2023 CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS – all qualify for the Ohio History Day State Contest
2023 SPECIAL PRIZE AWARD WINNERS – all receive recognition and other prizes from community organizations.
Save the date:
the next Region 3 Ohio History Day contest (our 50th Anniversary!) will be held on March 2, 2024.
Founded in Cleveland in 1974, National History Day is a project-based learning experience for students in grades 6-12 that builds college and career skills for the 21st century by making the historical past relevant to the present and the future. To participate, students choose topics in relation to the yearly theme, conduct research, and present their findings as a paper, exhibit, documentary, website, or performance. In the process, students learn critical thinking skills through finding and evaluating primary and secondary sources, and they hone their creativity in building arguments and presenting their findings in one of the five formats. History Day projects, which may be done in the classroom, after school, or independently, empower students to become true scholars. Student projects are evaluated by volunteer judges, and the top projects advance to represent Region 3 (Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, and Summit counties) in a state-wide competition. Winners at state go on to compete at the national competition, where the top prize remains a 4-year scholarship to Case Western Reserve University.
Any questions, or any trouble registering, email historyday@wrhs.org or call 216-721-5722 ext. 1503. Click here to view the submission guidelines for the regional contest.
Any questions? Email historyday@wrhs.org
Contest Materials
UPDATED National History Day Contest Rule Book
Summary of Significant Rules Changes
UPDATED National History Day Evaluation Forms
2023 Theme: Frontiers In History
2023 Theme Book
2023 Region 3 Ohio History Day Tees are now available. Order before February 28 to save on your purchase. Enter code “freeshipping” if you plan to pick up on competition day. Order here.
History Day Resources
For Teachers | Rule Book | Middle School Guide | High School Guide
For Students | Topic Ideas | Choose a Project Category | National History Day Student Resources |Local Ties to National Topics
For Judges | What to Expect When Judging | Categories | Rule Book | Sample Evaluation Forms
For more great resources, visit the Ohio History Day website!
Take a look back at winners from past years:
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 2021 | 2022 |
For general History Day inquiries, please contact:
| Mary Manning, Region 3 History Day Coordinator Cleveland History Center 10825 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Email: historyday@wrhs.org Phone: (216) 721-5722 ext. 1503 Fax: (216) 721-0891 |
National History Day is a meaningful way for students to study historical issues, ideas, people and events by engaging in historical research. When studying history through historical research, students and teachers practice critical inquiry: asking questions of significance, time and place. Through careful questioning history students are immersed in a detective story too engaging to stop reading.
– Excerpt From National History Day 2011
THANK YOU!
Region 3 Ohio History Day Sponsors
The M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation
The Andrews Foundation
The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
Special Prize Sponsors
Cleveland Grays Armory Museum
Early Settlers Association
Friends of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
Friends of the Shaker Library/Shaker Heights Public Library
International Women’s Air & Space Museum
Oberlin Heritage Center
Shaker Historical Society
Sons of the American Revolution-Western Reserve Society