Your Teachers' Projects

| The American Dream | Coral Reefs | Creation Myths | Crime Victim Survey | Endangered Species | Google Techniques | Grade 9 Research | History of the Holocaust | Legends - Past and Present | Madame Knop | Mass Media Project | Moments in History | Movements and Change in America | Music Lyrics Study and Analysis |
| Mrs. Ford's Research Projects | Oral Communication Topic Ideas | Renaissance Research | Mr. Strain's Earth Science | Mrs. Way's Stress Project |

The American Dream
Databases:

Websites:

1. "American History - Decade 1940 - 1949"
2. Google images: Keyword american dream
3. Bureau of the Census - "Tracking the American Dream"
4. American RadioWorks - "A Better Life"

Coral Reef Research

Databases:

Gale Science Resource Center: Use all tabs!
Gale: Select Student Recource Center Gold and Academic OneFile

Websites:

Searches: Coral Reef, Coral Reef Adaptation, Coral Reef Food Chain

Coral Reef Protection: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/oceans/coral

NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program: http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/

Howstuffworks: Amazing Coral Reef: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/25863-amazing-coral-reef-coral-food-chain-video.htm

LiveScience: http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_050425.html

Mrs. Ford's Research Projects

Documentation:

Climate Change:

Civil Rights Act:

ABC-CLIO American Government--use search term Civil Rights Act 1964
Discovering Collection--use search term Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Resource Guide from the Library of Congress

Civil Rights Movement:

CNN - Civil Rights Movement
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
ABC-CLIO American History--use search term Civil Rights Movement
Gale Virtual Reference Library--use search term Civil Rights Movement

Civil Disobedience:

Civil Disobedience Video from the WPA library--Search ABC-CLIO American History, search term civil disobedience
The Greensboro Four
SNCC, 1960 - 1966

Grade 9 Research: What do you need to look for when choosing to use a website or any resource?

Topic: John Lennon

Topic: Bio-Hazard Alert Detectors

Topic: Compressed Air Cars

Topic: Michael Jordan

Find 2 websites and 2 database sources!

History of the Holocaust

Photo Project:

And I Still See Their Faces
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=jmKYJeNVJrF&b=478577
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Web Site
http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/photo/

Databases:

Websites:

History of the Holocaust
http://www.holocaust-history.org
The Holocaust History
http://ushmm.org/holocaust
Comprehensive History of the Holocaust
http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/holocaust.htm

Movements and Change in America

American Cultural History
NoveList
LSW Online catalog
Lincoln City Libraries
ABC-CLIO American History (see Research List: Movements and Change)
ABC-CLIO Issues
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Popular Culture Universe

Oral Communication Topic Ideas
Databases:

Websites:

1. How Products are Made
2. How Stuff Works--Learn How Everything Works
3. University of Hawaii - topic selection
4. Old Dominion University - Idea generator
5. University/College Pathfinders

Endangered Species
Databases:

Websites:

1. National Geographic, Animals
2. Species, World Wildlife Federation
3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

Renaissance Research

1. The Renaissance Connection
2. Renaissance - flow of history
3. 16th Century Renaissance English Literature
4. Studying the Renaissance
5. Music History 102
6. Renaissance Dance
7. Renaissance Printing and Thinking
8. WebMuseum: The Italian Renaissance
9. WebMuseum: La Renaissance
10. Leonardo da Vinci
11. Leonardo da Vinci, Museum of Science
12. WebMuseum: Leonardo da Vinci
13. WebMuseum: Michelangelo
14. .The Northern Renaissance
15. Medieval & Renaissance Games

Stumped? Ask a media specialist for help!

Music Lyrics Study and Analysis

1. Billboard - Music News Magazine
2. Pure Volume
3. Rolling Stone
4. MTV Music
5. Lyrics.com
6. Music-Lyrics-Station.com
7. Lyrics Planet
8. Song Lyrics
9. Artist Facts
10. Song Facts
11. Song Meaning
12. AOL Music
13. Fuse TV
14. Music Videos with Lyrics
15. VH1
16. Country Music Television
17. VIBE Magazine

Moments in History

Databases:

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Discovering Collection - Conduct a search such as:
1950s or 1960s or 1970s
POP Culture Universe

Websites:

1. American Cultural History - The twentieth century
2. Year by Year: 1900-2008
3. The 20th Century - Wikipedia
4. Crazy Fads
5. People's Century (1900 - 1999)
6. RETRO - Super Cool Stuff from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s
7. BabyBoomersHQ Intro

Mass Media Project: Use the news sources listed below for your comparisons:

CREATION MYTHS

1. The Big Myth
2. Creation Stories from Around the World
3. Creation Myths
4. African Creation Stories:
5. Shinto Creation Stories
6. Navajo Creation Stories
7. Native American Stories of Creation
8. Creation Myths from Around the World
9. Creation Myths and Sacred Narratives of Creation
10. Encyclopedia Mythica
11. Folklore and Legend: Creation Myths

Crime Victim Survey

1. US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics
2. US Department of Justice Victim characteristics
3. FBI Uniform Crime Reports
4. Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
5. Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
6. Criminal Watch Nebraska Crime Statistics
7. Lincoln Police Dept. / InterLinc
8. Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement / Criminal Justice / Arrest Data
9. Nebraska Crime Statistics

Legends

Present: Use these sites to research your twentieth or twenty-first century legend:
A Million Lives
Biography at Homework Central
Biography Search
Biography.com
Encarta Online
Life Magazine:
Research 101: Biography Links

Past: Use these sites to research your legend of the past
Legends in Literature
Folklore, Myth and Legend
King Arthur
Indian Legends
Native American Legends (Folklore, Myths, and Traditional Indian Stories)

Madame Knop's Career Project

Madame Knop's Mardi Gras Project

1. The History of Mardi Gras
2. The Official Site of Mardi Gras 2008
3. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
4. Mardi Gras History
5. Mardi Gras - Myth & History
6. The Traditions of Mardi Gras
7. History of Mardi Gras in New Orleans
8. Mardi Gras History and Timeline