National History Day Resources
National History Day 2023-2024
This year's National History Day theme is Turning Points in History.
Watch this video for an explanation of the theme. To learn more about the theme, visit the National History Day theme page. To learn more about the project guidelines visit the getting started guide.
Serious about competing? Be sure to consult the NHD Rule Book!
You can see past student projects here and a Newport Mill Middle School student's exemplar.
Online Research Resources
Online Databases
Access through Clever
(*Get passwords here!)Digital Public Library of America (Primary Sources)
FactCite* (Multiple Historical Databases)
Gale in Context Middle School* (Multiple Subjects)
Gale Kids Infobits* (Easy to use for young learners)
Gale Onefile: News* (National, Local, & International Newspaper Articles)
National History Day Partner Resources
Here you will find numerous resources that the leaders at NHD have put together for student researchers. You can consider these resources credible and reliable.
NHD Digital Classroom Materials
MCPS Reference Sources
(*Get passwords here!)Britannica School* (ES, MS, & HS Levels)
Britannica Academic* (College Level)
Britannica Escolar* (Spanish)
Copyright Free Images
(*Get passwords here!)Historic Illustrations of Art and Architecture
New York Public Library Digital Collections
You can fairly use any of the images from any the MCPS online services*.
Use a Book!
Find Books from the NMMS Library using Destiny or from the Montgomery County Public Library.
Tip: Log into Destiny with the blue MCPS SSO login bar to be able to search multiple MCPS databases.
Give Credit with Citations
Set Up your NoodleTools:
Log into NoodleTools using Clever
Create a New Project
If you're in a group, ONE person makes the project and shares with the other.
Share this project with the NHD Inbox for your class period and teacher.
Create a citation for every source you get information from.
Your citations must also include an annotation. Learn more about NHD's expectations for annotated bibliographies here and you can see an annotated bibliography here.
