Students
Student Choice, Student Voice
Participate in History Day and develop skills that will help you be college, and career ready.
Student Choice/ Student Voice:
- What topic you study
(Check out our Student Research section to get started!) - Who to work with
- How to present your project
- What topic you study
Check out these helpful resources and do not hesitate to ask questions. Contact the State Office at info@historydayct.org.
Category Resources
Sample Projects
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