Teacher & Student Resources

Teacher & Student Resources

Teacher Resources

Upcoming Information Sessions/Workshops: Historical Thinking Skills Teacher Workshops
Join educators from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and a partner museum to engage with historical thinking skills through the project-based learning program Virginia History Day and the education resources of our partners. Space is limited to the first 25 registrants for each event, so register today!

  • Saturday, September 27th - James Madison's Montpelier in Orange County - Register Here
  • Saturday, October 4th - Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke - Register Here
  • Saturday, October 18th - Fort Monroe in Hampton - Register Here
  • Saturday, November 1st - Stratford Hall in the Northern Neck - Register Here

Participation in the workshops includes:

  • Coffee and light breakfast
  • $100 stipend
  • Certificate of participation for CEU points

These workshops are sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Virginia Humanities, as well as Library of Congress. 

VHD Teacher Manual 

This comprehensive guide for all grade levels provides an overview of the VHD process, sample lesson plans to implement the program in your classroom, and policies followed at all VHD contests. View the complete VHD Teacher Manual, which includes: The Basics, Lesson Plans, and Policies, or browse below to view individual sections.   

 

VHD Elementary Teacher Guide

This resource rich primary source guide proves elementary level lesson plans needed to implement every step of the history day process in a 4th or 5th grade classroom. This project is sponsored in part by The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.

NEW: Elementary Division students may now compete in the Performance category, as either an individual or group. All regular NHD Performance category rules apply, except Elementary Division students do NOT need to annotate their bibliographies. Elementary Division students are also eligible to compete in the Exhibit category, as either an individual or group. All regular NHD Exhibit category rules apply, except Elementary Division students do NOT need to annotate their bibliographies.

 

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