MAXIMIZE YOUR HISTORY DAY RESEARCH

Date: 10/01/22
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Branch: Savage Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Assigned a National History Day project? Our research experts have tips and tools for you. Meet History Day judges and learn strategies to locate sources, then hear about statewide and local resources to help you on your NHD journey.

Registration required, parents welcome.

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Maximize Your History Day Research

Date: 10/10/22
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Miller Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Ages: 11-17, parents and guardians. Registration required.  Please only register your student.

Assigned a National History Day project? Our research experts have tips and tools for you. Meet History Day judges and learn strategies to locate sources, then hear about statewide and local resources to help you on your NHD journey.

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Maximize Your History Day Research (Grades 6-12, with parent) RG

Date: 10/12/22
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Central Branch
Age group: Ages 6 - 11 (Grades 1-6), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Grades 6 - 12, with parent. Registration required.

Assigned a National History Day project? Our research experts have tips and tools for you. Meet History Day judges and learn strategies to locate sources, then hear about statewide and local resources to help you on your NHD journey.

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National History Day Topic Development

Date: 10/13/22
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Elkridge Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Assigned a History Day project? Not sure about a topic? Join us for a workshop that delves into a wide selection of topics that fit the theme of Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas, through multiple lenses. Learn how to sculpt your topic to reveal its compelling human story.

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National History Day (NHD) - Finding and Refining Your Topic (grades 6 & up) RG

Date: 10/14/22
Time: 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Branch: Central Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Grades 6-12. Registration required.

Are you just starting your National History Day project? Are you struggling to find a topic? Does your topic need refining? In this session, learn about this year's NHD theme and get help finding a topic that suits you! Email [email protected] with questions.

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Maximizing Your History Day Research

Date: 10/20/22
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Branch: East Columbia Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Need help getting started on your National History Day Project? Join our area experts in the field for an in-person/online hybrid class to learn research tips and tools to make your project a success. Registration required.

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National History Day Thesis Workshop

Date: 10/20/22
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Elkridge Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: Writing
Description:

A solid thesis is the foundation for any NHD project. Explore the theme Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas. Discuss ways to evolve a topic into a working thesis, then into a blueprint for an argument that examines the significance of an historical topic in relation to this year’s theme.

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National History Day (NHD) - Drop In & Group Workspace (grades 6-12)

Date: 10/24/22
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Central Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Grades 6-12. Drop in.

Drop in for a space to work with your group on your National History Day (NHD) project. Ask questions and receive help from an NHD judge. Get help with research, topic development, thesis writing and more! Email [email protected] with questions.

The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland (In-Person)

Date: 11/01/22
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Elkridge Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 18 (High School), Ages 19+ (Adults)
Program type: Race, Equity & Inclusion
Description:

Register on this page to attend the in-person event at the Elkridge Branch. 

To register for the livestream version to watch from home, click here.

Internationally known, in life and afterlife, on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as an orator, abolitionist, editor, suffragist and American reformist, the history and placement of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland has not been previously recognized and discussed. 

Following the Civil War, Frederick Douglass was invited to speak in Howard County on several separate occasions, including a political ratification meeting, a camp meeting in company with his sons and an Emancipation Day celebration where Douglass served as the day’s keynote speaker. The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland will focus on the relationships and associations Douglass had with several notable Howard County citizens within local and national reform circles of politics, higher education, suffrage, and the church. The presentation, followed by a Q&A, will include maps, prints, letters, newspapers, photographs, ephemera and more from local, regional, and national collections and archives. Learn more about Douglass and his connections to local railroads, Wayman Grove, Irving Park, Annapolis Junction, local educators, local preachers, local politicians, local suffragists and students attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. from Howard County, Maryland, including the communities of Ellicott City and Simpsonville.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, DC.: The Lion of Anacostia (2012) and Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a  Capital Correspondent (2013), has presented widely throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area at venues including the Library of Congress, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Newseum, Enoch Pratt Free Library, DC Public Library, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and local universities. Muller has been cited by the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Cumberland Times-News, Star Democrat and other publications for his local history research and subject matter expertise. He has been featured on C-SPAN’s BookTV and C-Span's American History TV, broadcast airwaves of NBC4 (Washington), WDVM (Hagerstown), WJLA (Washington), WBAL-TV (Baltimore),WMAR2 (Baltimore) and radio stations WPFW (DC),WAMU(DC), WYPR (Baltimore), WEAA(Baltimore),Delmarva Public Radio(Eastern Shore)and West Virginia Public Broadcasting. For the past decade Muller has presented widely on the local history of Frederick Douglass and contributed hundreds of articles to local and national print and online news sources, including the Washington Informer. Muller and Justin McNeil are co-founders of Lost History Associates and currently at work on forthcoming publications on Frederick Douglass in several specific regions and communities in the Mid-Atlantic area.

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The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland (Livestream)

Date: 11/01/22
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 18 (High School), Ages 19+ (Adults)
Program type: Race, Equity & Inclusion
Description:

Register on this page to receive the link to the Zoom livestream of this event.

To register for the in-person event at the Elkridge Branch, click here.

Internationally known, in life and afterlife, on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as an orator, abolitionist, editor, suffragist and American reformist, the history and placement of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland has not been previously recognized and discussed. 

Following the Civil War, Frederick Douglass was invited to speak in Howard County on several separate occasions, including a political ratification meeting, a camp meeting in company with his sons and an Emancipation Day celebration where Douglass served as the day’s keynote speaker. The Lost History of Frederick Douglass in Howard County, Maryland will focus on the relationships and associations Douglass had with several notable Howard County citizens within local and national reform circles of politics, higher education, suffrage, and the church. The presentation, followed by a Q&A, will include maps, prints, letters, newspapers, photographs, ephemera and more from local, regional, and national collections and archives. Learn more about Douglass and his connections to local railroads, Wayman Grove, Irving Park, Annapolis Junction, local educators, local preachers, local politicians, local suffragists and students attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. from Howard County, Maryland, including the communities of Ellicott City and Simpsonville.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

John Muller, author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, DC.: The Lion of Anacostia (2012) and Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a  Capital Correspondent (2013), has presented widely throughout the DC-Baltimore metropolitan area at venues including the Library of Congress, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Newseum, Enoch Pratt Free Library, DC Public Library, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and local universities. Muller has been cited by the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Cumberland Times-News, Star Democrat and other publications for his local history research and subject matter expertise. He has been featured on C-SPAN’s BookTV and C-Span's American History TV, broadcast airwaves of NBC4 (Washington), WDVM (Hagerstown), WJLA (Washington), WBAL-TV (Baltimore),WMAR2 (Baltimore) and radio stations WPFW (DC),WAMU(DC), WYPR (Baltimore), WEAA(Baltimore),Delmarva Public Radio(Eastern Shore)and West Virginia Public Broadcasting. For the past decade Muller has presented widely on the local history of Frederick Douglass and contributed hundreds of articles to local and national print and online news sources, including the Washington Informer. Muller and Justin McNeil are co-founders of Lost History Associates and currently at work on forthcoming publications on Frederick Douglass in several specific regions and communities in the Mid-Atlantic area.

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National History Day (NHD) - Drop In & Group Workspace (grades 6-12)

Date: 11/08/22
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Central Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Grades 6-12. Drop in.

Drop in for a space to work with your group on your National History Day (NHD) project. Ask questions and receive help from an NHD judge. Get help with research, topic development, thesis writing and more! Email [email protected] with questions.

National History Day (NHD) - Drop In & Group Workspace (grades 6-12)

Date: 11/21/22
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Central Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 18 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Grades 6-12. Drop in.

Drop in for a space to work with your group on your National History Day (NHD) project. Ask questions and receive help from an NHD judge. Get help with research, topic development, thesis writing and more! Email [email protected] with questions.