NHD 2015: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Power, Authority & Governance and Reform & Social Justice

Last Updated on August 3, 2021

Below you will find Library of Congress resources curated by TPS-Barat that relate to National History Day 2015 topic ideas from the Chicago Metro History Education Center. This set specifically focuses on power, authority, & governance and reform & social justice but all topic ideas are related to the 2015 NHD theme: Leadership & Legacy in History. More CMHEC topics will be referenced in subsequent posts.

Power, Authority & Governance and Reform & Social Justice

NOTE: historical newspaper coverage is from 1836-1922

Jane Addams, the Women’s Peace Party and the Hague Conference

• Jane Addams & Hull House primary source collections
• Historical newspaper coverage of the Women’s Peace Party
• Historical newspaper coverage of the International Congress of Women

Grace Abbott and the Immigrant Protective League

• Reformer Grace Abbott & Child Labor primary source collections & teaching resources
• Historical newspaper coverage of the Immigrant Protective League

Alliance to End Repression and the Red Squad: Leading to First Amendment Rights

• Historical newspaper coverage: Red Squad

Legacy of Dewey Defeats Truman

• Harry Truman primary source collections

Clarence Darrow (capital punishment or crime or immigration, first amendment)

Restorative Justice, Crime and the Legacy of Clarence Darrow

• Clarence Darrow primary source collections

The Rosenwald Legacy: Racial Progress, Giving Away a Fortune

• Rosenwald primary source set

The Struggle for Japanese-American Reparations

• Japanese-American internment primary source collections
• Featured Source: Entrance to Manzanar guided primary source analysis activities

Roosevelt, Conventions and the Third-Term Question

• Roosevelt third term: historical newspaper articles
• Theodore Roosevelt third term primary source set
• Theodore Roosevelt primary source collections & teaching resources

Civilian Conservation Corps in Chicago and Illinois

• Civilian Conservation Corps primary source set
• Civilian Conservation Corps Illinois Department of Natural Resources
• Civilian Conservation Corps Illinois Archives CCC  Legacy

Related Resources

• NHD 2015: Free Primary Source Primer PD
• NHD 2015: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Economics, Science, Art, Architecture & Design
• NHD 2015: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Women and Civil Rights

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