Reading

National History Day

Research Sites

NHD 2019 Sample Topics.pdf

Here are some sample topics from the History Day people.

Use these to brainstorm and start narrowing down your ideas.

National Parks Topics.pdf

National Parks

Topics inspired by the National Parks Service locations.

National Portrait Gallery Topics.pdf

National Portrait Gallery

Topics that can be taken from works at the National Portrait Gallery.

Women's Suffrage Topic.pdf

Women's Suffrage

The struggle for the right to vote for women.

Initial Exploration

Our Documents (Site uses Flash, will need to use the computers in the Pod to see)
- Look at the 100 most important documents in US history.
- Choose three that you think are interesting and note WHY you are interested in these documents

Library of Congress
- Click on the link above and choose two set of primary sources

National Historic Landmarks
- Sometimes a place can inspire an idea; the National Parks Service protects historic places across the United States.

PBS History
- On the menu bar across the top, choose the “topics” and choose some categories that interest you. Note your pathways and ideas in the boxes below.

Library of Congress Timeline
- If you like to look at history chronologically…..try this

More specific exploration

If you’re interested in….

Exploration in North and South America…

· http://www.americanjourneys.org/

Colonial History

· http://www.history.org/history/teaching/index.cfm

· http://www.dohistory.org/home.html

Social History

· http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/

Politics and government

· http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/

Women’s History

· http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/thematic-units.html

A general overview of US History

· http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

· http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

· http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/index.cfm

· https://www.gilderlehrman.org/

· http://nhd.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm

World History

· http://www.bne.es/es/Colecciones/

· http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

· http://nhd.org/WorldHistoryPrimarySources.htm

Puerto Rican/Latino History

· http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/

http://www.preb.com/geneal2/adasj.htm

· http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/

National History Day Helpful Web Resources

NHD Website: Find student project examples from past years, the annual theme sheet, tips for creating different types of entries, the contest rule book and more!

http://www.nhd.org

Need research tips from a master NHD teacher?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/usfIFqsHoVk

Need help writing a thesis statement from a master NHD teacher?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/5728zt9ZYnQ