Kansas History Day
Useful URLs
Kansas History Day
Home page: http://www.kshs.org/teachers/historyday/index.htm
National History Day
Home page: http://nationalhistoryday.org/index.html
Creating a Project: http://www.nhd.org/CreatingaProject.htm
Rule Book (English): http://www.nhd.org/Rules.htm
Educators Lounge: http://www.nhd.org/Educators.htm
Meeting the Standards: http://www.nhd.org/images/uploads/stands1.pdf
Colorado History Day
Rule Book (Spanish): http://www.nhd.org/images/uploads/SpanishRuleBook.pdf
Minnesota History Day
Home Page: http://www.mnhs.org/school/historyday/
Basics of Archival Research
Introduction to Archives (University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library): http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/refhome/refintro.htm
Suggestions of Student Research Papers (University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library):
http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/topics/topicint.htm
An Introduction to the Use of Manuscript Materials (University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives):
http://special.lib.umn.edu/swha/manuscripts/html
Using Archives: A Practical Guide for Researchers (National Archives of Canada):
http://www.archives.ca/04/0416_e.html
Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
What it is & How to Recognize & Avoid It (Indiana University Writing Center: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Syle Guides (Ohio State University’s Office of Library User Education)
MLA Style: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mla.pdf
Turabian Style: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabian.pdf
Archival Repositories in Kansas
Kansas Historical Society (KSHS): http://www.kshs.org/
KSHS Guide to Research Resources:
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/resourceguide.pdf
KSHS Researcher Policies: http://www.kshs.org/visit/library/researcher_policy.htm
Johnson County Archives: http://archives.jocogov.org/default.htm
JoCO History: http://jocohistory.net/
Kansas Collection (KU): http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/kc/
Richard L. D. & Marjorie J. Morse Dept. of Special Collections (KSU):
http://www.lib.ksu.edu/depts/spec/index.html
Leonard H. Axe Library (PSU): http://library.pittstate.edu/
WSU Dept. of Special Collections: http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/index.html
Federal Repositories
Frequently Used US Federal Government Sites: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/
FirstGov: http://www.firstgov.gov/
US Government Printing Office: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
US Department of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/index.html
The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov/
Publish Broadcasting System (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/
Internet Archival Collections (Kansas History)
Kansas History: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/
Kansas GenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/
(KSHS) Brown v. the Board of Education:
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/personalpapers/findingaids/brownvboard/BrownFindingAid.pdf
Territorial Kansas Online: http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/cgiwrap/imlskto/index.php
Western Trails Project:
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/online/westerntrails/index.htm
Internet Archival Collections (US/International History)
US
American Journeys: http://www.americanjourneys.org/
Teacher Sourcebook: http://www.americanjourneys.org/teachers/pdfs/ajteach.pdf
American Memory (Library of Congress):http://memory.loc.gov/
Center for Archival Collections: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/cac.html
Documenting the American South: http://docsouth.unc.edu/
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History – For Teachers and Students:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
Miller Center of Public Affairs: University of Virginia Scripps Library:
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/
Our Documents: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&
Suggestions for Student Research Papers: http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/topics/topicint.htm
The US Civil War Center: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
International
British Library: http://www.bl.uk/
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Time Newsfiles: http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/
Additional Resources
KSHS Teacher Resources: http://www.kshs.org/teachers/index.htm
Kansas Library Card: http://www.kslc.org/faq.jsp
The Irena Sendler Project: http://www.irenasendler.org
Teaching With Documents - Analysis Worksheets (NARAA):
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/index.html
Kansas Historical Markers: http://www.kshs.org/tourists/markers.htm
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