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National History Day and Archives

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on May 15, 2012 at 3:22:57 pm

Welcome to National History Day and Archives Toolkit!

This wiki provides information on using archives for National History Day. Archives have collected a wealth of resources that document and reveal our shared history—resources that enrich and may even provide the inspiration for winning National History Day projects!

Are you a student or teacher working on a National History Day project and need to find great primary sources? Check out the resource links under "Information for Students and Teachers."

If you are an archivist wishing to incorporate National History Day outreach at your institution - or simply want to learn more about this national event, resource links under "Information for Archivists, Librarians, and Media Specialists" will provide some background and ideas.

Whether you're new to archives, a veteran researcher, or a member of the profession, we hope you will find this wiki helpful in using archives for National History Day.

Information for Students and Teachers	Information for Archivists, Librarians and Media Specialists
Introduction and Video	Introduction
Using Primary Sources	Whether to Participate in NHD
What Makes Archives "Different"	Do's and Don'ts for Archivists
Finding Primary Sources in an Archives	Timeframe
Making a Visit to the Archives	Highlighting Your Collections
Online Primary Sources	Best Practices: Some Examples
Glossary of Terms about Archives	Preparing for Class Visits
Flyer to Print out to Give Teachers	Flyer to Print out to Give Archivists

Home > Archivist/Librarian Section > Best Practices: Some Examples

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
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum	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	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	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