autocadws.com
Ford introduces the Model T - 1909
Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk - 1906
Wright Brothers invent the plane - 1903
William Carrier invents the air conditioner
The Transcontinental Railroad opens the West
Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic
John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth - 1962
Walk on the Moon
salon.com
Watergate
Women gain the right to vote - 1923
Prohibition ends - 1933
The New Deal - 1933
Votes for Women, 19th Amendment 1917
United Nations Formed - 1945
Bloody Sunday, Ending Reconstruction - 1873 - http://212186830471504175.weebly.com/
License Plates issued - 1903
Shirtwaist Factory - fire and safety reforms
Peaceful Transfer - The Election of 1800
Marbury vs. Madison, Supreme Authority - 1803 - http://www.lawnix.com/cases/marbury-madison.html
The First Red Scare, Haymarket - 1886
1215 - Magna Carta's influence in U.S. Constitution/Bill of Rights - http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/magna-carta.htm
variety.com
"Black Tuesday" Foretells the Great Depression - 1932
The Gold Standard Act is ratified by Congress - 1901
King George taxes American Colonies
The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression
en.wikipedia.org
Personal Computers and Post Industrial Age - 1983
1975 The digital age and the PC
The Birth of Television - 1950
The Communication Revolution - 1844
Thomas Edison, the first talking motion picture - 1910
Transportation Revolution - 1807
The second transportation Revolution - 1903
Go West young man, The Homestead Act - 1862
Gateway to the West - St. Louis
Charles Dickens' writings change the lives of the poor
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The choice you make for the topic of your NHD project is a big decision. You are going to be working on this project for a few months, so make sure it is something that interests you deeply. Remember to funnel your topic into a small aspect so as not to overwhelm yourself with the depth of material you need to cover.
Mrs. Young has compiled lists of topics that might be interesting to choose from for your NHD project. If you need further information before making your decision, please see Mrs. Young or Mrs. Smetana for additional material.
That Damned Cowboy, Theodore Roosevelt - 1901
How the West was won and lost, Custer - 1871
Columbus and the New World 1492
topics.nytimes.com
Viet Nam War - many aspects
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
D-Day 1944
America enters WWI
Near Disaster, King Phillip's War - 1676
The United States Air Force drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (choose one)
The end of the Cold War - 1994 (1989 collapse)
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
1968 Losing Viet Nam - The Tet Offensive
The Battle of Midway - 1942
The Berlin Airlift and the Cold War - 1948
The Mexican War, Land and Gold - 1846
The Battle of Antietam - 1862
The End of Isolation, War with Spain - 1898
winnipesaukee.com
Liberty! The Boston Tea Party - 1773
Declaring Independence - 1776
The Battle of Saratoga - 1777- http://battle1777.saratoga.org/
Shay's Rebellion, toward a constitution - 1786 - http://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp
kirkcameron.com
Land of the Free? Slavery begins - 1619
Brown vs. Board of Education - 1955
Black urban riots begin - 1968
Showdown in Birmingham - 1963
Equal Protection, the 14th Amendment - 1868
The Righteous Crusade-Abolition - 1831
Freedom of the Press, The Zenger Trial - 1735
One man, one vote, Expanding Suffrage - 1816
1215 - Magna Carta's influence in U.S. Constitution/Bill of Rights - http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/magna-carta.htm
Wounded Knee Massacre - 1890 http://www.history.com/topics/wounded-knee
Sand Creek Massacre - 1864 http://www.nps.gov/sand/index.htm
Medicine Lodge Treaty - 1867 http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/ME005.html
Go to our Melrose-Mindoro School District website with the link below, and hover over the staff button with your cursor. Click on Badgerlink. Search 'National History Day' to read articles that are National History Day related to help you decide what topics you might want to research for this project.
topics.nytimes.com
Robert Koch - anthrax and tuberculosis
Polio Vaccine
Joseph Lister - germs
Louis Pasteur - germs, pasteurization
Alexander Fleming - antibiotics, penicillin
The power to choose - The Pill - 1960
Hookworm 1909
The Great Epidemic - 1617 - http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/26732010714111833/lib/26732010714111833/1617%20The%20Great%20Epidemic.pdf?26732010714111833Nav=%7C6698%7C14476%7C&NodeID=14925
Einstein's Letter, The Manhattan Project - 1939
First test tube baby born 1978
Albert Einstein, the Theory of Relativity - 1905
Walter Reed (Yellow Fever)
Freedom of worship-Roger Williams - 1636
Reborn: The Second Great Awakening - 1821 - http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/nevanrev.htm
Martin Luther and the Reformation (95 Theses)
en.wikipedia.org
Death Camps of Auschwitz, etc.
Jewish State of Israel formed
latinamericanstudies.org
Yearning to Breathe Free: Immigration - 1654
The Promised Land, The Great Migration - 1900 - http://baic.house.gov/historical-essays/essay.html?intID=5&intSectionID=28
Open Spaces, The National Parks - 1872
The Ultimate American Game - Baseball - 1845