeschool. From there, your project might be selected to advance to either a regional or affiliate (state, territory, or country) contest.

At an NHD contest, students present their work to judges, who give all students feedback on their work and select projects to advance to the next level of the competition. Between contest levels, students are encouraged to revise their project based on what they have learned and the judges’ feedback.

  • Student Chooses Topic
  • Begin Research
  • Select Contest Category
  • Write Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
I’m a New NHD Teacher!

Watch this video series focused on teachers who are new to National History Day.

Revolution, REACTION, REFORM IN HISTORY

2026 THEME

Revolution, REACTION, REFORM IN HISTORY

The distinctions among revolutions, reactions, and reforms are sometimes blurred. Revolutions and reforms are often reactions to ideas, actions, or events. In turn, revolutions and reforms inspire reactions. Think of it as a domino effect—knock one down, which knocks the next one down, which knocks …