Picking a topic: the first, most important, and most powerful decision you make for history day

Lots of great topic ideas on the website above from the Minnesota Historical Society History Day office. Check it out! 

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A unique collection of topic ideas here by documentary film-maker Ken Burns and PBS. Worth a look!

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Pick a topic helper

Interactive Topic List

Giant Topic List

Primary source topics

African American History List

Unique topic list

100 Women who Changed World

World History Topics

Public TV/Film Topics

Women's History Topics

LGBTQI+ Topics

100 Milestone Documents

Wait...what's the theme again? 

Watch these TWO videos
​​and read this once again

Minnesota History Day Theme Overview: Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas from Minnesota Historical Society on Vimeo.

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