National History Day Project Suggestions

Students doing NHD projects are welcome to work through the MdHS Student Research Center for History (SRCH).  Students are not required to work through SRCH but are strongly encouraged to do so.

For more information on National History Day in Maryland, contact the Maryland Humanities Council at http://www.marylandhistoryday.org/

National History Day 2006-2007 : Triumph and Tragedy

Below are some ideas for NHD projects using the collections of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library of the Maryland Historical Society.  Keep in mind that there may be other collections at MdHS which also could support these topics, and there are many other possible topics as well.  We also have plentiful newspaper collections through 1900, and our photograph, print, and ephemera collections are excellent sources for images for documentaries and exhibits.

• The Burning of the Peggy Stewart
• No Stamps to Be Had: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Stamp Act
• Tragedy at Bladensburg and Triumph at Fort McHenry
• The Triumph and Tragedy of the Civil Rights Movement in Maryland: [Select from the following:] Cambridge, Maryland; Protests at Ford’s Theatre; The Desegregation of Baltimore’s Department Stores; Desegregation of Park Facilities in Maryland;
• Triumph and Tragedy:  The 19^th-Century Temperance Movement
• Votes for Women:  The Suffrage Movement in Maryland
• Triumph and Tragedy of the Civil War: The Pratt Street Riots
• Triumph and Tragedy of the Civil War:  Antietam
• The Triumph and Tragedy of the WWII Homefront in Maryland
• Frederick Douglass’ Triumph and Tragedy
• Baltimore’s Triumph Over the Tragedy of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904
• The Tragedy of Slavery and the Triumph of the Underground Railroad and Runaway Slaves
• The Failure of the Avalon Colony and the Success of the Maryland Colony
• The Tragedy of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination and the Triumph of Booth’s Capture
• The Triumph of the Public Baths Over the Spread of Disease
• The Triumph of the Playground Association of Maryland
• The Tragedy of Segregated Schools and the Triumph of the Brown Decision
• The Triumph and Tragedy of the Whiskey Rebellion
• The Tragedy and Triumph of the 1968 Riots
• The Tragedy of Slum Housing in 20^th-Century Baltimore and the Triumph of the Progressive Movement
• At War With the Railroad:  The Triumph and Tragedy of the B&O Strike of 1877
• The Triumph and Tragedy of Prohibition
• The Triumph and Tragedy of the Cholera Outbreak of the Early 19^th Century
• The Triumph and Tragedy of Child Labor in the Early 20^th Century
• The Triumph and Tragedy of Free African Americans in 19^th-Century Maryland
• The Triumph and Tragedy of  Immigration in Maryland

And More!