Subject Guides & Tutorials: History Day: History Day 2022

History Day

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 2021-2022 theme is Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences.

2022 State Contest: April 24th-25th

GoWYLD resources and possible topics

World History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Consider topics such as the Cold War, Berlin Blockade, Truman Doctrine. The Sino-Japanese Wars.
U.S. History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Take a look at NAACP, the Equal Rights Amendment. Consider social reformers, such as Dorothea Dix, Ella Baker, Gloria Steinem.

U.S. History Resources Guide

Primary Sources

Proquest Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Proquest Newspapers covers more than 150 subject areas and has full text coverage of the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times, as well as the regional Gannett newspaper collections and Proquest Historical Newspapers.
Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.