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National History Day in Massachusetts

Project Categories

Once you understand the rules and the theme for National History Day and have chosen your historical topic, it is time to choose how you want to present your work. But what are the categories? And how are they different?

Start by checking out the NHD Contest Rule Book for an overview of each category and for specific details about requirements. The National History Day Massachusetts state contest is the qualifying contest for National History Day, so the rules are the same.  You can also check out examples of past projects in each category for ideas, and the annual NHD MA Juneteenth exhibition has even more projects to get inspired by.

Here are the five project categories:

Documentary

Exhibit

Paper

Performance

Website