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American Decades Project - Grade 11 [Mr. Koenig] History Central - Includes timelines, a section devoted to American wars, and the 20th Century Almanac, which gives popular culture and historical information for any given year in the twentieth century. Dewey Browse - Web sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12 American Memory - Collections of primary source materials from the Library of Congress. Includes a "Today in History" section with information on what happened in American history every day of the year. National Archives - Good source for primary documents from American history American History 102 - Biographies of historical figures in American History, and a link to the Hitchhiker's Guide to American History, a collection of websites on U.S. history History Matters - a gateway to web resources, primary documents and materials on U.S. history American Cultural History - The 20th Century - These research guides by the decade provide an excellent overview of what happened in the U.S. during the 19th & 20th centuries. American Studies: The 1930's - The University of Virginia hosts this site on the 1930's Infoplease Almanac - Includes a "Year by Year Chronology: 1900 - 2008, a "This Day in History" section, biographical information on more than 30,000 people, etc. HistoryNet - Contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in HistoryNet's various magazines, covering almost every period of history.
Price History Sites: (gas, income, bread, milk, cars, etc.) ***************************************************************************** Informative Paper on Ancient Greece - Grade 9 [Mr. Koenig] Best of History Web Sites: Ancient/Biblical Greek History - an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to web sites on Ancient and Biblical Greek history History Link 101: Ancient Greece - written by a history teacher, this page connects you to art, biographies, daily life, pictures, and research on Ancient Greece. Ancient Greece - Online source of information on the Ancient Greek World provided by University Press Inc.
***************************************************************************** Of Mice and Men Infoquest - Grade 9 [Mr. Koenig] John Steinbeck - Steinbeck is the author of Of Mice and Men. This topic looks at the life and influences of John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck: a Brief Chronology American Writers II: John Steinbeck John Steinbeck’s Pacific Grove John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968): A Brief Literary Biography Steinbeck: the California Novels Encyclopedia of World Biography: John S. Steinbeck Use these links to the 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. Census documents if you want to know the names of Steinbeck's parents, sisters, grandparents; when & where they were born; and where the Steinbeck family lived in 1910 and 1920. Of Mice and Men - This is the book we will be reading. This topic looks at the publishing history of the book, how it has been read by students in high school for many years, and how some people are opposed to reading this book. Of Mice and Men placed on Banned Book Lists California - Steinbeck lived in California, and Of Mice and Men is set in California. This topic looks at the geographic features and other information about specific areas of California. Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce The Farm: Salinas Valley California Migrant Workers - Migrant workers move from city to city looking for work. In this topic you will learn more about why there are migrant workers and how the live. The Great Depression - Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression. Learning more about this event in American history will help better understand the book. Americans React to the Great Depression Labor Unions & the Great Depression and the New Deal Great Depression and World War II The Great Depression (1929 – 1939) World History: The Great Depression American Experience: The Great Depression American Cultural History: 1930 – 1939 Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum: The Great Depression FDR and the New Deal - FDR was an American president, and the New Deal was a program used to help America come out of the depression. FDR and the New Deal, 1933-1945 Words of Franklin D. Roosevelt The New Deal: Presidents, 1933 – 1938 The American Experience: The Presidents American President: An Online Reference Resource Mental Disabilities - This topic explores how having a mental disability affects a person and the person's friends. This will help you understand some of the relationships in the novel. Short History of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Retardation History of Mental Health and Community Care (key dates) The Mentally Disabled and Happiness Mental Health Matters: Caregivers Mental patients in State Hospitals, 1929 – 1930 Psychiatric Care in the 1930’s: The Lobotomy’s Origins AMA’s 1930 Survey of Mental Hospitals Looking Ahead and Reflecting Upon the Past: Mental Health Policy in 20th Century America Timeline: Treatments for Mental Illness ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP AS YOU CREATE YOUR NEWSPAPER
***************************************************************************** English Comp I - Resources for National Peace Essay [Mrs. Dean] 198 Methods of Non-violent Action On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau - (Project Gutenberg ebook) How Freedom is Won: From Civic Resistance to Durable Democracy "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" Making the Abolition of War a Realistic Goal Correcting Common Misconceptions About Nonviolent Action Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: Thinking About the Fundamentals Teaching Model: Bite Not One Another - Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict Teaching Model: Only Young Once - An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths There are Realistic Alternatives The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Additional Links to Resources, Video, articles, etc. on the Web http://nonviolent-conflict.com/resources.shtml http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/
***************************************************************************** World History - Resources for Poster-display Project [Mr. Mason] History Central - Includes timelines, a section devoted to American wars, and the 20th Century Almanac, which gives popular culture and historical information for any given year in the twentieth century.
History Timeline of the 20th Century: A Decade-by-Decade Timeline - a timeline of people and events in history American Decades - a reference that documents and analyzes periods of contemporary American social history National Archives Digital Vaults - Browse through hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips to create posters or movies
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