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Colleen McFarland, Special Collections Librarian, and I are piloting a program to work with area middle and high school teachers and students who particpate in National History Day. Feel free to use any of these resources or to contact either of us to arrange for research help.


National History Day Teacher Resource Page: a webpage for teachers interested in working with us on National History Day or any historical research. Includes direct links to many historical research online collections and databases.

Special Collections & Archives: link to McIntyre Library's SC&A department

National History Day, Northwest Wisconsin Region Support Group: a Facebook "support" group for students and teachers considering, or already working on, NHD.

Historical Research 101 and Using Archival Materials at UWEC - a PowerPoint presentation given by Colleen and Kati at the 2007 NWEA teacher's convention. Feel free to use or adapt this for your own classroom needs.

NHD Student Research Page: a webpage linking students to some good historical research tools

Suggested Local and Regional History Reference Books