Please contact historyday@nmhumanities.org for more information.
Judges are needed! Special Award Sponsorships are still available.
REGISTRATION:
Students, teachers, judges, and volunteers can register for the 2024 regional contests in January. Students, make sure your teacher is registered before you get into the system.
- February 23th, Southern Regional Contest at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. Register at www.nm-snmrc.nhd.org by February 9th.
- March 1, Central Regional Contest at San Juan College in Farmington. Register at https://nm-nwrc.nhd.org/ by February 16th.
- March 8th, Central Regional Contest, National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Register at www.nm-crc.nhd.org by February 23red.
- The state contest will be Saturday, April 13th, at the University of New Mexico. Registration for the state contest will open Monday, March 11th.
Please contact historyday@nmhumanities.com with questions or problems with the registration process.
2023 NEW MEXICO NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
The 2022-23 Theme for National History Day is Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas. The purpose of the annual theme is for students to frame their research while allowing for a broad application to world, national, state, or local history and its relevance from ancient history to the more recent past.
You can learn more from National History Day videos and the theme book at www.NHD.org, and resources about New Mexico topics can be found on the NMHC National History Day page.
2023 Theme: Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas
National History Day Rule Book
New Mexico History Day State Contest Special Award Opportunities
1 Dec 2022
Each year, students from around the state of New Mexico conduct primary source research into a wide variety of topics, from World War II to Asian history to labor history, and more and then present that research as the New Mexico History Day contest. At the state contest, a number of organizations and individuals sponsor special awards related to a topic that is important to them, such as the environmental history award from the State Historic Preservation Office, and the Manhattan Project Award from the Los Alamos Historical Society. You, too, can support these student historians. Contact State Coordinator Heather McClenahan, historyday@nmhumanities.org, to find out how.
- February 24th, Southern Regional Contest at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces
- March 3rd, Central Regional Contest, location TBD
- March 10th, Northwest Regional Contest at San Juan Community College in Farmington
- April 15th, New Mexico State Contest, at UNM in Albuquerque
CATEGORIES
There are two divisions: Junior and Senior. Junior division is for grades 6-8; senior division is grades 9-12. The categories are Exhibit, Documentary, Paper, Performance, and Website. Except for the Paper category, which must be done individually, students may work individually or in a group of up to five students.
EXHIBIT RESOURCES
More info for 2023 Coming Soon!
Suggested NHD Exhibit Software »
WEBSITE RESOURCES
Getting Started
Students must use NHDWebCentral (found at nhdwebcentral.org) , to build their websites. To begin, each student must create an account on nhdwebcentral.org. Please refer to our instructional guides at nhd.org/nhdwebcentral on creating an account for a group website. Students should provide an email address when setting up the account, as that is the only way a password can be recovered if forgotten. For students under the age of 13, there will be additional steps to notify a parent or guardian about the creation of an NHDWebCentral account. A unique web address (URL) will be assigned to each entry. This is the URL that judges will use to access a website for judging. Students and teachers must keep this URL noted for reference.
Group Entries
All students working on that particular entry will use their own accounts to access the same website. Please note that when working on the website together, students should work on different areas of the site rather than the same page at the same time. Working on the same page at the same time could result in lost information for one or multiple students.
What if students and teachers have questions?
At NHDWebCentral , participants have access to a variety of resources to help them create their entries. These resources are are available either through the NHDWebCentral Help library or the NHDWebCentral Contact Us form. If participants still cannot find answers to their questions, they may contact their affiliate NHD Coordinator at NHDHelp@nmhumanities.org or NHD staff at it@nhd.org.
NHDWebCentral Tools
The tools or elements within at NHDWebCentral are powerful and intuitive. These tools were designed to make website construction easy while also meeting the needs of more advanced users, who will find advanced editing tools and custom HTML features.
Site URL and 8-digit ID
When website entry accounts are set up at NHDWebCentral (nhdwebcentral.org), a unique URL is assigned. The URL will be formatted like this: http://site.nhd.org/ 12345678 . The bold part of this example is the unique 8-digit ID for the website entry. Students and teachers should be sure to note this 8-digit ID because they will need to fill out this information when registering for the NHD contests.
Contest Registration and Judging
When registering for the NHD contests (regional, state/affiliate, or national), the Site URL and/or the 8-digit ID will be requested. Students should double check that they have entered this information correctly, as an incorrect URL could mean the judges will not be able to evaluate a website. During judging periods, editing capabilities on the websites will be locked. Once judging periods end, sites will be unlocked and those entries to advance can be modified before the next level of competition.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THESE GENEROUS ORGANIZATIONS
Historical Society of New Mexico, a Gila Level Sponsor ($1,000)
University of New Mexico Department of History, a Gila Level Sponsor
Los Alamos Historical Society, a San Juan Level Sponsor ($100)
Doña Ana County Historical Society, a San Juan Level Sponsor
Charles Redd Center, a San Juan Level Sponsor
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
Numerous generous individual donors who make possible our special awards and otherwise support the program
You, too, can support National History Day in New Mexico. CLICK HERE to make your donation today!
2024 New Mexico History Day
2024 Theme: Turning Points in History
Registration will open for the 2024 contests after the first of the year.
Feb. 23, Southern Regional Contest at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.
March 1, Northwest Regional Contest at San Juan College.
March 8, Central Regional Contest, National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
Judges, information will arrive in your inbox soon!
