Rochelle Chapter

American History Contest: Creative Video.

The Rochelle Chapter will sponsor local students, grades 5-12, for an American History video contest!
Each grade will compete separately, with monetary prizes. Grade winners will be sponsored for state level competition.

The 2025-26 IL state winner was James Chadwick of Rochelle with his video interviewing Thomas Jefferson!

Start using your imagination on your student's video, not to exceed 3 minutes. All entries must be submitted online. The deadline to submit your video is December 15, 2026.

Topic for grades 5-8: Announcement of the Declaration of Independence First Public Reading
Topic for grades 9-12: Revolutionary Era Figure

For the summary flyer (AHC-1013), click here.

For detailed instructions (AHC-1010), click here.

For the Video Title page (AHC-1012) to be included with your submission, click here.

For the photo release (NSDAR-1000) to be included with your submission, click here.

Save the completed forms AHC-1012 and NSDAR-1000 to your computer and send them with your completed video in one email using this link: Submit_video.