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Starting a History Club at Your School

Have you ever wanted to give your history-loving students a way to continue

their exploration of the subject outside the classroom? If so, perhaps you will

consider forming a history club chapter at your school this year and joining the

National History Club (NHC). Created in March 2002, the NHC was formed

to help history clubs from around the country communicate and share ideas and

activities with each other through our biannual Newsletter and other programs. 

There are now chapters in 42 states and over 7,000 students involved.

Clubs are given the flexibility to choose the activities that their members want

to participate in, and this has allowed for a wide range of projects. Some of the

activities include: interviewing World War II veterans, visiting Abraham

Lincoln's home and neighborhood, a lecture on the Civil Rights Movement,

traveling to Washington D.C., and holding a Ben Franklin look-a-like contest.

For more information please contact Robert Nasson, Executive Director, at

rnasson@nationalhistoryclub.org, or visit their website at www.nationalhistoryclub.org,   where you can take a look at their most recent newsletter.