History Day Stuff
HISTORY DAY ASSIGNMENTS click to see assignments
History Day Schedule - Updated a week before History Day
TOPIC SELECTION HELP
Mrs. Kramer's list for this year
National History Day topic list - click on "sample topics"
MNopedia (cruise around in this site for topic ideas)
Topic ideas from the National Archives and Records Administration NARA
RESEARCH PLACES
Encyclopedias & Databases
MN History Day list of online research sources - great list!
Secondary Periodicals
ELM 4 You - ( use: Student Resources, Master File Premier)
American Heritage Magazine online
NPR - National Public Radio has many history articles, interviews
Google News Archive search - lots here! Cool!
New York Times newspaper archives
Primary Source Periodical
Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers 1836 - 1922
Google News Archive search - lots here! Cool!
HarpWeekly - selected primary source materials from Harper's Weekly - an older, national magazine.
New York Times newspaper archives
Ad Access - historic advertisements by category and time period
Primary Sources
Presidential Libraries - link from here to the president related to your time period
Eyewitness to History- key moments in history
MNopedia (Minnesota Encyclopedia with lots of primary sources)
Excellent history websites for either
primary or secondary sources
MN History Day list of online research sources - great list!
BBC History - good stuff on World history topics, such as World Wars
American Experience - TV history show with lots of supporting documents
Photos - open to the public and sources cited
LIFE magazine photo archive hosted by Google
Lists of Images on Popular Topics -Library of Congress
NYPL Photo and image gallery - New York Public library has tons of images for common use
Wylio.com - free, public commons photos
Minnesota Historical Society Image & photos database
Minnesota Reflections - more images and documents
