History Social Science Programs & Events

national history day

National History Day is a voluntary project-based competition open to elementary, middle and high school students.  The event is an exciting way for students to explore local, state, national and world history.  Students conduct extensive research on a historical topic related to an annual theme and then compete at the site level.  The winners from the site level go on to compete at the country and some continue on to the state level.  For more details, please click on the link below.

National History Day - California

2024 Contest Theme: Turning Points in History

CA Nominee for the "Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year" Award - Hector Gamboa from Venado Middle school

SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS & CHAMPIONS
Junior Group Website
Zixuan Cui, Yongjing Li, and Isabelle Yang from Sierra Vista Middle School

Junior Group Documentary
Aashrita Atmakur and Andie Arkun from Sierra Vista Middle School

Junior Individual Documentary
Hailey Brennan from Sierra Vista Middle School

Junior Individual Website
Frankie Holland from Sierra Vista Middle School

Senior Group Website
Rachel Kim and Bernice Hung from Portola High School

Junior Individual Documentary
Mahima Wuppalapati from Beacon Park K-8 School

Junior Group Exhibit
Sophia Jackson, Madison Khang, Kelli Toshima, and Anna Yi from Sierra Vista Middle School

Senior Individual Website
Nagyung Cho from Northwood High School

CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
Individual Podcast Runner-up
Lexie Holland from Santiago Hills Elementary School

Senior Individual Documentary 
Hannah Cho from Northwood High School

Senior Group Documentary
Ritieka Kumar and Moksha Kolli from Northwood High School

Junior Group Exhibit
 Anna Cao and Jennica Alixes from Sierra Vista Middle School

Senior Individual Exhibit
Baran Daliri from University High School

Senior Individual Exhibit - Honorable Mention
Megan Lui from Northwood High School

Senior Group Exhibit
Philip Park, Kaula Fu, Sarie Kwak, and Sean Yu from Northwood High School

Senior Historical Paper - Honorable Mention
Julianna Wu from University High School

Junior Individual Performance - Runner Up
Audrey Kim from Sierra Vista Middle School

Junior Individual Performance - Honorable Mention
Kylee West from Venado Middle School

Junior Group Performance - Runner Up
Diane Almaoui, Charlie Collins-Williams, Sumayya Jaffer, Kasai Lien, and Maya Marfatia from Sierra Vista Middle School

Junior Group Performance - Honorable Mention
Anushree Patankar and Aanya Mody from Venado Middle School

Senior Individual Performance - Runner Up
Susan Kim from Northwood High School

Junior Individual Podcast
Jeshwin Chettiar from Venado Middle School

Junior Group Podcast - Runner Up
Zoya Ahmed and Cindy Lin from Sierra Vista Middle School

Senior Group Podcast 
Luba Al-khalili and Jonathan Rho from University High School

Junior Individual Website
Jacob Dinh from Venado Middle School

Junior Invidiual Website - Honorable Mention
Madeline Cheng from Sierra Vista Middle School

Junior Group Website
Ansh Gosain and Matthew Lee from Sierra Vista Middle School

Senior Individual Website 
Ethan Chen from Northwood High School

Junior Division Finalists
Senior Division Finalists

Civic Learning Showcase

2nd Annual Irvine Unified Civic Learning Student Showcase will be at University High School on May 28, 2019.

2018-19 Slide Show

Civic Learning

Middle School Winners - 2018-19

Andrew Penrod - 1st Place
Chohan Yin - 2nd Place
Anthara Thirupathi - 3rd Place

High School Winners - 2018-19

Amitoj Singh - 1st Place
Jared Stein - 2nd Place
Ashlee Kyser - 3rd Place

Audience Choice Winner - 2018-19

Andrew Penrod