National History Day in Minnesota

The Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation has launched a nationwide call for design inspiration to create the new monument at the National Mall. Share your design concepts and inspirations for the first-ever monument honoring the suffrage movement in our "National Front Yard." This is a rare chance for students to move beyond studying history and help shape how it is memorialized. Go to https://mnhs.info/4xnFlt0 to submit your idea!

kinda chic in our opinion ✨

Throwback! Back in April of this year, our mentors put their bowling shirts to good use and had a blast at the alley. The mentors pictured are part of our cohort of 65 mentors who logged over 4,065 hours of service this school year. Undergraduate mentors are a hallmark of the Minnesota History Day program.

This school year, the History Day team delivered over 1,250 hours of outreach across the state. We visited schools in the metro area and all the way up north and down south. Outreach is a fundamental part of our program, creates better outcomes for students and teachers, and gives us the opportunity to create lasting relationships with educators.

This Monday, the History Day team volunteered at Second Harvest Heartland, learned about food inequity in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and got to do just a little bit to help out. This was a lovely way for our team to spend time together and celebrate our successful week at Nationals back in June. We also want to thank the lovely parents and families of Team Minnesota for their generosity in helping us to celebrate.

Teachers! National History Day is excited to announce a new Silent Heroes program for the 2026/2027 academic year, Silent Heroes: Untold Stories of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard in World War II. Sponsored by a grant from the Veterans Legacy Program, part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, apply for an opportunity to engage students in a special project to research and profile the experiences of two U.S. Navy or Coast Guard Veterans of World War II. After researching the Veterans’ lives in fall 2026, student-teacher teams will visit their local national cemetery to honor their Veterans and read eulogies at their graves. Apply here (https://mnhs.info/4pEX9gk) by August 6, 2026, to be considered for this opportunity!

Website students have until September 1, 2026, to archive their 2025-2026 NHDWebCentral websites for $5 by credit card payment (this is not required - only if they would like to!) The $5 fee covers server costs and staff time to convert and save their websites. Swipe right for steps and information about NHDWebCentral archiving. These instructions were also emailed to all 2025-2026 accounts on NHDWebCentral by National History Day in June.

You've probably heard by now - the 2027 National History Day theme is Innovation in History: Impact, Influence, Change. NHD's theme resources are available on their website (https://mnhs.info/3QWSWrn), and our theme resources will be available on our website in early fall. We're excited to see all the innovative topics and theme connections!

Natty's photo dump! We made so many memories at Nationals last week. Check out our album full of photos here (https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCXsmB) or by following the link in our bio! Happy History Day!