Who is advancing to the state competition from our 13 regional contests? Check the National History Day in Minnesota page to find out. Paper and Website finalists are listed. Exhibit, Documentary and Performance finalists are not as of April 2.

Right now you may be sharing your projects with your school. March is just around the corner, and so are the Regional Events in the Twin Cities & Greater Minnesota as early as March 2. If you don't have a chance to check out projects locally, hope you can make it to State History Day on May 4!

Working on a History Day project? The library is hosting two History Day Hullabaloos to help you do your research with the help of mentors from the Minnesota History Center and library resources. Come to Ridgedale on Tuesday, January 15 from 4:30-7:30 and Minneapolis Central on Saturday, January 26 from 11:00-3:00.

Get personalized help with narrowing your topic, developing your paper, identifying primary resources and finding the best library materials. Librarians, Minnesota History Day staff and mentors from the University of Minnesota will help you make sense of and break down your project into workable phases. Plenty of time for questions.

A step-by-step guide on how to complete your project, History Day Research in Minnesota will help you understand the theme, choose and narrow your topic, identify your research questions and search terms, examine background and context, gather sources and write your bibliography.

The 2013 theme has been announced: Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events. Get ready to share your projects locally in March. Hope you make it to the National contest in June!

have the trained tutors at Brainfuse take another look at it in their Writing Lab. They'll have their notes to you within 24 hours. Just look for the Homework Rescue life preserver on TeenLinks!

with your thesis statement. Visit the Research Project Calculator for great tips on how to make a strong argument for your HDP.

All done with your HDP research? Head over to TeenLinks' Express Yourself page for some great resources for designing your final project. There are tools for every format, so take a look around!