History Fair Resource Page

Sample Topics

History Fair Registeration

Begin your Research with these Databases!

• Issues and Controversies in American History
• Issues and Controversies
• SIRS Decades
• History Reference Center
• SIRS
• Opposing ViewPoints in Context

• Student Resources in Context
• Historical Newspapers
• Africian American (library card# needed)
• Washington Post

• Toolbox Library: Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature
• The History Makers : Free online source for African American biographies, history, timelines, and events.

National History Day's Suggested Websites

Websites with U.S. History Primary Sources
Websites with World History Primary Sources
Photos, Maps & Other Images
Museums & Historic Sites
National Libraries, Archives & Directories
Library of Congress American Memory
National Archives

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Important dates for this year's History Fair

• Calvert County Public Schools History Fair: March 2011 @ PPMS
• Maryland History Day: April 30, 2011 @ UMBC
• National History Day: June 12-16, 2011 @ UMCP