In This Section:

• For Schools & Districts
  • Workshop: Inside the Archives
  • Student Tours
• For Teachers
  • Workshops
    • Workshop: Primarily Teaching
    • Workshop: New Perspectives on the Middle East
  • Student Activities
    • At the LBJ Library
      • Activity: The Spy's Dilemma
      • Activity: A Presidential Decision—July 21, 1964
• For Students
• Cen-Tex History Fair
  • Workshop: How to Have a Successful Project
  • Guides: How to Have a Successful Project
    • Guide: Selecting a Topic
    • Guide: Checklist
    • Guide: Weekly Goals
    • Guide: Research Strategy
    • Guide: Primary Sources
    • Guide: Two-Page Summary
    • Guide: Documentaries
    • Guide: Exhibits
    • Guide: Papers
    • Guide: Performances
    • Guide: Websites
  • Cen-Tex History Fair Rules
  • Cen-Tex History Fair Registration
  • Locke Lord LLP Legal History Award
  • Links: Websites Related to the History Fair
  • Previous Winners
• Link: Online Exhibits
• Plan Your Visit
• Volunteer

Quick Links:

Websites

National History Day Website Editor

National History Day requires website projects to be created using the NHD website editor.

Below is some basic information about the NHD website editor. Also, please go to website, www.nhd.org, for all up-to-date information about the website category and rules.

To participate in the website category, students will need to build their sites on NHD’s Web Portal. To be clear: STUDENTS MUST GO THROUGH THE NHD PORTAL TO ACCESS THE NHD WEBSITE EDITOR—THEY CANNOT GO DIRECTLY TO WEEBLY.COM.

A full suite of site-building tools will be available with the NHD website editor. While third- party tools may be used to develop objects and components for an entry, the final code must be uploaded with the NHD website editor. All objects or components constructed with third-party tools (e.g. Dreamweaver, iWeb, MS Expression) must be portable to and function correctly with the NHD website editor.

All hosting will be performed by NHD servers. Students are free to begin building their entries as early as September, and will work on the same NHD website as they advance through levels of competition. With the NHD Web Portal, students are free to access and work on their sites at any time other than judging periods—periods during which their sites will be closed to any editing.

Website General Rules

• Site contains no more than 1,200 visible, student-composed words
• Home page includes names of participants, entry, title, division, and main menu
• All pages are interconnected with hypertext links
• Website uses no more than 100MB of file space
• Content is stable and does not change when the refresh button is hit
• Annotated bibliography is separated into primary and secondary resources
• Website addresses the theme
• Required written materials are an integrated part of the website (no separate written annotated bibliography)
• Entry is registered and submitted by posted deadline.
• Be prepared to answer judges’ questions at the contest (remember that formal narratives are not appropriate responses to questions)