National History Day
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IN WISCONSIN
For middle school and high school students participating in the National History Day in Wisconsin competition, the Wisconsin Labor History Society annually offers prizes for the best projects on American labor history at each of the Wisconsin regional events, as well as the Wisconsin state finals:
Two $50 awards are offered at each of Wisconsin’s REGIONAL events to be given for the best American labor history entries to be selected from any competition category; one award will be given at the junior age level (grades 6-8) and one award at the senior age level (grades 9-12).
Two $100 awards are offered at the Wisconsin History Day STATE event to be given for the best American labor history entries (one award at the junior age level and one award at the senior age level) to be selected from any competition category.
Information about these special awards from the Wisconsin Labor History Society may be gained by clicking here for a downloadable PDF file.
Information about the National History Day in Wisconsin program is available at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/historyday/.
Click here for National History Day Labor Award Winners Announcements for the year 2006.
Click here for announcement of National History Day Labor Award Winners in 2008.
Click here for announcement of National History Day Labor Award Winners in 2009.
A SAMPLE LIST OF POSSIBLE TOPICS
The Wisconsin Labor History Society has had the most success helping students learn about labor history when they do projects on people or topics that involve their own families or communities. The students have an inherent interest in such subjects, and, through their own contacts, they have access to information that may not be available elsewhere. Building out from such information, they can expand their research into more traditional sources, whether in print or online. Thus the Society recommends, first of all,that students ask their families and friends about people who were involved in labor organizations and issues. They should then ask their teachers if and how these people could be developed into either a topic for their History Day project or their submission to the WLHS Labor History Essay Contest. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A HANDY LIST OF WISCONSIN PERSONS WHO COULD BE POSSIBLE SUBJECTS OF RESEARCH.