Great site for NHD category info and examples!

Mr. Salk's Category Website

Turning Point Thesis

The following link shares a short video on the importance of having a strong thesis. It is about five years old and deals with the exact same theme as this year.

http://youtu.be/6_LFlHp-61I

New Primary Source Website

At the national NHD competition last summer the Library of Congress announced the establishment of a new site for primary source research.  At the link below you will find thousands upon thousands of digitized newspapers from 1836-1922.  If your subject fits just type in the correct era and a keyword and Boom! you have some primary sources! (It may take a little bit of investigation and wordplay to find exactly what you are looking for.)

Click HERE for the Chronicling America site!

Here is an American magazine that has put its entire collection on the Internet. American Heritage allows you to search its archives and find article specifically about your subject.  Give it a whirl!

Click Here for American Heritage

RESOURCE LINK

Check out this resource page from the Society of American Archivists! Many links to use for both primary and secondary research.  On the next snowy day get lost on this page with you subject.  It is going to snow soon right?

Click Here for NHD Archives

2012-2013 Survey

Survey Link

NHD Resources Link

http://www.archives.gov/education/history-day/