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National History Day Resources

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NHD Theme: Rights & Responsibilities in History

To continue the celebration of our 50th anniversary, NHD’s 2025 theme is Rights & Responsibilities in History. To study rights and responsibilities in history, we must ask questions. Who decides who has rights? Does everyone have the same rights? Who decides on the limits individuals should or should not have? Why? What led to establishing certain rights, and to whom were they given? How have people, governments, or institutions decided what parameters should be set to enforce responsibilities? How are such decisions justified?

The key to this theme is addressing BOTH rights AND responsibilities. These are two powerful forces in history, but one does not work without the other.

Exploring National History Day

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NHD Resources

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Visiting Spiva Library

Area teachers who are working with National History Day students are invited to bring their students to Spiva Library to utilize our resources (print & electronic).  Please contact the library to arrange a date at LibRef@mssu.edu

Interlibrary Loan

Local area junior and high school strudents are considered community patrons unless they are enrolled in an MSSU course.  To request a book or the copy of an article from another library through Interlibrary Loan community patrons must have a library card ($15; $10 students) and finance a $4.00 base fee for each Interlibrary Loan request plus any additional fees required by the lending library.

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