History Day at Fugman Elementary School is a unique opportunity for 4th – 6th grade students to research and present personally meaningful topics relating to an annual National theme and to examine history in a fun and challenging way. Student winners in each category (poster displays, exhibits, historical papers, web sites, documentaries, and performances) may move onto the County competition in March.
2025 Contest Theme
Rights & Responsibilities in History
To continue the celebration of our 50th anniversary, NHD’s 2025 theme will be Rights & Responsibilities in History. To study rights and responsibilities in history, we must ask questions. Who decides who has rights? Does everyone have the same rights? Who decides on the limits individuals should or should not have? Why? What led to establishing certain rights, and to whom were they given? How have people, governments, or institutions decided what parameters should be set to enforce responsibilities? How are such decisions justified?
The key to this theme is addressing BOTH rights AND responsibilities. These are two powerful forces in history, but one does not work without the other.