NATIONAL HISTORY DAY

Each year Lyon College serves as host for Arkansas’s District II History Day, which is part of a year-long education program that culminates in a national contest every June  –  http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/.  Lyon has been hosting History Day for teachers and students around north central and northeastern Arkansas since 1982.

National History Day is an educational program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Students produce dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries, and research papers based on research related to an annual theme. These projects are then evaluated at local competitions, such as the one at Lyon. The top three entries from each division and category then advance to the state competition in Conway. The state’s top finishers continue on to the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C.

Awards from District II History Day  -  Thursday, March 16, 2006. 

For more information on the District II History Day at Lyon College, please contact:

Dr. Brooks Blevins
Assistant Professor of History
Lyon College
P.O. Box 2317
Batesville, AR 72503-2317
870-698-4210
bblevins@lyon.edu

or

Adele Grilli
Lyon College
P.O. Box 2317
Batesville, AR 72503-2317
870-698-4246
agrilli@lyon.edu