Historical Research

Are you looking for a helpful teacher guide with hints, tips, and activities to encourage student inquiry and historical research?

The Guide to Student Research and Historical Argument provides an overview of the inquiry process, explores primary and secondary sources from the Library of Congress, and helps teachers guide students to construct historical arguments. The book targets important historical thinking skills that often challenge students.

The Guide to Student Research and Historical Argumentation was developed by National History Day through a Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant from the Library of Congress.

NHD and the Library of Congress training videos:

• Historical Thinking Skills - Part 1

• Historical Thinking Skills - Part 2

Why is "wide research" important?

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)experts explain the importance of wide research in National History Day projects in this video.

• Ask a NHD Expert: Wide Research