Educator and Librarian Learning Center

Each year, National History Day frames students’ research within a historical theme. The theme is chosen for broad application to world, national, or state history and its relevance to ancient history or to the more recent past. The 2024-2025 theme is Rights & Responsibilities in History. This year’s theme invites you to consider questions of time and place, cause and effect, change over time, and impact and significance.

• To learn more about this year's National History Day contest, visit: https://nhd.org/en/
• For Minnesota's History Day events and resources, visit: https://www.mnhs.org/historyday
• To request a class visit from a Minitex librarian to provide instruction on History Day research, email: mtxref@umn.edu

Student Tutorials (see also: https://elibrarymn.org/historydayresearch):

Searching ELM and EbooksMN: https://minitex.libwizard.com/f/elmandhistoryday

Searching an Academic Library Online Catalog and MNLink.org: https://minitex.libwizard.com/f/historydaylibrarysearch

Searching Online Library Resources and Google: https://minitex.libwizard.com/f/historydayonlineresources

Student Guides:

ELM Search Strategies (online guide): https://elibrarymn.org/hdresearchguide

ELM Search Strategies (handout): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ENWDSZKtkTmCKqnh3qiCNdPlODP0C8spjUbr0nxdcvk/edit?usp=sharing

Helpful Online Resources (handout): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u-BWm9pgzkvxe-SbTxM0jrXeHWxDo7kKDJXZ5wj6viI/edit?usp=sharing

MNLink How To (online guide): https://elibrarymn.org/mnlinkguide