Welcome to History Day 2021!
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 2020-2021 theme is Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.
- To learn more about this year's National History Day contest, visit: https://www.nhd.org
- For Minnesota's History Day events and resources, visit: https://www.mnhs.org/historyday
- To request a virtual class visit from a Minitex librarian to demonstrate how to use our online resources, email: mtxref@umn.edu
Books
Find print books across Minnesota and have them sent to your local library using MNLINK.org
Find ebooks in the Ebooks Minnesota for Schools History Day curation
U of M Databases
The University of Minnesota Libraries is offering temporary access to a select suite of primary and secondary source materials. These resources, covering a wide variety of topics and time periods, include:
- World’s Fairs: A Global History of Expositions (1851-2015)
- American Indian Newspapers (1828-2016)
- African American Newspapers (1827-1998)
- Life Magazine Archive (1936-2000)
- Supreme Court records
- INS immigration records
- ….and more
Educators and students can request access to these resources by filling out this form. You must be a teacher or student at a Minnesota school participating in History Day. For questions about these resources, contact Richmond Kinney at rkinney@umn.edu