National History Day

BJHS  Social Studies teacher Cameron Schneider is preparing his students for National History Day. They have been working hard since week one.

“At the beginning of the year all the students were really really eager to get to it and thought it would really cool to do this but as we kept the process going they kind of got bogged down,” Schneider said.

“You are pumped at the beginning like this is going to be an awesome project but then come October and November you are like dang I wish this thing was over,” Schneider said.

NHD (National History Day) is where students compete for district and then on to state. Last year the students who qualified for state went to Washington D.C.

“The rules this year are the same as last year’s rules, though there is one thing that has changed, the paper category. In years past they had you mail in copies of the paper, this year it is all uploaded online instead.” Schneider said.

Many students have been working in groups of three or four. Four students to a group is the maximum amount.

“Group projects are I believe four students all together, no more than four. I have to double check on that, four is the biggest group I have had,” Schneider said.

Schneider has ran into many topics to do with the Holocaust this year.

“There is such a wide range because you can literally research anything,” Schneider said

“This year I had the Great Fire Of London, I had history of ethiopia, Anne Frank was on of the topics, there was a lot of Holocaust related topics this year. Other projects like Nazi Human Experimentation, that was an interesting one and very sad but it was a really good topic. Pretty wide range.” Schneider said.

The students will head to Lawrence for the district contest close to the end of the year almost.

“NHD has been fun! I’m glad it is coming to an end though.” Eighth grader Lillian Rose said