Past Themes & Topics

2024 The History of Rock & Roll
2023 The Cold War (March 12,1947 – December 26,1991)
2022 The Gilded Age (1865-1913)
2021 The 1990s
2020 The United States Supreme Court
2019 Women Who Changed the World
2018 Greek & Roman Mythology
2017 The American Civil War
2016 The American Civil War
2015 The 1960’s in the United States
2014 America’s Fight for Independence: From Confederation to Republic 1777-1791
2013 America’s Fight for Independence: The Stamp Act to the Ratification of the Constitution
2012 The Supreme Court
2011 Australia
2010 American Involvement in World War II
2009 The 1980s In America (1980 – 1989)
2008 Great American Disasters (1900 – 1999)
2007 World War I
2006 The 1970’s in the United States
2005 The World of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans (600 B.C. – 1572 A.D.)
2004 The 1950’s in the United States
2003 The American Civil War (1860 – 1865): East of the Mississippi River
2002 The United States Space Program (1912 – 2001): Robert Goddard to Dennis Tito
2001 The Colonization of North America (1513 – 1770):
 Contiguous 48 States only – No Canada nor Mexico
2000 The 1960’s in the United States
1999 The Roaring Twenties in the United States
1998 The Contiguous American West (1803 – 1912)
1997 The Crusades (1095 – 1350)
1996 The Economic Depression in the United States:
 The Stock Market Crash (1929) to Pearl Harbor (1941)
1995 United States Geography
1994 United States Geography
1993 ?
1992 Ancient Egypt (2000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.)
1991 World War II
 … ?

Undated past topics:
The Soviet Union 1922-1989
The Olympic Games

Please help us complete this list. If you have any topics to add to this list or have the dates of the topics above that are undated, please leave a comment below or contact AGLOA.

2 Comments

  • Anonymous says:

    Which theme won the vote for 2019?

  • Craig Zeller says:

    Usually, the outline is not released until the end of July. It will be posted on our website as soon as it is ready.