Education Outreach for National History Day

Increase in the amount of classroom support available to middle and high school teachers who apply the National History Day program in Minnesota classrooms. Project will measure total hours of service to teachers and students by professional staff from MNHS, undergraduate mentors from the U of M, MNSCU and private colleges, and supplementary classroom support staff. Effects of increased student support will be measured in terms of research skills, academic engagement, vocabulary, library use, writing and academic aspiration. Support for teachers will be measured in terms of effectiveness of instruction, access to external resources, support for academic rigor. Impact on undergraduates will be measured in terms of service learning goals, improved academic skills, career aspirations. Campus immersion programs will measure college readiness for skills (research and analysis) and aspiration and feeling of preparedness for higher education.