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  • 2025 Teacher Professional Development

    National History Day in Utah
  • Summer and Fall Sessions

    National History Day in Utah offers free professional development for teachers every year. View course descriptions and options, then sign up for the sessions that work for you below.

    The annual theme for 2025-26 is Revolution, Reaction, and Reform. Students may begin researching after July 1st!  Remember, they must choose a new and different topic each year for their NHD project.

    Recordings of past online trainings are available to watch at your convenience on the NHD Utah Teacher Padlet.

  • Course Descriptions

     

    Half Day In-Person Sessions

    Walk through the NHD process from introduction to project creation. Includes building student buy-in, topic selection, research skills, source analysis, thesis writing, project building blocks, and more. You will receive materials, lunch, and relicensure credit when you attend an in-person half day session.

     

    Evening Online Sessions

    Our evening online sessions offer the same content as our in person workshop, with time for more depth and discussion. Suitable for new-to-NHD teachers, they are also a great refresh-recharge for experienced NHD teachers.

    NHD Basics: This session covers the basics, including a National History Day overview, creative categories, tournament structure, planning calendar, core standards, and more. Designed for new-to-NHD teachers.

    Theme and Topic: Deep dive into the NHD annual theme, student tools, and strategies to help students find a great topic for their History Day project.

    Historical Sources and Source Analysis: Evaluating primary sources, secondary sources, source analysis, and historical thinking skills.

    Research Skills, Strategies, and Tracking: Tips and tricks for online historical research, go-to archives, and how to choose a research tracking system.

    Project Building Blocks: Tools for developing a thesis statement, historical context, significance in history, multiple perspectives, source credits, and captions.

    Project Creation: Strategies for supporting students in building their exhibits, documentaries, performances, websites, and papers. Also annotated bibliography and process paper.

    If you have any questions, please contact Tatiana: tchudy@utah.gov.

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