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The following list of selected websites illustrates the range of services and collaborations that various archives, libraries, and state History Day programs offer to National History Day students.
Services include websites with resources for primary source research, teacher workshops, class visits, lists of collections relevant to the annual theme OR lists of topics appropriate to student researchers. In addition, repositories collaborate with public libraries, school principals, universities, and non-profit organizations to create exciting programs.
American Heritage Center | http://ahc.uwyo.edu/eduoutreach/historyday/default.htm |
Student resources: offers collections related to NHD theme and other resources to help students create NHD projects
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Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
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http://www.trumanlibrary.org/ | Activities for students |
La Crosse History Unbound |
http://lacrossehistory.org/nhd/sports.htm | Collaboration between public library and local university |
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
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http://www.lbjlibrary.org/education/teachers/workshops/primarily-teaching.html | Workshops for teachers |
Minnesota Historical Society Library & Archives |
http://www.mnhs.org/library/about/Classvisits.htm |
Class visits to library/archives |
Monterrey Public Library |
http://montereypl.libguides.com/historyday | Local library offers online and database sources |
National Archives at Philadelphia |
http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/education/nhd/ | Features outreach to schools, built relationships with principals |
New York University Margaret Sanger Papers
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http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/research/history_day.html | One collection at New York University has consistently been a topic in NHD projects |
Ohio Historical Society Ohio History Teachers |
http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/02/04/index.shtml | Outreach to teachers in general about teaching with primary sources |
Vermont Historical Society State History Day Program |
http://vermonthistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=168&Itemid=93 |
See handbook for researchers in pdf format |
Wisconsin Historical Society State History Day Program |
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/historyday/ |
Statewide list of libraries and archives |
Society of American Archivists Reference, Access and Outreach Section's National History Day Committee| Credits
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