Virtual 2020 Teacher Page
During the National Contest, National History Day hosts teacher professional development workshops in order to provide teachers with different classroom content and resources that will help them prepare students for the upcoming NHD contest year. For the 2020 National Contest, NHD will provide all teachers with virtual professional development opportunities.
Teachers are invited to watch the professional development videos created by NHD and their partners, explore available resources, and complete the NHD Virtual 2020 Teacher Professional Development Evaluation form in order to earn a virtual professional development certificate.
NHD Virtual 2020 Professional Development will run from June 14, 2020 to September 4, 2020. Teachers may review the videos and complete the evaluation form at anytime during this period in order to earn PD credit hours. PD certificates will be sent at the end of each week to teachers who have completed PD and submitted their evaluation form.
The 2020 NHD National Contest Teacher Professional Development is sponsored in part by Jacqueline B. Mars.
Grab your coffee and join the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Museum of African American History, the National Museum of American Diplomacy, National History Day, and Dr. Kevin Butterfield, Executive Director of the The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington live! We chat with the 2020 Virtual Professional Development presenters, offer an opportunity to ask questions, and learn how to receive professional development credit from watching the videos and exploring the resources they feature.
#NHD2020 National Contest Schedule
4NHD has partnered with National Endowment for the Humanities to support teacher programming as part of the A More Perfect Union initiative to honor the semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
George Washington's Mount Vernon
George Washington Speaks to the Nation: The Political Communication of the First President
Kevin Butterfield, Executive Director, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Presidency, the Press, and the Public
Jason Harshman, Director of Education Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities
National History Day
2021 Theme Introduction Video
Lynne O'Hara, Director of Programs at National History Day
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Bearing Witness: Testimony as an Act of Courage
Candra Flanagan, Director of Teaching and Learning at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of American Diplomacy
Diplomacy Classroom: A Tour Through Free Education Resources
Lauren Fischer, Director of Education, Alison Mann, Public Historian, and Elizabeth Gearhart, Program Assistant, National Museum of American Diplomacy at the U.S. State Department
For more videos in this series, please visit the National Museum of American Diplomacy's YouTube Channel.
For more videos in this series, please visit the National Museum of American Diplomacy's YouTube Channel.
Have questions about the NHD 2020 Virtual Teacher PD? Email us at programs@nhd.org.
Looking for materials for your students? NHD created Virtual Student Activities, including 2021 topic ideas and webinars, for all NHD students during the 2020 National Contest.