Each year, National History Day® frames students’ research within a historical theme. The theme is chosen for broad application to world, national, or state history and its relevance to ancient history or to the more recent past.
The 2024 theme is Turning Points in History!
Nassau BOCES Findit!| https://auth.orc.scoolaid.net/bin/listdb?sysCode=xana&id=1250
Long Beach Middle School Library | Resources
Long Beach Public Library | https://longbeachlibrary.org/research-databases/
University of Washington Research Guide | https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/history
Digital Public Library | https://dp.la/
Google Scholar | https://scholar.google.com/
Google Books | https://books.google.com/?hl=en
Discovery Education | https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/signin#
The America YAWP | http://www.americanyawp.com/
Open Textbook Library | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/history
Wikipedia... yes, I look at the SOURCES used for the articles, not the articles themselves! | https://www.wikipedia.org/
Chronicling America
Digitized historic newspapers from almost every state; most coverage from the mid-19th through the 1923
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Major portal to digitized collections from the United States.
Europeana
Millions of digital items illustrating the history & culture of Europe
Google Arts & Culture
Art, artifacts & documents from collections around the world
HathiTrust
Digitized collection of books, magazines & more; most items published prior to 1924 are freely available to view
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Collections include images, presidential papers, maps & more
NYPL Digital Library
New York Public Library collection includes images, maps & more
Washington Digital Newspapers
State & territorial newspapers primarily from the late 19th & early 20th century
Read about the theme (see above- September).
Decide your topic. September
Research the heart of your topic. Who, What, When, Where, Why. September
Select a format. September/October
Decide if solo or in a group. September/October
Develop a working thesis statement. October
Locate one (two is better!) book(s) on your topic. October Books will help you locate quotes, images, and timelines to help tell your story.
Research, Research, Research! Keep adding sources and notecards to noodletools. October/November
Create your project (December).
Long Beach NHD (Mid-January)