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Vital Resources for our LSW Instructors !

Graphic Organizers
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Rubrics
*Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Assessment Rubrics

*RubiStar for Teachers

*Teach-Nology Rubric
10th Grade: Evaluating Websites!
Got Book Reviews? Teen Reads!!
Cable in the Classroom
TeacherTube
del.icio.us - Free your memory for other tasks; all your favorites are posted here!-
netTrekker - Smart Searching!
Copyright
*Temple University: Copyright and Fair Use
*Copyright Links from the Nebraska Library Commission

*Copyright Basics and the Internet


PATHFINDERS!

The Internet Public Library
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Mr. Pernicek's Pathfinders: Fallen Angels Research Topics
Renaissance Research
English 9 Pathfinder: The Secret Life of Bees
 

Mr. Pernicek's Pathfinders: Fallen Angels Research Topics:

Topic: Heroes / Cultural Icons

Keywords

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

Name in Quotes.

Example:"Marilyn Monroe"

Many individuals will have official websites, such as: http://www.marilynmonroe.com/ See Cart

Topic: Decades Information

Keywords

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

Topic: omit "and" in Google

Example:
1960s art
1960s entertainment
1960s technology

See Cart

Topic: The Vietnam War

Keywords

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

Topic, with or without quotes.

Example:"Agent Orange"
"chemical warfare"

See Cart
English 9 Pathfinder: The Secret Life of Bees

Topic: Cultural Icons--Entertainers and the Media

Topic

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

McCall's Magazine Gale Virtual Reference Library and Pop Culture Universe    
Walter Cronkite;
The Fugitive;
American Bandstand
Gale Virtual Reference Library and Pop Culture Universe
   
Dick Clark Gale Discovering Collection and Pop Culture Universe    
Jack Palance Pop Culture Universe

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/bio

 
The Marvelettes and The Crystals Pop Culture Universe

http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/the_marvelettes.html

http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/the_crystals.html

 

Fats Domino, Elvis, Miles Davis, The Supremes

Pop Culture Universe
  Contemporary Musicians, Vol. 1, 2, 6

Topic: People, Places, and Movements

Topic

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

Civil Rights Movement

Note: Also use search term of changing movement

ABC-CLIO American History

Gale Virtual Reference Library

CNN - Civil Rights Movement
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html

Civil Rights Movement Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

 
Civil Rights Act ABC-CLIO American History    

Birmingham Church Bombing:

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/randall/birmingham.htm

 
Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, KS ABC-CLIO American History    
Civil Rights/ Protest Music

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Pop Culture Universe

Protest Music of the 1960s: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~richard5/civilrights.html

search terms: protest songs, civil rights protest songs

 

Jim Crow Laws

Note: use search term Jim Crow Movement

ABC-CLIO American History    
Ranger Seven http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Ch_7.htm  
Jerusalem Wailing Wall (Western Wall)

ABC-CLIO World Geography

ABC-CLIO Ancient History

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-western-wall.htm

 
Black Madonnas

Pop Culture Universe

(search term "black madonnas")

The Author's Perspective:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/secret_life_bees.html

Google Answers:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/480148.html

 

President Kennedy and President Johnson

ABC-CLIO American Government

ABC-CLIO American History

Pop Culture Universe

  Selected biographies

Renaissance Research

Topic: Significant Individuals

Keywords

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

Name in Quotes.

Example:"William Shakespeare"

Comprehensive Web Sites:
http://www.teacheroz.com/renaissance.htm
http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/renaissance2/looking-text.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay2.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/printing.html
http://jducoeur.org/game-hist/
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/

Your Teachers' Projects: Renaissance
http://media.lps.org/lsw/YourTeachersProjects.html
or

http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/introsubj.html

 

See Cart

Topic: Food, Fun, and Fashion of the Renaissance

Keywords

Databases

Websites

Books/Print Reference

Topic: omit "and" in Google

Example:
renaissance art

renaissance clothing

 

* netTrekker
Click on High School, enter your search term

* ABC-Clio World History
(Modern Era).

*Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

* PowerMediaPlus

* Discovering Collection

See Cart