National History Day

National History Day is an academic competition focusing on history students in grades 4-12. It started as a local program in Cleveland, Ohio, headed by David Van Tassell, a history professor at Case Western Reserve University. It grew from 129 students in 1974 to over 500,000 students in 48 states in 1991, and 700,000 students and 40,000 teachers in 2001. Today more than half a million students enter through local schools. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
National History Day has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2011 Interview. The year with the most events was 2019 with one event. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2019 with an average of 1,283 views per video. Most appearances with Cathy Gorn (3). Most common tags: World War II, Gender Issues, Tinker v. Des Moines.