SM 41 — "NATIONAL HISTORY DAY"

SENATEA MEMORIAL 41CELEBRATING 53RDTHE LEGISLATURENATIONAL -HISTORY STATEDAY OFPROGRAM; NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2018 INTRODUCED BY Howie C.

Morales 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY PROGRAM;

145 WHEREAS, national history day has been the premier history research contest with a national scope for more than thirty years;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, national history day supports social studies w l n d 18 classrooms in public, private and charter schools in both urban = = 19 a l and rural communities across the state;

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, more than four thousand five hundred students a t m m 21 aged nine to eighteen participate in national history day d r e 22 programs in nearly fifty schools statewide;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, national history day students develop college and e a n b 24 career readiness in areas of scholarly research, analysis, u [ synthesis, critical thinking, reading, writing, time management .209841.1 and orally defending their work;

and WHEREAS, national history day students show improved test 6 scores across subject areas, including reading, writing, science and math;

and WHEREAS, national history day students demonstrate SM 41 perseverance, often spending an entire academic year Page 1 developing and revising projects;

and WHEREAS, national history day inspires interest and value 12 in history as well as a more mature perspective on current events and the dispositions needed in an informed citizenry;

and WHEREAS, the national history day program instills confidence in students for a number of applied skills, such as e e 17 communication, organization, collaboration, evaluation, e e n d 18 planning and general knowledge;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, national history day encourages students to a l r i 20 engage with civic institutions, such as libraries, museums, t e a t archives and institutions of higher learning;

and m m 21 e d WHEREAS, the academic benefits of participating in r e 22 c e r c 23 national history day can continue long after the student has e a n b 24 left the program;

u [ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE .209841.1 - 2 - OF NEW MEXICO that in recognition of the contributions of national history day to the state, February 5, 2018 be declared "National History Day" in the senate;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to New Mexico's national history day sponsoring 6 organization, the New Mexico humanities council.

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