Table of Contents
Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History
2
Editor’s Notebook
3
What is National History Day?
4
Theme Narrative
ESSAYS
7
Sample Topics List
9
Cultural Exchange and the Olympic Games
36 Immigrant Women and the American
Experience
44 Alumni Search
LESSON PLANS
46 Reform Begins in the United States
52 An Empire in the East?: The Philippine
Annexation Debate
14 From Calcutta to the Canefields of the
Caribbean: How Exploration, Encounter,
and Exchange Shaped the Indo-Caribbean
Experience
57 At the Crossroads of World War I and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs: A Case Study of
American Indian Participation on the
Home Front and Abroad
18 Food for Thought: Exploration and
Exchange, Congressional Archives, and
Legislative History
63 Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in
History: Using Multimedia Resources to
Explore the 2016 National History Day
Theme
24 Complex Encounters, Continuing
Exchanges: Exploring Varied Stories of
Immigration Using Primary Sources
31 To Provide for the Enjoyment for Future
Generations: The First 100 Years of the
National Park Service