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Curriculum Material
For more than 25 years, the National History Day program has promoted systemic educational reform related to the teaching and learning of history in America’s schools. The combination of creativity and scholarship built into the NHD program anticipated current educational reforms, making National History Day a leading model of performance-based learning.
Both NHD and NHDMO provide teacher workshops, printed curriculum materials, and links to the Internet sites of various research institutions, in order to aid teachers in the teaching of history.
- 2010 NHD Curriculum Book (5.2 MB. Must have Adobe Acrobat software to view. Download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Also, hardcopy versions are available from the State Coordinator.)
- NHD and Meeting the Show-Me Standards, compiled by the Missouri State Archives.
- Possible Missouri Topics related to 2010 theme, "Innovation in History: Impact and Change"
- Sample Topics List from NHD related to 2010 theme.
- NHDMO Lesson Plans (with Show-Me Standards):
- Lesson One: Primary Sources
- Lesson Two: Researching with Primary Sources
- Lesson Three: Oral History
- Lesson Four: William Clarke Quantrill
- Primary Source Document 1: Miller, L.C., "Memoirs of the Life of Lee Caruth Miller, M.D.," 1903 (WHMC-C2718), p. 7-9
- Primary Source Document 2: Miller, L.C., "Memoirs of the Life of Lee Caruth Miller, M.D.," 1903 (WHMC-C2718), p. 14-20
- Lesson Five: St. Louis Royalty: The Busch Family
- Primary Source Document 1: "Wedding Party: Marriage of Carlota Busch to John Flanigan Is Celebrated With an Extraordinary Reception" from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Pictures July 11, 1948 (WHMC-C3403, Bernard F. Dickman Papers, 1900-1971, f. 39)
- WHMC Lesson Plans for teaching how to research using primary sources:
Research Links:
Several organizations provide resources for historical research. Following are links to a few of them. Students may receive research assistance from repositories online, via e-mail, on the telephone, or by visiting the site in person. Students are encouraged to allow plenty of time for research. Most primary source documents are one-of-a-kind items that may not be checked out of the repository, although in many cases they may be photocopied for a fee.
PLEASE NOTE: Individual research institutions may charge a fee for additional staff research beyond what may be found on the website.
Research Repositories
- Carondelet Historical Society and Carondolet Historic Center (Susan E. Blow Kindergarten/Museum, Cleveland High School Display, Carondelet Memoriabilia)
- The Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum
- Harry S. Truman Library, Independence
- Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs, 1860-1960 at Northwestern University Library
- The John Wornall House Museum, Kansas City
- Library of Congress
- Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative
- Missouri History Museum, St. Louis
- Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City
- National Postal Museum
- The Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History, The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library
- Oral History Program, The State Historical Society of Missouri
- Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service
- Powers Museum, Carthage
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
- Smithsonian Institution (specific museums will link to their own research facilities)
- The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia
- Western Historical Manuscript Collections, University of Missouri: Columbia; Kansas City; Rolla; St. Louis
General Resources
These links provide general research information and topic ideas.
Possible Missouri Topics from Previous Years
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