General Information
Student Categories
Students who participate in National History Day have multiple choices for presenting their research in creative form. Students can compete as individuals or in groups. In addition, students are broken into the junior division (grades 6, 7, 8) and senior division (grades 9, 10, 11, 12) to help keep the contest competitive. Below are descriptions of each category.
You may enter one of nine categories:
- paper (individual only)
- individual exhibit
- group exhibit
- individual performance
- group performance
- individual documentary
- group documentary
- individual website
- group website
Each category in each division is judged separately. Groups may include from 2 to 5 students. Group participants do not have to be in the same grade to compete together, but they must be in the same division.
Rules
In order to ensure students across the country participate in a fair contest that judges students equally, National History Day sets the rules and guidelines for all participating entries. All judges are familiar with the rules.
Read the rules...
Before you begin work on an entry for competition, you, your teacher, and your parents should carefully read the National History Day Contest Rule Book. Please note the current Contest Rule Book was revised in 2010/2011.
District Competitions
Oklahoma is broken into 10 Districts. District contests determine who is eligible to participate in the state contest. Teachers planning to participate in the Oklahoma History Day contest should establish contact with their District Contest Coordinator in order to be notified about entry deadlines, entry fees, other contest details, and what, if any, special awards will be made at their District Contest.
District 1
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
Cody Jolliff
580-237-1907
cjollif@okhistory.org
District 2
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Dr. John Hayden
580-447-7072
john.hayden@swosu.edu
District 3
Oklahoma Christian University
Dr. John Maple
405-425-5454
john.maple@oc.edu
District 4
Oklahoma City University
Dr. Jim Buss
405-208-5273
jbuss@okcu.edu
District 5
Oklahoma State University
Dr. Bill Bryans
405-744-8179
bill.bryans@okstate.edu
District 6
East Central University
Professor Bradley Clampitt
580-332-8000
bclampitt@eocok.edu
District 7
Tulsa Community College
Professor Pat Trusty
918-595-7714
ptrusty@tulsacc.edu
District 8
Northeastern State University
Professor Randall Wagnon
918-444-3518
wagnon@nsuok.edu
District 9
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Professor Corie Delashaw
580-924-0121
cdelashaw@sosu.edu
District 10
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Dr. Jeff Birdsong
918-540-6346
jbirdsong@neo.edu
State Competition
Students who place at the 10 District Contests advance each spring to the State Contest held at the Oklahoma History Center. One of the unique aspects of National History Day is the opportunity to improve your project based on feedback from historians and other educators. The State Contest is held early each may.
State Coordinator
Oklahoma History Center
Jason Harris
405-522-0785
jharris@okhistory.org
