NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part III

Last Updated on October 11, 2020

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.

Nelson Mandela’s Encounters with Apartheid

• Nelson Mandela primary source set
• The Inspiring Story of Nelson Mandela In Custodia Legis blog July 18, 2011
• Nelson Mandela Day – July 18  In Custodia Legis blog July 18, 2013
• The Death of Nelson Mandela December 5, 2013 Library of Congress Places in the News
• Nelson Mandela: brief bio & selective reading list Library of Congress Information Bulletin January 9, 1995 – Vol 54, No.1
• Apartheid primary source set

Turkey and the Armenian Genocide: a Violent Encounter of Religious Difference on Close Borders

• Understanding Armenian Genocide Library of Congress Information Bulletin November 2000 – Vol 59, No. 11
• American Humanitarianism in the Armenian Crucible: 1915-1923 streaming webcast 2015/05/07
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia : country studies 1994
• Turkey : a country study 1996
• Foreign Affairs Oral Histories mentioning Armenian genocide
• U.S. legislation related to Armenian genocide
• Armenian massacres, or The sword of Mohammed containing a complete and thrilling account of the terrible atrocities and wholesale murders committed in Armenia c1896
• Historic newspaper coverage 1890-1910: Armenian massacre
• Historic newspaper coverage 1915-1922: Armenian massacre
• Historic newspaper coverage 1915-1922: Armenia & Turks
• The Stars and Stripes U.S. Army newspaper 1918-1919 (search for Armenia and search for Turkey)
• Armenia books
• Turkey books
• Armenia images
• Turkey images
• Armenia maps
• Turkey maps

The Artistic Exploration: Bierstadt and Moran’s Journey and the Creation of Yellowstone National Park

• Today in History: Thomas Moran background & primary sources
• Albert Bierstadt primary source set
• Yellowstone primary source set
• Yellowstone historic newspaper coverage

The Zimmermann Telegram: The Exchange that Broke Down American Isolationism

• Zimmerman telegram National Archives
• Historic newspaper coverage: Zimmermann Telegram
• 1917 Historic newspaper coverage: Germany, Mexico, war

Encounter in Little Rock: Desegregating Central High School

• Little Rock Central High School primary source set

Impressment: The Unwanted Exchange between Great Britain and the United States

• Impressment of American seamen illustration
• Impressment documents
• Observations on the impressment of American seamen by the officers of ships of war, and vessels commissioned by, and acting under the authority of Great Britain 1806
• Report of the Committee of the House of representatives of Massachusetts, on the subject of impressed seamen 1813
• Mr. Taggart’s address to his constituents, on the subject of impressments 1813

Encountering a New Religion: Spanish Catholic Missionaries in the Americas

• Parallel Histories: Exploration and Early Settlement in English & Spanish
• Today in History: Missions of Old California background & primary sources
• Catholic Polygamy in New Spain? In Custodia Legis blog December 13, 2012
• Exploring the Early Americas online exhibition

Roanoke: When Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange Went Terribly Wrong

• Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta 1590 map
• Raleigh’s new fort in Virginia 1895
• The surroundings and site of Raleigh’s colony 1896
• On Roanoke Island 1902
• The beginnings of English America : Sir Walter Raleigh’s settlements on Roanoke Island, 1584-1587 1907
• Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost colony 1907
• Pilgrimage to old Fort Raleigh on Roanoke island 1908
• Mystery of the Lost Colony Library of Congress Information Bulletin December 2001 – Vol 60, No. 12
• Historic newspaper coverage: Roanoke Colony

The Monroe Doctrine: How Isolationism Impacted the Exploration, Encounters, and Exchanges of a New Nation

• Today in History: James Monroe & Foreign Policy background & primary sources
• Monroe Doctrine digital resource guide
• Historic newspaper mentions: Monroe Doctrine

Dorothea Dix: Exploring the Injustices for Herself to Promote Institutional Reform

• Dorothea Lynde Dix portrait
• Dorothea Lynde Dix to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 17, 1861
• To the Legislature of Massachusetts [protesting against the confinement of insane persons and idiots in almshouses and prisons] Dorothea Dix 1843
• Memorial soliciting a state hospital for the insane Dorothea Dix 1845
• Daughters of the Puritans; a group of brief biographies (including Dorothea Dix) 1905
• Dorothea Dix historical newspaper coverage

The Marshall Plan: Rebuilding Europe’s Economy through Exchange

• Today in History: The Marshall Plan background & primary sources
• For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan (online exhibition)

19th Amendment Suffragettes: Exploring New Methods of Protest

• Learning from the Source: Tactics in the March to Suffrage
• Primary Source Investigation: Hazel Hunkins, Billings Suffragist
• Primary Source Learning: Women’s Road to the Vote
• Primary Source Spotlight: Woman Suffrage

NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part I

NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part II

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
• History of the Great Lakes States and Century Past Library
• NHD Contest Rule Book
• 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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