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This Year's Theme
This year’s theme for National History Day is Turning Points in History; People, Ideas, Events. You will need to interpret the topic you choose as a turning point as more than just an important event that happened a long time ago. It is an idea, event or action that directly orindirectly, caused a significant change. That change could be cultural, economic, political, social, or some combination of of these types of changes.How did the time, place and people involved in the event that you are interpreting influence the change that it brought about? Why has that change been so significant? It is important to examine the historical context of your topic so that you see it more clearly, and effectively analyze and interpret its impact and significance. Further information on this theme can be found http://www.nhd.org/images/uploads/2013_NHD_ThemeSheet.pdf .
The following topics relate particularly well to the theme of Turning Points in History and can be researched locally through the resources shown in this guide.
1936 Lincoln High School Peace Demonstration
African American Civil Rights Movement
African American Miners Come to Roslyn
Alaska Gold Rush
Aviation
Anti-Chinese Riots
Barefoot Schoolboy Act
Bogue Plan
Boldt Decision and Indian Fishing Rights
Campus Protests and the Counterculture
Canwell Committee
Central Washington University: The First State "Normal School"
Centralia Massacre
The Century 21 Exposion gives Seattle an International Identity
Chinese Immigrants Come to the Pacific Northwest
Cold War and Loyalty
Conservation Movement
Containerized Freight Systems Revolutionize Shipping
Dams Change Agriculture and Industry in the Northwest
Ed Guthman's Investigation of the Canwell Committee
Environmental Advocates: Individuals and Organizations
European-American Settlement Changes the Culture and Economy of the Northwest
Everett Massacre
Exploring the Wilderness: Earl Recreation and Hiking Clubs
Expo 74: The Wolrds Fair for the Environment
Farmland Preservation
Federal Negro Theater Project
Filipino Cannery Workers and Farm Workers Union
Filipinos Come to the Pacific Northwest
Firing of Jean Schuddakopf
Flood Control: Reforming Rivers and Changing Land Use
Fluoridation
The Fur Trade Brings a New Economy and Culture to the Northwest
Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights
Goldmark Trial
Good Roads Movement
Grand Coulee Dam
The Great Depression Changes the U.S. Economy and Politics
The Hanford Reservation brings the Northwest into the Atomic Age
Homelessness: Poor Farms, Hoovervilles, Shelters and Tent Cities
Housing Authorities: Revolution, Reform or Reaction?
Hunger Marches in Olympia
Indian Treaties
Indian Boarding Schools
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Initiative and Referendum: Taking a Stand in Politics
Irrigation and Agriculture
Japanese Come to the Pacific Northwest
Japanese Internment: National Security or Oppression?
Jewish Immigrants come to the Pacific Northwest
Lake Washington Floating Bridge
Leschi
Louise Olivereau: Anti-War Activist
Martial Law Declared by Governor Stevens
Medic I
Mercer Girls
Metro: Regional Government Forms to Solve Water Quality and Transportation Problems
Missionaries in the Pacific Northwest
Model Cities Program
Monorails in Seattle
Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart: The Builder
The Mullan Road
Edward R. Murrow Changes the Way News is Broadcast
Olmstead Parks and the City Beautiful Movement
Open Housing
Pig War: A Pig and an International Boundary Dispute
Pike Place Public Market: Preservation of Seattle’s Market versus Urban Redevelopment
Political Campaigns: Individuals and Issues
Progressive Schools in Seattle
Prohibition: America Tries to Go Dry
Public Broadcasting: Communication and Public Ownership
Public Ownership of Electric Utilities in Washington
Public Port Districts in Washington State
Radio and Television Broadcasting
Railroads Change the Movement of People and Goods
Roslyn Coal Miners Strike
Seattle General Strike: Labor Unions Walk Out Together
Seattle Regrades: A City Tries to Change its Destiny with an Extreme Makeover
Spokane Free Speech Fight
Street Railways tie Northest Cities and Towns Together
Telephones Change Communication and Commerce
Urban Renewal
Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS): Public Power at the Nuclear Frontier
Women Firefighters
Women's Suffrage
World Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle
World War II Brings Change to the Pacific Northwest .
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