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When is National History Day? |
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What is National History Day? |
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National History Day, sometimes referred to as NHD, was created by Professor David Van Tassel in April 1974 on the Case Western Reserve University campus in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Prof Tassel was inspired to create such a day because he was extremely worried about the declining importance placed on humanities in general, and specifically history, in American schools. His hopes for National History Day were that it would reinvigorate and bring life back to the teaching and learning of history in schools across the United States.