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Breaking Barriers in History National History Day 2019-20 Breaking Barriers in History National History Day 2019-20 This introduction was adapted from the National History Day Indiana Student Guide for the North Carolina audience. The National History Day office chooses a How have things in nature such as rivers, different theme each year to unite all National mountains, oceans or deserts acted as History Day projects. While your topic must barriers? connect to the theme, the annual theme is broad Sometimes barriers are physical or natural enough for you to pick a topic from any time structures that block movement. This theme period or place. The annual theme is designed to lends itself to investigating how barriers have help you go beyond the names and dates in your affected the movement of people for migration research to finding the impact and significance it and exploration. has had on the past and may continue to have on the present and future. In addition to the barriers themselves, students can discuss the people who overcame these During the 2019–2020 school year, the annual barriers, such as the first people to climb Mount theme is Breaking Barriers in History. Countless Everest or reach the moon. events and people in history connect to this theme, which makes it seem quite broad. While How can something be a barrier if it’s not this means you can connect it to many different a physical structure? topics, it is always good to start with a definition. Barriers can also be social or political norms. Racial barriers such as segregation and voting By defining “barriers” you can get a better grasp legislation fit into this topic and can be looked at on what questions you should be asking as you through multiple viewpoints. Think of people or connect your topic to the theme. After defining groups in history who defied the odds despite “barrier,” consider several ideas related to this society telling them they would never succeed. definition. Attitudes can be barriers, too. For instance, how did attitudes about people with disabilities alter after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act? Barrier (n) Can barriers be positive? 1. something material that blocks Not all barriers are negative. For instance, many or is intended to block passage laws are created to protect rights or people. 2. a natural formation or structure Vaccinations were created as a barrier against disease. that prevents or hinders movement or action What if the barrier was not broken? 3. something immaterial that Sometimes a barrier must have a crack put into it before it can be broken. Its ok for a topic not to impedes or separates completely break down a barrier – the important thing is to address the whole story in your project. Susan B. Anthony did not live long enough to see American women get the right to vote. However, her work helped to pave the way for it to happen. Why does a barrier exist? Narrowing Down a Topic This year’s theme also allows you the As you choose your topic, remember not to be opportunity to question why a barrier was put in too broad. A topic such as, “The Civil Rights place – whether it is legislation, social norm, or Movement: Breaking Down Racial Barriers,” physical structures. might seem like a good choice at first, but it covers way too many events, people, and places. Most importantly, remember to ask why your Broad topics like this one might make finding topic matters today. As NHD says, “so what?” Did sources easy, but it will be that much harder to the breaking or building of a barrier have a lasting make a clear argument and stay within the word impact on society? Did it inspire future events or time limits in your project category. Narrowing that might not have otherwise been possible? the topic down to something like, “Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier in Baseball,” Ultimately, the answers to these questions must will help focus your research and the argument be found through research. Keep an open mind you would like to present. as you research and look for examples of breaking barriers. Take a look at this example of how you can use Who, What, When, and Where questions to While you can use any topic from any time period narrow down your broad history interests into or place in history to relate to the theme, here narrowed down topic ideas. are some broad ideas of places to look for topics: Physical Consider inventions or breakthrough scientific discoveries that have impacted the world today. How did these break barriers? Was the barrier broken because of the discovery, the person who did it, or both? Or look at physical barriers that have been built by people and eventually demolished. Natural Think of explorers who navigated oceans, rivers, and mountains. How were these accomplishments breaking barriers? What did they inspire? How is the world different because of these people and events? Ideological Consider topics that relate to social equality, such as people and events within the Civil Rights and Women’s Rights Movements. Who are some key figures nation-wide, or even in your own community who have pushed limits set forth by society? 2 Breaking Barriers in N.C. History Topic Ideas in North Carolina History These topic ideas explore possible connections to this year’s theme within North Carolina history. Though sorted by type of history, many topic ideas fit into multiple sections so explore the list carefully. Some ideas will need to be narrowed down based on how you would like to approach the topic. A great place to start exploring many of these topics is on www.NCpedia.org. African American History Fight for Civil Liberties or Freedom Black Wallstreet (Also see African American & Women’s History Sections) Charlotte Hawkins Brown 1986 N.C. Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade, Durham David Walker’s Appeal A Pledge to Violate the Stamp Act Ella Baker Ella May Wiggins Golden Frinks Halifax Resolves Hammocks Beach State Park Jacob Henry Hannah Bond Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. Harriot Jacobs Speaker Ban Law John Carruthers Stanly The First Provincial Congress Julius Chambers Lunsford Lane Journalism or Photography History Maritime Unground Railroad Charles Kuralt Moses Grandy George Masa Ocean City Beach, N.C. Harry Lewis Golden Omar Said Mary Bayard Morgan Wootten Royal Ice Cream Sit-in Photography of Hugh Mangum Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed. Sandra Hughes The Green Book in N.C. Willis Gustavus Borne The Greensboro Four Thomas Day Colonization or Defining Borders Dividing the Carolinas Art, Entertainment, & Fashion History Fort San Juan Ava Gardner N.C. Barrier Islands Black Mountain College N.C. Ceding its Western Lands Doc Watson The Carolina Charter Earl Scruggs The Lederer Expedition Molly McCoy Hancock The Lost State of Franklin Nina Simone The Roanoke Colony Selma Burke The Walton War The Artwork of John White The Watauga Settlement Willie Otey Kay War of Sugar Creek William Bryd II and The History of the Dividing Line Environmental or Agricultural History Biltmore Forrest School Maritime History Carolista Fletcher Baum Great Smoky Mountains National Park Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Civil War Blockade Runners in N.C. Lucy Stowe Graveyard of the Atlantic Margaret Nygard N.C. Lighthouses Mount Mitchell State Park Pea Island Lifesavers N.C. Fisheries Commission Board Privateering/Piracy N.C. Zoological Park Lawrence E. Allen Sr. N.C.’s Natural Heritage Program Submarine Warfare off N.C. Coast N.C.’s Turpentine Industry The Mangum Terrace Washington Duke Medical History Overcoming Adversity 1864 Yellow Fever Outbreak in N.C. Chang and Eng Bunker 1918 Spanish Flu Outbreak in N.C. Lady Olga Annie Lowrie Alexander Millie-Christine McCoy Dr. Catherine Wilfert Tiny Broadwick Dr. Susan Dimock Leonard Medical School Sports History The Union Field Hospital at the Battle of Althea Gibson Bentonville College Basketball & the N.C. Civil Rights Movement Military History Dr. Frank Jobe Battle at Hatteras Inlet Hang Gliding in N.C. Battle of Asheville Junior Johnson Battle of Averasboro Michael Jordon Battle of Bettis's Bridge Sugar Ray Leonard Battle of Charlotte Battle of Cowan's Ford Science, Technology, & Engineering Battle of Elizabethtown Dr. Catherine Wilfert Battle of Guilford Courthouse Gertrude B. Elion Battle of Kings Mountain Linn Cove Viaduct Battle of McIntyre's Farm Malcom McClean Battle of Moores Creek Bridge Richard Jordon Gatling Battle of Plymouth Ronald McNair Battle of Wahab's Plantation The North Carolina Railroad Fort Anderson The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Fort Dobbs The Wright Brothers Fort Fisher William E. Thornton (Astronaut) Fort Macon Kiffin Yates Rockwell Women’s History New Bern as a Union Occupied City Anna Julia Cooper “Old Hickory” Breaks the Hindenburg Line Annie Lowrie Alexander Spanish Invasions of Colonial N.C. Beulah Louise Henry Submarine Warfare off N.C. Coast Connie Guion The 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers Cornelia Petty Jerman The House in the Horseshoe Dr. Catherine Wilfert The Montford Point Marines Dr. Susan Dimock Torrence's Tavern Edenton Tea Party Elizabeth Rumbough Baker Dotterer Native American History Fannie Parker 1853 case State v. Noel Locklear Gertrude McKee Augusta Conference Gertrude Weil Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears Katherine Lee Harris “Kate” Adams Junaluska Lillian Exum Clement Manteo and Wanchese Travel to England Lucy Stowe N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs Madelon Battle Hancock Qualla Boundary Margaret Wake Tryon The Cherokee Code Talkers Selma Burke The Lowry War Susie Marshall Sharp The Lumbee Pursuit of Education Susie Sharp The Tuscarora War The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in N.C. Thomas Oxendine Tryon’s Line and the Proclamation of 1763 4 .
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