K12> National History Day
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- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:28:49 -0600
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From: Steve <uriel1998@xxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: Resource: National History Day
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:03:16 -0500
http://nationalhistoryday.org/02_contest/02.html
The NHD contest is the nation's oldest and most highly regarded
humanities contest for students in grades 6-12. This national
academic challenge engages more than 700,000 students annually. This
year's topic is "Rights and Responsibilities." Here are some sample
topics following this topic line:
Busting the Trusts: Progressives and the Government's Duty to Ensure
Competition
The Elizabethan Poor Law: Rights vs. Responsibilities
"Jefferson, War, and Embargo": The Embargo Act of 1807 and the Constitution
Nazi Germany and the Rights and Responsibilities of a "Superior" Race
A. Philip Randolph: Labor and Civil Rights Activist
"Reaching the Heart of Africa": The Africa Inland Mission and the
Duty to Evangelize
The FHA, HUD, and Federal Responsibility for Housing in 20th-century America
The British East India Company: Rights, Responsibilities, and Profits
Horace Mann and the State's Duty to Provide Education
The Geneva Convention and the Rights of POWs
Eisenhower and the Integration of Central High: Civil Rights and
Federal Responsibility
Emmeline Pankhurst and the Fight for Women's Suffrage in England
Keeping the Workers Quiet: Corporate Welfare in 1920s America
No Right to Leave: The Berlin Wall
The ACLU and the Defense of Liberty in America
Emilio Aguinaldo: Fighting for Filipino Rights
Put the Preachers in Jail: The Great Awakening in Connecticut
The Inquisition: Enforcing Orthodoxy vs. the Right to Dissent
Rights Trampled: Andrew Jackson vs. the Cherokees
Blacks, Whites, Coloreds, Indians: Competing Rights in South Africa
The Wagner Act and the Rights of Labor
Trade Rights during the Napoleonic Wars: Freedom of the Seas?
Truth is a Defense: John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press
Pure Democracy in Action: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
in Classical Athens
Married Women's Property Acts in 19th-century America
Andrei Sakharov and Human Rights in the Soviet Union
Lonely Voices: Conscientious Objectors in World War II America
Nobles, Knights, and Serfs: Rights and Responsibilities of Different
Classes in Medieval France
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: Workers' Rights, Government
Responsibilities
Justifying Rebellion: John Locke and the Right to Revolution
A Duty to Protect Children: The Children's Bureau
Spanish Colonists and the Right to Mita Labor in Colonial Peru
"No Taxation without Representation": The Stamp Act and the Coming of
the American Revolution
No Rights Left: Comfort Women and the Japanese Imperial Army, 1932-1945
The American Indian Movement (AIM) and Indian Civil Rights in 20th-
century America
The Quebecois: Minority Rights in Canada
Nat Turner's Rebellion and the Rights of Slaves
The Treaty System: National Obligations and the Origins of World War I
The Curt Flood Case: Free Agency for Athletes
The Mexican Revolution and the Rights of Peons
The "Praying Indians": Rights and Responsibilities in Puritan New England
Changing Ideas of Citizenship in Ancient Rome
The Scopes Trial and the Right to Teach Evolution in 1920s America
Pledged to Mutual Defense: NATO's role in the Cold War
John Muir and the Duty to Save the Environment
Daniel O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation in 19th-century Ireland
Mormons and Freedom of Religion in Antebellum America
Restricting the Rights of Parents: Family Planning in Communist China
Mary Church Terrell: Advocate for Women and African-Americans
The Platt Amendment: Limits on Cuba's National Rights
The New York City Draft Riots and the Duty of Military Service
Bartholomew de las Casas and the Rights of Indians in Colonial Latin America
The National Organization for Women and the Struggle for the Equal
Rights Amendment
Bismarck and the Creation of a Welfare State in Germany
Development of the West and Water Rights: Struggle over the Colorado River
Adam Smith and the Right of Free Trade
The Regulators: Rights and Responsibilities in the Carolina Backcountry
The Treaty of Versailles and National Self-Determination
Miranda v. Arizona and the Rights of the Accused
How to Dress: Changing Rights and Responsibilities of Muslim Women
Japanese-American Rights and Resettlement in World War II
The Struggle for Aborigine Rights in Australia
The Duty of Revenge and the Practice of Adoption Among the Iroquois
in Colonial America
2003 NHD National Contest: June 15-19, 2003
Now what would you like to do? What topic can you present?
Steve
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