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National History Day in Missouri 2010
Innovation in History: Impact and Change
Possible Missouri Topics
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The theme for National History Day 2010 is Innovation in History: Impact and Change. This list of Missouri-related subjects associated with the theme is intended to assist National History Day teachers in helping students select topics for which primary source material might easily be available in local libraries and historical agencies around the state.
The topic choices are not meant to be all-inclusive, but reflect the interests of the National History Day in Missouri staff who developed this year's list. We have attempted to suggest subject matter that can be studied on a local level and from local sources, but also lends itself to dentition and interpretation on a much broader scale. We have illustrated individuals, events, and concepts that made a difference on a state, national, or international level, and to suggest topics that students will come to see are important because of greater social, political, cultural, or economic implications. We hope that using the list in brainstorming sessions will make it easier for teachers to show their students that there is a wealth of good documentation available close to home.
NHDMO does not recommend these sources as the best or the most useful sources on Missouri history or on a particular topic; we are merely trying to furnish you with a starting point.
Suggested locations to begin research:
- Famous Missourians website of The State Historical Society of Missouri http://shs.umsytem.edu/famousmissourians/famousmissourians.shtml
- The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/
- Parish, William E., Charles T. Jones, Jr., Lawrence O. Christensen. Missouri: The Heart of the Nation, Arlington Heights: H. Davidson, 1992.
- Green, Lorenzo J., Gary F. Kremer, and Antonio Holland. Missouri's Black Heritage. St. Louis: Forum Press, 1980.
- Christensen, Lawrence, O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999.
- Missouri History Museum in St. Louis http://www.mohistory.org
- Missouri State Parks and Historical Sites http://www.mostateparks.com
- Missouri State Museum and State Capitol in Jefferson City http://www.mostateparks.com/statecapcomplex/index.html
- Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri (WHMC) http://whmc.umsystem.edu
- The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHS) http://shs.umsystem.edu
- Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology http://maa.missouri.edu
- Local Historical Societies
- Missouri Historical Review
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