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Teachers
Social Studies
National
History Day in Nevada
Student
and Teacher Materials
guides
This new History Day curriculum guide
includes everything (almost) that you need to know to
participate in and implement Nevada History Day in your
classroom! Please note the addition of the Website Category!
Student Resource Guide
Research Methods &
Materials
Primary Sources on the Web
State Resources
General Resources
Teacher Resource Guide
Teacher Resources
Resource
Guide for Students
This listing of sites is meant to be a starting point for
your research! It is by no means an all inclusive list – DO
NOT rely entirely on this list for your research.
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Research Methods & Materials
American Historical Association –
Historians and the web: A Beginner’s Guide Creating an
Annotated Bibliography from NHD
Eisenhower Presidential Library
Digital Documents - Resources for NHD
Hoover Presidential Library -
Resources for NHD
Researching a Topic in 4 Easy Steps –
from Yale University
Research Skills from Colorado History
Day – A Student’s Guide to the Study of History – A
guide written to help high school and college students
with historical research
A Student’s Guide to the Study of
History – A guide written to help high school and
college students with historical research
Smithsonian American Art Museum
- NHD
Materials
You Be the Historian – from the
National American History Museum
U.S. Postal Museum – A site created
specifically for National History Day
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Primary Sources on the Web
Eyewitness to History
Librarians’ Internet Index –
Photograph Collections
National Archives
Strategies for Locating Primary
Sources – from Yale University
United States Holocaust Museum
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State Resources
Nevada History Day - Resources and
Information from the Nevada Department of Education.
Nevada State Museum
Nevada State Museum & Historical
Society
Nevada State Railroad Museum
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General Resources
A Listing of Historical Organizations
and Institutions – A list compiled by NHD.
Museums and Historic Sites – NHD.
The Library of Congress: American
Memory Project.
The Internet Public Library – History.
A Listing of the Presidential
Libraries - from the National Archives
The Smithsonian Institute Research
Information System – This site allows you to search all
the Smithsonian Collections!
CIA: The World Factbook
RGT
Resource Guide
for Teachers
American Journeys: a new digital
library and on-line learning center that makes available
over 17,000 original letters, diaries, rare documents,
images and more allowing direct student and teacher
access to key primary resources from 1000 to about 1830.
Colonial Williamsburg teaching
resources: Access to the wealth of resources available
through the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation including
lesson plans, videos, games, electronic field trips.
Jamestown Journey: Celebrating the
400th anniversary of Jamestown. Access to over 85
Jamestown/Virginia related interdisciplinary lesson
plans for k-12 educators.
Kidon Media Link: Links to over 17,000
international media sources including newspapers,
magazines, radio, TV. News, etc…This site is AWESOME for
locating a plethora of media sources from every possible
perspective.
Library of Congress: The largest
library in the nation!!!
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):
Official site of the NARA. Access to primary source
documents on line including the US Constitution, and
other US Government publications.
National Geographic: The official
website for the National Geographic Society. Great
source for maps and map building activities. The site
also contains links to current events and news from
around the world.
National History Day Organization:
Your link to the national organization. Access to rules,
important contest information, teacher resources, etc…
Using History Day in the Curriculum:
This page on the NHD wesbite includes a PowerPoint on
how to introduce NHD into your classroom!
Nevada State Library and Archives: The
Nevada State Library and Archives.
Nevada Law Library: Access to Nevada
Revised Statues, Nevada Constitution.
United Nations System of Organization:
An alphabetical list of all websites in the UN
organizational system. Access to UN treaties,
resolutions, etc…
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
Website: Access to public records on file at the
University
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