National History Day Resources
This year's National History Day theme is Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences. Watch this video for an explanation of the theme. To learn more about the theme, visit the National History Day project overview, and browse for possible topics using the National History Day Partner Resources.
Reliable Resources
Reference Resources
Gather background information on general, broad topics
Reputable Web Sites
With a clearly defined focus, search these web sites to add depth to your research
Online Databases
Once you narrow your topic of interest, find more specific info in articles from magazines, newspapers, books, government docs, etc.
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Britannica Original Source contains primary source documents IN HISTORY, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, LAW, POLITICS, RELIGION, AND MORE
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National Archives (Try searching "NHD"
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US Government Services and Information (government documents and pictures)
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The American Presidency Project (archived documents pertaining to the presidency)
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The World Digital Library (preservation of important events in worldwide history)
Smart Searching
Watch the video below for information on how to use keywords to search smarter. Use keyword combinations to search the resources listed in the 3 columns above.
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(Pictures can count as primary source documents!)
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Research Strategy
In addition to the National History Day Partner Resources, MVMS is providing additional resources above. You will need to cite both PRIMARY and SECONDARY sources in your project
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Primary Sources - Raw and unedited sources that give a firsthand account of a specific event from the time period when it occurred. CLOSEST TO THE ORIGIN OF INFORMATION. (Examples: diary entries, correspondences, photographs, memoirs, historical newspapers, speeches, cartoons, videos, artifacts, etc.)
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Secondary Sources - These give an overview of the topic. Often analyzing, interpreting, or summarizing. RELATE TO INFORMATION THAT ORIGINATED ELSEWHERE. (Examples: reference/encyclopedia articles, textbooks, magazine articles, etc.)
Primary sources: US History
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Digital Public Library of America: Sets of primary sources by topic. Include US Domestic Affairs, US Foreign Policy and Debate and Diplomacy Abroad.
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Docs Teach (National Archives): sets of primary sources by broad topic
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Gilder Lehrman: browse by time period or topic
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Smithsonian History Explorer--search on the right side of the screen
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Chronicling America: Library of Congress--do an advanced search of newspapers to narrow down by keywords and dates
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Library of Congress general search--use the search box at the top to put in your topic and keywords
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Internet History Sourcebooks (Fordham University)--search by topic or browse topics on the left
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World Digital Library (Library of Congress)--search by topic and time period
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Yale Avalon Project--thousands of documents organized by time period
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LIFE Magazine Photo Archive--search photos by keyword and date
Primary Sources: Europe
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World Digital Library (Library of Congress)--search by topic and time period
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Internet History Sourcebooks (Fordham University)--search by topic or browse topics on the left
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Document Set: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French Revolution)
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European Reading Room (Library of Congress) browse huge collection of digitized primary sources
Primary Sources: Mexico, Central, South America
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Document Set: Latin American Revolutionaries
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Hispanic Reading Room (Library of Congress) browse digitized primary sources
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Inter-American treaties and documents - documents between North, Central, and/or South American nations
Create Your Annotated Bibliography
For every source -- article, web site, primary document from which you take and use information for your project, you need to create a citation. You will gather all of your citations into a bibliography to include with your project submission.
Use NoodleTools to create and save your citations. You will also use it to put your saved citations into bibliography format. NHD requires an ANNOTATED bibliography. See below for more information.
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Video: Create a Citation in NoodleTools
