Mansfield Students To Participate In History Contest

Information via CT Democracy Center

MANSFIELD, CT —Mansfield students are preparing to make history at the annual Connecticut History Day contest. On Saturday, February 29, 190 middle and high school students will share performances, documentaries, exhibits, websites, and papers during the Mansfield/Storrs Regional Contest at the University of Connecticut. Students are competing for a chance to advance to the State Contest on May 2 at Central Connecticut State University.

The Mansfield/Storrs Regional Contest is one of six Connecticut History Day Regional Contests held this spring. They are the culmination of months of intense study and project development. Students choose topics related to the 2020 theme of Breaking Barriers in History, conduct research by interviewing experts and shape their findings into sound historical arguments.

Working alone or in groups, students use their research to create projects in one of five categories – exhibits, documentaries, websites, papers, or performances.Students at the Mansfield/Storrs Regional Contest represent Mansfield and its surrounding towns: Danielson, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Manchester, Mansfield, South Windsor, Vernon, Willimantic, and Windsor.

Students will present their projects to judging teams beginning at 9:30 a.m. The judges—educators, historians, and history-lovers—will review the projects and choose the top three that will advance to the State Contest. Members of the public are invited to attend.This is the first year that UConn will be hosting a History Day Contest.

For more information and a schedule of the day’s events, check out: historydayct.org/mansfieldstorrs

During the event, students will be able to tour the campus, listen to the Eric Rice Band, and meet and interact with each other. The day culminates with an Awards Ceremony at 2 p.m. Mayor Antonia Moran and State Representative Gregory Haddad will assist with awarding prizes. The winning students and entries from the Mansfield/Storrs Regional Contest will be posted on online at historydayct.org/contest-winners on March 2.

For further information, contact the State Coordinator, Rebecca Taber-Conover at 860.368.0738 or info@historydayct.org or Regional Coordinator, Cyndee McManaman, at cyndee67nhd@gmail.com.

Students placing in the top three spots in each category and division (juniors- grades 6-8, seniors-grades 9-12) are invited to the Connecticut History Day State Contest. Students that place in the top two at the State Contest are eligible to participate in the National History Day Contest, held in June at the University of Maryland.Follow Connecticut History Day on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, or visit the program’s website at histordayct.org.