Special Prizes and Awards
Legacy Award Nominations
The Legacy Award is a student prize given by the Creativity Foundation. Their mission is to foster creativity and leadership in youth. (Check out their website - http://www.creativity-found.org.) Select renowned organizations (such as the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, and the National Institute of Mental Health) select one model student to participate in the Benjamin Franklin Legacy Prize program. The prize allows selected students to come to Washington, DC, in the spring to meet with that year's Laureate winner. Past Laureates include Yo-Yo Ma, Sandra Day O'Connor and Ted Turner.
The Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award
The Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award recognizes outstanding NHD teachers. Two state winners, one at both the junior level and senior level, will be selected from each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Schools, International Schools-Asia and the U.S. territories. The winners of the national awards will be selected from among the state awardees. Each state winner will be awarded $500.00 and the national winners will receive $10,000.
Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award Nomination Form (PDF)
The George Washington Leadership Prize
Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events
Presented by George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
George Washington stood at the center of the world stage from 1753 until his death in 1799. He played a pivotal role in every major event surrounding the founding of our nation. His perseverance and often underrated ability as Commander in Chief ensured American independence from Great Britain. His presence at the Constitutional Convention assured legitimacy and, later, ratification. The precedents he set as the first president continue to guide presidential policies. His examples of civic responsibility and responsible leadership remain relevant examples today.
This $500 prize will be awarded to an outstanding project that demonstrates a clear understanding of the ideas and events that defined Washington’s leadership in his roles as commander in chief of the Continental Army, presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention, entrepreneur, and/or first president and connects Washington’s legacy of leadership to events and ideas of the 21st century.
This prize will be awarded at the Oklahoma State National History Day Contest, May 1-2, 2013. If you would like more information please contact Jason Harris at jharris@okhistory.org or at 405-522-0785.
Best Use of Newspapers Award
Presented by the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society
This $100.00 prize will be awarded to one Junior Division project and one Senior Division project that demonstrate a clear understanding and use of newspapers as a primary source in their project development. This prize is open to all categories.
The Research Division is home to The Gateway, an online repository of Oklahoma history. You may browse through hundreds of thousands of newspaper pages dating from the 1840s to the 1920s and provides free access to over 60,000 issues and over 450,000 pages of historical newspaper content. To find out more visit http://gateway.okhistory.org/
This prize will be awarded at the Oklahoma State National History Day Contest, May 1-2, 2013. If you would like more information please contact Jason Harris at jharris@okhistory.org or at 405-522-0785.
