National History Day
DPLA is proud to be a part of National History Day, a series of contests in which students present research projects related to a historical theme that they’ve developed using primary and secondary sources. Containing millions of primary and secondary sources, DPLA is the perfect complement to National History Day. The page below contains information and resources related to our efforts to increase access to DPLA resources for National History Day students. Questions? Email us at education@dp.la.
2021-22 Theme: Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
The 2021-22 National History Day theme is “Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences.” Students should begin their research with secondary sources to gain a broader context, then progress to finding primary sources, and finally make an argument about the effects of a topic in history. Below are selected free Primary Source Sets that would be useful for exploring this year’s theme.
Debate & Diplomacy in U.S. Domestic Affairs
Primary Source Set: Road to Revolution: 1763-1776
Primary Source Set: Creating the US Constitution
Primary Source Set: Shays’ Rebellion
Primary Source Set: Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser
Primary Source Set: The American Abolitionist Movement
Primary Source Set: Secession of the Southern States
Primary Source Set: Jacksonian Democracy?
Primary Source Set: The Black Power Movement
Debate & Diplomacy in U.S. Foreign Policy
Primary Source Set: Texas Revolution
Primary Source Set: World War I: America Heads to War
Primary Source Set: The Panama Canal
Primary Source Set: American Imperialism: The Spanish-American War
Primary Source Set: The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age
Debate & Diplomacy Abroad
Primary Source Set: The Rise of Italian Fascism and Its Influence on Europe
Primary Source Set: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Primary Source Set: Latin American Revolutionaries