National+History+Day

= 2017 Theme: Taking a Stand in History = Click here to see details about the 2017 NHD theme

-Follow ethical and legal guidelines in gathering and using information (1.3.3)
==-Continue an inquiry based research process by applying critical thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions and create new knowledge (2.1.1)==

Students: You must use your NoodleTools account to organize and collect your citations.


 * ==To access the __AACPS__ online databases go to: http://www.aacps.org/> Students> Media Catalog> Choose OMMS from the Middle School drop down menu>click on MackinVIA in the top right corner and sign into your account. You will then be able to access all of the OMMS databases without entering passwords for each one. To access your account use your six digit student ID number as your User ID, and the last four digits of your student ID number as your password.==


 * ==To access the __AACPL__ databases go to: @http://www.aacpl.net/ >Research and Learn> Homework Center> Choose either Biography or Social Studies> click on the database best suited to your topic. Then enter your Sail library card number (21997080XXXXXX - last six are your student ID number) and your PIN if required (PIN is your DOB - MMDDYY).==

Most Relevant Databases for this project:

 * ==ABC CLIO==
 * ==Annals of American History==
 * ==Britannica Academic Edition==
 * ==Ebsco==
 * ==Explora==
 * ==Gale Cengage Learning==
 * ==SIRS Discoverer on the Web==
 * ==SIRS KNowledge Source==
 * ==Image Quest==
 * ==Gale Biography In Context (Only available through the public library. Go to: Research and Learn >Homework Center>Biography>Gale Biography in Context)==

Reliable Resources for Individual Topics:
Muhammad Ali: @http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-outsized-life-of-muhammad-ali

@http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/06/muhammad-ali-conscientious-objection-and-the-supreme-courts-struggle-to-understand-jihad-and-holy-war-the-story-of-cassius-clay-v-united-states/

@https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/06/muhammad-ali-the-worlds-greatest-conscientious-objector/

Jackie Robinson: @http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/04/16/67-years-after-jackie-robinson-broke-the-color-barrier-major-league-baseball-looks-very-different/

@http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bb9e2490

Harriet Tubman: @https://www.nps.gov/hatu/index.htm

Russian Ballet Dancers Defect: @http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/3666549/Five-Russian-men-who-changed-ballet.html

@https://www.theguardian.com/stage/dance-blog/2015/dec/14/rudolf-nureyev-dance-to-freedom-bbc-documentary-film

@http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/05/lklw.00.html

Brown vs. Board of Education: @http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment

@http://www.civilrights.org/education/brown/?referrer=https://www.google.com/

@http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html

Kunta Kinte: @http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/africa/the-story-of-kunta-kinte-the-slave-who-fought-back/

Buddhist Crisis: @https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Vietnam-Diem-and-the-Buddhist-Crisis.aspx

@http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/halberstam/coup.html

Comics Code Authority: @http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2011/01/27/133253953/censors-and-sensibility-rip-comics-code-authority-seal-1954-2011

@http://cbldf.org/2012/08/tales-from-the-code-how-much-did-things-change-after-the-enactment-of-the-comics-code-of-1954/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/saladinahmed/how-the-comics-code-killed-the-golden-age-of-comics?utm_term=.oymMQgvQ9#.be6QEeYE3

Florence Nightingale: @http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/florrie.html

@http://hgar-srv3.bu.edu/web/florence-nightingale/search?query=Nursing%20-%20study%20and%20teaching%20path:330707

Nelson Mandela: @http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/nelson-rolihlahla-mandela

@https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/

@http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/06/11/190671704/the-day-nelson-mandela-walked-out-of-prison

@https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-lecture_en.html

Claudette Colvin: @http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/27/389563788/before-rosa-parks-a-teenager-defied-segregation-on-an-alabama-bus

@http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/claudette-colvin/

http://www.workers.org/2016/02/03/claudette-colvin-catalyst-for-1955-montgomery-bus-boycott/#.WDRfO9UrLGg

Charles Hamilton Houston: @http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_houst.html

@http://www.naacp.org/oldest-and-boldest/naacp-history-charles-hamilton-houston/

@https://www.loc.gov/item/2002706885/