2024-2025 Kickoff Recordings and New Resource Padlets:
We are happy to share recordings of our 2024-2025 Virtual Kickoff. For your convenience, timestamps have been added so that you can easily navigate to specific sections you wish to see.
Hawaiʻi History Day 2024-2025 Kickoff: Introduction and Program Updates
Hawaiʻi History Day 2024-2025 Kickoff: What Makes a Great Project
Hawaiʻi History Day 2024-2025 Kickoff: What the Judges Are Looking for–How Projects Are Evaluated
New Resources for 2025
Also, check out our new teacher and student resource Padlets below. Happy History Day!
Launched on the day of our Kickoff, these 2025 resource Padlets for students and teachers are your one-stop shop for the resources you can use this season. Check these frequently for updates and new materials!
Click here to access our Student Resource Padlet
Click here to access our Teacher Resource Padlet
2024-2025 Hawaiʻi History Day Theme Resources
Please note that all resources below can be found and accessed through our resource Padlets, above.
This year, the theme for History Day is “Rights and Responsibilities in History.” For more details on the theme for this year, see the 2024–2025 theme description.
- Click here to access the 2024-2025 NHDⓇ History Day Theme Book
- 2025 Rights and Responsibilities in History Graphic Organizer
- 2025 Theme Narrative ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- 2025 Theme Graphic Organizer ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- NHDⓇ Contest Rulebook
- 2024–2025 Theme Video
2025 Hawaiʻi–Specific Topics
Need topic ideas for your project? See this year’s list of project Hawai’i-specific project topics that connect to the theme Rights and Responsibilities in History. You are not required to do Hawai’i-specific topics, but it is great to explore the history in our backyard!
Click here to see our Hawai’i-specific topic list
AN EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER AT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
We are back from Nationals!
From June 7 to June 15, 2024, our Hawaiʻi History Day delegation traveled to the University of Maryland and Washington, D.C. to participate in National History Day. Our group of 60 students, 10 teacher-chaperones, 3 staff, and 26 parents and family members joined affiliates across the United States, along with students from affiliates in American Samoa, Guam, China, Korea, Singapore, and others, competing in National History Day. Our students also presented their projects in a variety of national institutions including Smithsonian Museums, the offices of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and even the White House.
In our second year back in person since the pandemic, we have seen an expanding Hawaiʻi History Day program. We also witnessed a growing ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi program, with new schools, students, and teachers coming in to share their knowledge and wisdom on the continent.
Pictured above: Students in our delegation bonded by teaching each other how to make ti-leaf lei.
This trip also saw new highlights, with activities such as lei-making, that provided opportunities for groups to bond and work together as teams. Throughout this trip, we emphasized the value of being good examples, as we all represented Hawaiʻi.
Pictured above: Students in our delegation posing on the front steps of Xfinity Center before the award ceremony (left). Students walk in the affiliate parade (right).
In coming back from Nationals this year, we are so grateful for those who hosted us while we were in Maryland and Washington, D.C., and for those who supported us in getting there. From judges, donors, consultants, teachers, and families, so many people have come together to make this trip a reality–it gave our future leaders an experience they will remember.
To read more about our trip, click here.
Pictured below: Our 2024 Hawaiʻi delegation poster featured aspirations from students who thought about things they wanted to put into action on the trip. Students wrote things like, “Make friends,” “Look for ways to help others,” “show gratitude, and “share aloha.”
