Last Updated on August 9, 2021
These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the NHD 2016 theme sample topics list. Note: historic newspaper coverage is from 1836-1922.
New Spain and the Comanche: Encounters, Missions, and Conquests
- Exploring the Early Americas Interpreting the Conquest online exhibition
- Parallel Histories: Spain, United States and the American Frontier ideas to explore
- New Spain maps
- Travels through the western interior of the United States, from the year 1808 up to the year 1816; with a particular description of a great part of Mexico, or New-Spain 1816
- Comanches primary source set
Roger Williams: The Exploration to Establish Rhode Island and Provide Religious Tolerance
- Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island, Arrived in Boston February 5, 1631 from America’s Library
- Roger Williams & Rhode Island resources & primary sources
Puritans and Native Americans in New England
- Religion and the Founding of the American Republic online exhibition
- The history of Virginia, in four parts 1722
- The Second Great Migration: Religious Refugees and the Remaking of America, 1678-1690 streaming webcast
- Captivity narratives primary source set
- Historic newspaper coverage mentioning puritans and indians 1836-1922
How the Encounter of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair Led to the War of 1812
Commodore Matthew Perry and Exchange with Japan
- Matthew Perry primary source set
- Historic newspaper coverage mentioning Matthew Perry and Japan 1836-1922
- Japan resource links
James Cook and the European Encounter with Oceania
- James Cook primary sources & more resources
- Cook and Oceania primary sources & more resources
- Oceania primary source set
Exploration and Ice: Encountering the North Pole
- Today in History: Robert E. Peary (background & primary source sets)
- Primary Source Spotlight: Frederick A. Cook
- Featured Source: A coldness between them
Encountering New Spain: Manifest Destiny and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- History of New Spain: American Treasures of the Library of Congress
- General chart of the kingdom of New Spain betn. parallels of 16 & 38⁰ N 1804
- A map of New Spain, from 16⁰ to 38⁰ North latitude 1804
- A map of the Internal Provinces of New Spain 1807
- New Spain-Geography. With Lists. 1812
- Primary Source Spotlight: Western Expansion & Manifest Destiny
- Today in History: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (background & primary source sets)
Brigham Young, Mormonism, and Westward Expansion
- Today in History: Brigham Young & the Mormon Pioneers (background & primary source sets)
- Primary Source Spotlight: Western Expansion & Manifest Destiny
Galileo: Exploring the Universe, Encountering Resistance
Resources outside the Library related to Colonial Settlement 1492-1763
NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part II
NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part III
NHD 2016: Selecting a Topic for a History Project
More NHD-related resources from TPS-Barat
- Selecting Sources: Tertiary, Secondary, Primary
- Selecting Primary Sources for Research Projects
- Using Sources: Creating a Digital Annotated Bibliography
- Tech Tools: Citation Tools
National History Day project resources
- National History Day 2016 Theme: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History article
- National History Day 2016 Theme Book
- NHD state affiliates
- Illinois History Fairs
- Chicago Metro History Education Center (CMHEC)
- History of the Great Lakes States and Century Past Library
- NHD presentation categories
CMHEC Topic Ideas
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Arts & Culture
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Civil Rights
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Economy, Science & Technology
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Environment & Geography
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Power, Authority, and Governance
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Women & Family
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