Every year National History Day® frames students’ research within a historical theme. The theme is chosen for the broad application to world, national, or state history and its relevance to ancient history or to the more recent past. The 2020-2021 theme is Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.

Junior Division Project Categories
Contest Rules

Students in 7th and 8th grade honors classes are guided through the research portion of the project and supported when making their entries. A virtual presentation of Trexler's NHD projects will be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, beginning at 12:30pm. A Zoom link will be posted at a later date. 

Highlights: 8th grade NHD students will not get visit Muhlenberg's Trexler Library this year due to COVID19. Normally, students get to attend the college to research primary sources available through their resources. Students are invited to return to the library as often as they desired to research and record their findings. This trip is sponsored by the Allentown School District Foundation. 

                         

As many as twenty entries, two from each category, will move on to the regional competition.

Regional Competition:  Saturday, March 20, 2021 VIRTUALLY

State Competition:  Saturday and Sunday, May, 1 & 2, 2021, VIRTUALLY from Scranton University