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Student Choice, Student Voice

Participate in History Day and develop skills that will help you be college, and career ready.

Student Choice/ Student Voice:

      1. What topic you study
        (Check out our Student Research section to get started!)
      2. Who to work with
      3. How to present your project

Check out  these helpful resources and do not hesitate to ask questions. Contact the State Office at info@historydayct.org.

Website:

“Televised Debates and Its Effect, Nixon v. Kennedy”
- Outstanding CT Project Senior Individual Website, 2023 National Contest 

“The Vietnam War Memorial: How Maya Lin Revolutionized Memorial Design”
- Honorable Mention Senior Group Website, 2023 National Contest

“Minamata's Fight for Justice: ​​​​​​​How Japan's Failed Debate and Response Sparked Local and Global Change”
- 2nd Place Senior Individual Website, 2022 National Contest 

“Jacqueline Cochran: The Fight For Women Aviators in the Military”
- 1st Place, Senior Group Website,  2022 State Contest

“The Most Hated Treaty in History”
- 2nd Place, Junior Individual Website, 2022 State Contest

Paper:

“The Founding Fathers of Military Medicine: How Hammond, Letterman, and the U.S. Sanitary Commission Crossed a Medical Frontier through Policy and Organizational Reforms”
- 2nd Place Senior Paper, 2023 National Contest

“Katharine Hepburn: Forging Frontiers in Female Fashion School”
- 1st Place Junior Paper, 2023 State Contest

“From Peru to Yale and back again: The Journey of the Peruvian Machu Picchu Artifacts”
- Discovery or Exploration in History Award, 2022 National Contest

“Divergent Paths: How the Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924 Transformed the Debate on U.S.-Japan Relations”
- 1st Place Junior Papers, 2022 State Contest

“Army Alpha: The Unintended Consequences of the Implementation of Intelligence Testing in the United States Military”
- 2nd Place Senior Papers, 2022 State Contest

Performance:

“The Wilde Trials: Pioneering Discussions about Homosexuality”
- 2nd Place Senior Group Performance, 2023 State Contest

“The Janes: A Frontier for Women’s Reproductive Healthcare”
- Wayne Smith Memorial Award for First Place Junior Individual Performance, 2023 State Contest

“The Congress for Cultural Freedom: The CIA's Cloak and Paintbrush Diplomacy”
- 4th Place, Senior Group Performance, 2022 National Contest

“Otto von Bismarck: Germany's Creator and It's Killer”
- 5th Place Senior Individual Performance, 2022 National Contest

Exhibit:

“Love Canal: Setting a Precedent in Environmental Catastrophes and Advocacy”
- 1st Place Junior Individual Exhibit, 2023 State Contest

“Hold On To The Land: The Treaty of Hartford and its Eradication of Pequot Frontiers”
- 6th Place Senior Individual Exhibit, 2023 National Contest

“The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Diplomatic Dilemma”
- 6th Place Junior Group Exhibit, 2022 Nationals

“Angry Days 1939-1941 - Should the U.S. Enter World War II?”
- 9th Place, Senior Individual Exhibit, 2022 National Contest

“Duck Diplomacy: How Walt Disney Saved FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy”
- 2nd Place, Senior Individual Exhibit, 2022 State Contest

Documentary:

“Operation Sunshine: How the Nautilus’s Crossing of the Polar Frontier Allowed America to Emerge from Sputnik’s Shadow”
- 6th Place Senior Individual Documentary, 2023 National Contest

“The Scottsboro Tragedy: The Trials That Transformed Civil Rights and the Judicial System”
- Honorable Mention Senior Group Documentary, 2023 National Contest

“The Olympic Boycott Debate of 1936”
- 2nd place Junior Individual Documentary, 2022 State Contest

“How the White Rose Bloomed and Flourished”
- Bill Brayfield Award for 1st Place Junior Group Documentary 2022 State Contest

“Peru vs. Yale: a Fight for Repatriation”
- First Place Senior Individual Documentary, 2022 State Contest

Trying to decide which category to choose? Listen to advice from past participants! 
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