Clara Barton: Her Responsibilities as the Founder of the Red Cross
Documentary video + written materials
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Documentary
The Right to Reach for the Stars: Women and the Space Act of 1958
Junior Group Documentary
How Did Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Help Shape the Future of Mobile, Alabama
Senior Individual Documentary
Carrier Pigeons: A Frontier in Communication
Documentary
6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion
Documentary video + written materials
Exhibit
Norman Borlaug: Actions Overweighing Words in Agricultural Communication
Exhibit + written materials
Women’s Right to Vote: Before and After the 19th Amendment
Junior Group Exhibit written materials
The Orphan Drug Act: How Debate and Diplomacy Improved Healthcare for Orphaned Disease Patients
Exhibit written materials
Paper
Silent Spring: The Beginning of the Environmental Debate and the End of its Diplomacy
Senior Paper
Freedom House Enterprise Ambulance Service: A Forgotten Turning Point in America’s EMS
Paper example
444 Days in the Dark: The Iran Hostage Crisis
Paper example
Magna Carta: The King’s Compromise with Rebellious Barons
Paper example
Performance
Conflict from Compromise: The Anglo Irish Treaty
Performance + written materials
Bobby Sands and the Irish Hunger Strike of 1981
Performance + written materials
The Northern Dream
Performance + written materials
The Hello Girls: Turning Points in War Communication and Women’s Equality
Performance + written materials
Rights and Responsibilities in History: Remembering the Legacy of Ryan White
Junior Group Performance + written materials
Website
Katherine Switzer: Running Towards Women’s Equality
Website example
Free to be My Own Infantry Squad
Website example
The Wisconsin Angel: The Woman Who Redefined the Frontiers of Healthcare During the Civil War
Website example
The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Greatest Event of a War that Never Happened
Website example
Standing Bear: A Spark for Native American Civil Rights and its Continued Legacy
Website example
Official source: National History Day Project Examples.