2024-25 Competition | About Us
General History Day Information
National History Day (NHD) is a year-long educational program in which students in grades 4-12 become historians.
After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research by using libraries, archives, museums, and oral history interviews. They analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about the significance of their topics in history, and create final projects to present their work. These projects can be used at the school site for rich project-based learning experiences and/or entered into a series of competitions from the local to the national level, where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators.
Within Riverside County, the competition begins at the school level, with winners advancing to a district competition, then to the county level. Riverside County winners advance to the NHD-CA State Competition and state winners then advance to the national competition held in June each year.
2024-2025 Annual Contest Theme: Rights & Responsibilites in History
Important Dates:
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DATE
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EVENT
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Friday, January 24, 2025
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Registration Materials Deadline
Includes: District Summary Sheet, zFairs account creation, and volunteer information
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Monday, February 3, 2025
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Projects due in zFairs
All Written Components & Prejudged Categories
Prejudged categories: Documentaries, Podcasts, and Websites
zFairs submission closes and websites lock at 11:59 p.m.
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
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Riverside County History Day Competition | 8:00 a.m.
Awards Ceremony | 4:00 p.m.
Canyon Springs High School
23100 Cougar Canyon Rd., Moreno Valley, CA
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Thursday-Sunday, May 1-4, 2025
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National History Day - California State Finals
CSU Sacramento
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Sunday-Thursday, June 8-12, 2025
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National History Day Contest
University of Maryland, College Park
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History Day Volunteer/Judge Registration:
Please register by creating a judge account at the top of this page.
Documents:
NHD Rulebook
NHD-CA Podcast and Poster Rulebook
2025 Riverside County History Day Handbook
2025 Riverside County History Day zFairs Registration Instructions
Category Rubrics & Checklists:
Riverside County History Day will use the NHD’s score sheets that are built into zFairs.
The poster and podcast categories will use the NHD-CA Evaluation rubrics (NHD does NOT have Poster or Podcast Categories).
Resources provided by State and National History Day Program:
NHD - CA Resources
NHD - What is a Process Paper
NHD - What is an Annotated Bibliography?
NHD - Project Examples
NHD - Project Creation
NHD - Youtube
Resources provided by National Archives at Riverside:
National Archives at Riverside
National Archives Educator Resources
Selecting a Research Topic
Contact your County Administrator, Yadira Chavelas (ychavelas@rcoe.us), with any questions.
Public Viewing Information
The Riverside County National History Day Winners will be posted after the awards ceremony.
2024-25 Competition | Day of Contest
NHD Rulebook
NHD-CA Podcast and Poster Rulebook
2025 Riverside County History Day Handbook
Important Dates:
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DATE
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EVENT
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Friday, January 24, 2025
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Registration Materials Deadline
Includes: District Summary Sheet, zFairs account creation, and volunteer information
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Monday, February 3, 2025
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Projects due in zFairs
All Written Components & Prejudged Categories
Prejudged categories: Documentaries, Podcasts, and Websites
zFairs submission closes and websites lock at 11:59 p.m.
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| Saturday, February 22, 2025 |
Riverside County History Day Competition | 8:00 a.m.
Awards Ceremony | 4:00 p.m.
Canyon Springs High School
23100 Cougar Canyon Rd., Moreno Valley, CA
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| Thursday-Sunday, May 1-4, 2025 |
National History Day - California State Finals
CSU Sacramento
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| Sunday-Thursday, June 8-12, 2025 |
National History Day Contest
University of Maryland, College Park
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