今年的新主题是“历史转折点”? 从官方公布的2024年国家历史日开始 历史转折点主题书 和 NHD马萨诸塞州年度主题页.

然后开始探索许多可用的历史资源 马萨诸塞州历史学会他是马萨诸塞州NHD的赞助商. 你可以在生活的任何地方寻找灵感 og体育官网通过探索我们的 图书馆目录,我们的 在线资源,我们的 收集指南，或由 亲自拜访我们. 查看下面的提示以获得更多灵感!

有研究问题?  不知道从哪里开始?  我们的图书馆读者服务部很乐意为您提供帮助!  您可以通过617-646-0532与我们的图书管理员og体育官网，电子邮件地址为 reference@one-usd.com，或通过 实时聊天和虚拟参考服务 有问题吗?.

Interested in getting reproductions of materials that aren't digitized online? 了解我们的 复制品的政策 在我们的网站上，或者发邮件 reproductions@one-usd.com 具体的问题.

历史的转折点:贯穿各个时代的提示

17世纪及更早

• 天花和疫苗接种:与天花的斗争: 1721年，阿尼西母, 一个在波士顿被科顿·马瑟奴役的非洲人, introduced Mather to the technique of inoculation used in West Africa to protect against the devastating disease of smallpox. 马瑟为一项天花接种计划而奔走 in Boston, which first met with huge resistance but was eventually celebrated. 后来，爱德华·詹纳(Edward Jenner)于1796年发明的疫苗得到了爱德华·詹纳博士等医生的推广. John Van Surley DeGrasse, 波士顿第一位黑人医生, 谁在他的档案中记录了给许多儿童接种疫苗的情况 帐 尽管对疫苗的怀疑挥之不去. What were some of the major turning points in the fight against smallpox and its eventual eradication? 这些发现如何代表医学史上的转折点?
• 塞勒姆巫术审判: In 1692, 当巫术指控, 试用, 处决在塞勒姆肆虐, 请愿书如潮水般涌向塞勒姆法院和殖民政府. In 1692, 丽贝卡·纳斯的39个邻居, 不论男女, testified that they “never had Any cause or grounds to suspect her of Any such thing as she is now Acused of,但她被判有罪并被处决.  What role have the Salem Witchcraft Trials played in history and memory? 他们对巫术审判的实践产生了什么影响, 法律程序, 以及被告的权利? 

The18th世纪

• 美国革命的到来:  How were ideas of freedom and democracy turning points in political thought? 这些新思想是如何在殖民者中引发革命的? How did different Indigenous nations and enslaved people view these ideas?
• 伊丽莎白·弗里曼和奴隶制的法律终结:  伊丽莎白·弗里曼在1781年为争取自由而起诉, 根据马萨诸塞州宪法的权利法案, 上面写着"人人生而自由平等, 并且有一定的自然, 至关重要的, 以及不可剥夺的权利,奴隶制不再合法. Freeman's case was an important part of the legal precedent for abolishing slavery 在马萨诸塞州. What legal strategies did Elizabeth Freeman use to challenge the institution of slavery 在马萨诸塞州? How was her court case a turning point in the history of slavery and abolition 在马萨诸塞州 and beyond?
• 马萨诸塞州og体育平台批准宪法的辩论: How did the Massachusetts Constitution represent a turning point in self-government? 
• 普林斯·霍尔向马萨诸塞州普通法院的请愿书:  在18世纪70年代和80年代, groups of Massachusetts enslaved people and freemen petitioned the colonial government, 声称自由是所有男人和女人的权利. 这些请愿者包括霍尔王子, a prominent Boston leader and activist and founder of the first Black Freemasonry Lodge. What arguments did Hall and his fellow petitioners make on behalf of freedom for all Black people? 他们成功了吗?? 他们的请愿是如何为后来的废奴运动开辟新天地的?  
• 美国宪法的早期草案: 在美国宪法的早期草案中, 它的开头是“我们新罕布什尔州人民”, 麻萨诸塞州，并列出了13个殖民地. In the final draft, the Constitution begins “We the People of the United States...” 宪法的这一转变如何代表了美国历史的转折点.S. 身份与政府? 宪法对美国的影响og体育平台.S. 还有世界历史和政府?

19世纪

• 安东尼·伯恩斯和《og体育官网》 彭斯从奴隶制中自我解放后，逃到了波士顿. 因为逃亡奴隶法案, Burns was jailed in the summer of 1854 with the intent to kidnap him back into slavery, 养了一个巨大的 公众强烈抗议 在波士顿和其他地方. How was Anthony Burns’ journey a turning point in the resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act 在马萨诸塞州? 他对废奴运动和反抗奴隶制有何影响? 在历史来源了解更多信息.
• 莎拉·帕克·雷蒙德抗议波士顿剧院座位隔离: Sarah Parker Remond was an internationally prominent anti-slavery lecturer, 医生, 也是废奴运动和妇女选举权的活动家. In 1853, Redmont filed assault charges after being violently removed from the Howard Athenaeum for refusing to sit in segregated seats. 她的案子是克服波士顿种族隔离法律的早期努力. What role did Sarah Parker Remond's court case play in challenging racist laws 在马萨诸塞州? How did she effect change through her activism in abolition and women's suffrage?
• 马萨诸塞志愿步兵团第五十四团: The 54th Regiment was the first military unit consisting of Black soldiers to be raised in the North during the Civil War. How does the 54th Regiment represent a turning point in both the Civil War 和 battle for equal rights for Black soldiers? How was their battle for equal pay a turning point as well as their actions on the battlefield?
• 安全自行车的发明: The introduction of the so-called "safety bicycle” in the 1890s revolutionized the industry. By 1890, about 150,000 Americans -- men, women, and children -- owned bicycles. By 1900, millions of Americans owned bicycles, with local groups like the 威豪自行车俱乐部 使其人气大增. How was the safety bicycle a turning point in transportation, culture, and sports? What opportunities did the bicycle open up for people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds? 在历史来源了解更多信息.
• 定格摄影(1888年: This stop-action photograph of Benjamin Sewall Blake mid-jump was taken by his father, Francis Blake. 19世纪80年代中期, Blake designed a distinctive shutter that allowed him to take photographs with very short exposure times. How was stop-action photography a turning point in revolutionizing photojournalism, 使世界事件更加直接?

20世纪

• 莱特兄弟发射莱特滑翔机，1903年: Wilbur and Orville Wright are credited with inventing the first motor-operated airplane. What was the short- and long-term impact of the invention of the airplane on international relations? og体育平台技术发展和工业? og体育平台环境? 在历史来源了解更多信息.
• 波士顿布卢姆女孩棒球队: 随着棒球演变成我们今天所知道的运动, 早在19世纪50年代，男性和女性就开始玩这项运动. The Boston Bloomer Girls baseball team was one of many female teams that criss-crossed the nation from the 1890s into the 1930s playing baseball against men's teams. Did the Boston Bloomer Girls and other women's baseball teams represent a turning point in the history of women in sports? 为什么或为什么不? How did they impact the culture around gender and sports during and after their time?
• 马萨诸塞州妇女与第一次世界大战 马萨诸塞州的妇女在第一次世界大战中扮演了广泛的角色. 有些人,像 诺拉Saltonstall, 伊迪丝卡维尔, or 玛格丽特•霍尔, served abroad in Europe as ambulance drivers, nurses, or canteen workers. 其他人则在后方做志愿者工作，比如 克拉拉制革匠，或为和平而奔走 罗斯·达布尼·福特. In what ways did women's participation in WWI efforts represent a turning point in gender roles and culture, 为女性打开新的大门? 它在哪些方面不代表一个转折点?
• 在比基尼环礁进行核弹试验: These photographs from MA governor (later MA Senator) Leverett Saltonstall show testing of the nuclear atomic bomb during WWII. 原子弹是如何成为二战及以后历史的转折点的? How has the existence of the atomic bomb shaped world politics since its development? What was the impact on local communities of Bikini and other testing sites