7th Grade NHD Sample Topics

2009 Sample Topic List:

The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies

 7th grade Topics

Individual in History Sample Topics
The following is a list of possible research topics in preparation for National History Day 2009. The list is not inclusive but provides a starting point for teachers and students to begin brainstorming ideas for research and presentation as National History Day entries. Some of the most exciting and interesting topics are local in nature.  Students should be encouraged to look for topics in their own communities. Whether students choose to create papers, exhibits, performances, websites or documentary presentations, they must be sure to place their topics into historical perspective and context and analyze the significance and impact of their topic in history.
 
1.       Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Second Crusade
2.       Catherine the Great: Westernization http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/images/uploads/2009ThemeLogoJPEGColor.jpg

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3.       Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Women
4.       Bartholomew de Las Casas: Moral Issues in the Conquest of the Americas
5.       John Locke: The Social Contract Theory
6.       Martin Luther: Religious Reformer
7.       Galileo Galilei: The Scientific Revolution
8.       Ponce de Leon: Transatlantic Travel and the Gulf Stream
9.       Genghis Khan: Uniting the Confederation
10.    Christopher Columbus: Charting New Territories
11.    Commodore Mathew Perry: Opening of Japan
12.    James Cook: The Cartography of Newfoundland
13.    Marco Polo: The Silk Road
14.    Prince Henry the Navigator: The School of Navigation
15.    Charles Dickens: Writing to Illuminate the Class System
16.    William the Conqueror: The Norman Conquest of England
17.    William Wallace: Battle of Sterling Bridge
18.    Avicenna: Muslim Medicine on the Cutting Edge
19.    Christine de Pizan: Feminist in the Middle Ages
20.    John Hus: Martyr for Church Reform
21.    Lady Murasaki: First Female Novelist of Feudal Japan
22.    Elizabeth I: Role Model for Female Rule
23.    Jethro Tull: Innovations in Agriculture
24.    Ibn Battuta: World Class Traveler and Historian
25.    Anna Comnena: First Female Historian of Byzantine Empire
26.    Michelangelo: Breaking the Standards of Art
27.    Leonardo d Vinci: The Renaissance Man
28.    Joan D’Arc: Rallying Around Freedom
29.    Pope Urban: The Call to the Crusades
30.    Isaac Newton: Scientific Revolution
31.    William Shakespeare: Revolutionizing Drama