NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IN MISSOURI

Dear Fellow Librarians,

The State Historical Society of Missouri sponsors the National History
Day in Missouri (NHDMO) state contest, at which approximately 550
students in grades 6-12 from all over the state will converge upon the
University of Missouri-Columbia campus on April 9 to display their
historical research projects. Their projects will be presented in one
of five formats: multimedia documentaries, dramatic performances,
museum-style exhibits, interpretive websites, or traditional research
papers. The students have worked all year on their projects, using
libraries, archives, and other resources, and have already succeeded
at local and regional contests to get here. Those who win at the
state level will move on to the national competition in Maryland in
June.

In order to run the state contest, the NHDMO staff must come up with
150 judges and more than 50 other volunteers to help out for all or
part of the day. Judges should have knowledge of history and/or
education OR a familiarity with one of the presentation formats, such
as drama, speech, communications, video or website production, etc.
Judges are placed in teams that balance history with other talents.
Other volunteers can help with registration, selling t-shirts,
providing hospitality, “guarding” the doors while judging is going on,
etc. It is so much fun to see the excitement of these young people
that many of our volunteers come back year after year! Free light
breakfast and lunch will be provided.

For more information, please contact state coordinator Deborah
Luchenbill at 573-882-0189 or HistoryDay@umsystem.edu by
March 15, 2011. I look forward to hearing from you!

Deborah L. Luchenbill
State Coordinator, National History Day in MO
Reference Outreach Specialist
The State Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, MO 65201

Phone: 573-882-0189
Fax: 573-884-4950