Library Media Center Online
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Welcome to the Joseph R. Suranna Library Media Center Online from McGee Middle School in Berlin, Connecticut. If you are using a computer in the Library, please sign in at the Circulation Desk before beginning your research. |
McGee LMC Student Guidelines
McGee LMC Student Guidelines
This sheet will assist you is using the McGee Library-Media Center. Please let us know if you have any questions. Have a great year!
Mrs. Sencio
Library Assistant, ext. 257 Ms. Averill
Library-Media Specialist, ext. 258
Working in the Library
You are welcome to use the library during any period of the day with a 10-Minute-Library Pass (a blue pass) from your teacher. This pass is used for short visits to the library. For example, you may need to select a book, return a book, or make an appointment. If you need to come for more than ten minutes or use a computer, you must obtain a Full-Period Pass (a yellow pass for Period H) from Mrs. Sencio or Ms. Averill. Your teacher cannot give you a Full-Period Pass to the library-media center. The following rules apply: 1. Come to the library to get the pass before the period-of-library use begins. 2. Use the library for research purposes. 3. Be prepared to stay for the whole period. 4. Stay on task. Important: Always sign in on the clipboard at the circulation desk and put your pass in the box when you arrive at the library. We must know who is in the library at all times.
Food, drink, makeup, balms, ointments, lotions, chewed gum can soil and damage library materials, equipment, and furnishings. Help to take good care of your library-media center by using these items in more appropriate locations.
Borrowing Materials
You may check out two items at a time. If you have borrowed one book and it is overdue, you may not borrow a second book. All library privileges are suspended until you return the item or pay for it if you cannot find it. Library privileges include visiting the library independently and using the library-media-center computers. Materials usually circulate for three weeks. Sometimes you may be allowed to borrow a book for overnight only. Overnight books must be returned to the library first thing the following morning. Reference books do not circulate. Please go to the circulation desk to sign out and return materials.
Accelerated Reader Program
Please participate! All you need to do is read! The program works as follows: 1. Sign out a book from our Accelerated-Reader list. 2. Read the book. 3. Make an appointment to take the test. 4. If you pass the test, you will earn points. You can use the points to select items on display in the showcase! At the end of the year you will be able to attend an event during which top participants are recognized.
STARS Volunteer Program
If you are interested in volunteering in the library during Period H once each week, please fill out an application form and return it to Mrs. Sencio.
Computer Rules and Procedures
Read the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) with your parents or guardians, both you and your parent or guardian sign the AUP form, and return the school copy to your morning meeting teacher.
Return all overdue materials.
Before using a computer, ask permission from Ms. Averill or Mrs. Sencio.
Sign in on the purple sheet.
Place the card for the computer in the pocket on the computer.
Use your own account number and password to log onto the computer
Follow the AUP Guidelines when you use the computers. Never allow another student to use a computer onto which you are logged or share your account number and password with another student. These actions violate the AUP policy and could result in loss of the computer privileges of both students.
Be sure to give credit to the people whose ideas, images, and words that you use. Use the work of others ethically. Do not plagiarize. Use the Noodle Tools, an on-line works-cited generator, or the “MLA Works Cited Worksheet” to keep track of your sources so that you can cite the works that you have used.
Use the computer to complete your own work. You may not use the computers in the library to do the work of other students unless you have written permission from your teacher naming the people working on your group’s project.
You may not use the computers to play games or access instant messaging, e-mail, blogs, chat rooms, list- serves. Never give personal information on the Internet!
If you find yourself accidentally at an inappropriate site on the Internet, report it immediately to Ms. Averill or Mrs. Sencio.
Respect the computer equipment and network. Changing settings on the computers, reconfiguring equipment, repetitive and purposeless keystrokes do not demonstrate respect. Changes and damage result in problems for other users and the loss of your computer privileges.
Ask permission each time before you print from Ms. Averill or Mrs. Sencio.
When you are done, log out, sign out on the purple sheet, and return the computer card to the box.
Digital Resources
Available on the Berlin Public Schools Computer Network
- McGee Library-Media Center On-Line Catalog
- Griswold School Library-Media Center On-Line Catalog
- Willard School Library-Media Center On-Line Catalog
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library On-Line Catalog
Video on Demand
Discovery Education Streaming (See Ms. Averill for log-on information.)
On-Line Services
NoodleTools - online research aid
Accelerated Reader (AR) Program at Renaissance Place
Links to On-Line Resources for McGee Assignments
Moodle McGee - McGee Web sites for classes, clubs, passwords and user names for digital resources, and making appointments to use computers and to take AR tests
Links to Resources for Research Projects
- Social Studies
The World and Its People Grade 7 Geography
The American Nation Grade 8 U S History -
Science
Science Explorer Series
McGee Subscription E-Resources (passwords required)
- Grolier On-Line
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Americana
- Lands and People
- Marshall Cavendish Digital
- Aquatic World
- Exploring Ancient Civilizations
- Exploring the Middle Ages
- Growing up with Science
Connecticut Digital Library E-Reference Books
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, and Suzanne Sessine, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 3464 pp. 6 vols - Biology
Richard Robinson, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1156 pp. 4 vols. - Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States
San Diego: Blackbirch, 2003. 336 pp. - Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
San Diego: Blackbirch, 2001. 360 pp. - UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Rob Nagel and Diane Sawinski, Eds.
Detroit: UXL, 2004. 314 pp. 3 vols. - Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Eds.
Detroit: UXL, 2004. 1022 pp. 5 vols - Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd ed.
Jacqueline L. Longe, Ed.
2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 3956 pp. 5 vols. - Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1974 pp. 3 vols. - World of Earth Science
K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 736 pp. 2 vols.
iCONN.org - Connecticut Digital Library Resources
- Resources for Schools
- Kids InfoBits for grades K- 5
- InfoTrac Junior Edition for grades 5 - 8
- InfoTrac Student Edition for grades 9-12
- National News
Includes articles in the- Hartford Courant
- Christian Science Monitor
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- Hartford Courant ,1763-1922, Historical issues of one of Connecticut's major newspapers from 1763 to 1922
- Biography Resource Center Biographies and pictures of people in the news or with historical importance
- Student Research Center Middle-school reading level and up, as a student-friendly version of the History and Science Reference Centers, it provides the same high quality content. Choose content sources (Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video), browse by topic headings, use an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore top searches of the day, and even limit searches according to reading levels.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
Looking for information about health, here is a place to find information about staying healthy and diseases in medical dictionaries and articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. - Associated Press Photo Archive Newspaper photographs from yesterday's edition to images in early newspapers
- What Do I Read Next? Never be without advice on what to read next when you search lists of award-winning titles and thousands of summaries of books.
- History Reference Center At high-school reading level and up, provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985.
- Science Reference Center High-school reading level and up Provides articles from scientific reference books, magazines, journals, biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, physics, technology, and wildlife.
E-Audio Books
Library Connection Downloadable Audio Book Catalog
Children's and Young Adult books are available through the Berlin-Peck Library. Use your public library card number to access this collection.
E-Reference Books
McGee Subscription E-Resources
(Passwords available at http://moodle.mcgee.berlinschools.org under Digital Resources)
- Grolier On-Line
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia Americana
- Lands and People
- Marshall Cavendish Digital
- Aquatic World
- Exploring Ancient Civilizations
- Exploring the Middle Ages
- Growing up with Science
CIA World FactBook (No password is needed.)
Connecticut Digital Library E-Reference Books
(No password is needed at school. At home use your public library card number.)
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, and Suzanne Sessine, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 3464 pp. 6 vols - Biology
Richard Robinson, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1156 pp. 4 vols. - Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States
San Diego: Blackbirch, 2003. 336 pp. - Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
San Diego: Blackbirch, 2001. 360 pp. - UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Rob Nagel and Diane Sawinski, Eds.
Detroit: UXL, 2004. 314 pp. 3 vols. - Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Eds.
Detroit: UXL, 2004. 1022 pp. 5 vols - Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd ed.
Jacqueline L. Longe, Ed.
2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 3956 pp. 5 vols. - Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1974 pp. 3 vols. - World of Earth Science
K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 736 pp. 2 vols.
6 January 2008 L. Averill
E-Textbooks
Science
Social Studies
- The World and Its People Grade 7 Geography
- The American Nation Grade 8 U S History
Grade 6 Projects
Art
Flowers in the Style of Georgia O'Keeffe
Flowers in the Style of Georgia O'Keeffe
Flowers in the Style of Georgia O'Keeffe
Paintings by Mrs. Metcalfe' Students from the Cyber Art Show in June 2004
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Paintings
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Biographical Information about Georgia O'Keeffe
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Finding and Cropping Images of Flowers and Plants
Georgia O'Keeffe's Paintings
Permanent Collection
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/visit/permanent.html
Georgia O'Keeffe
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C,
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/psearch?Request=A&Person=103030
Georgia O'Keeffe
http://www.tragsnart.co.uk/arthub/okeeffe/okeeffe.htm
Georgia O'Keeffe
Ellen's Space
http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html
Georgia O'Keeffe
Art Cyclopedia
Links to her works in many museums
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/okeeffe_georgia.html
Georgia O'Keeffe
The Artchive
Links to her works in many museum
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/O/okeefe.html#images
Biographical Information About Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
American Masters
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/okeeffe_g.html
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, and American Modernism
Wadsworth Atheneum
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus153b.htm
Portrait of an Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Online NewsHour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/okeeffe.html
Georgia O'Keeffe
Encyclopedia of World Biography
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/okeeffe_g.htm
Finding and Cropping Flowers and Plants for Your Watercolor Painting
Below are some flowers and plants that should provide images once you have cropped them to create dynamic positive and negative space.
Use www.google.com.
Click on Images.
Use the singular form of the name of the flower--daffodil not daffodils.
Use exact phrase searching, when the name of the flower has two or more--"day lily".
Copy and paste image and it's URL or Web address into MS Word
Crop the image.
Save the document with the image into your network folder.
Ask permission to print.
Print.
Make color notes.
iris |
daylily |
daffodil |
lily |
rembrandt tulip |
violet |
narcissus |
lady's slipper |
poppy |
magnolia |
orchid |
hibiscus |
Jack-in-the-pulpit |
trillium |
marsh mallow |
agave |
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Greek Architecture
Marshall Cavendish Digital
Exploring Ancient Civilizations - online encyclopedia about ancient cultures from around the world including Greek and Roman
See Ms. Averill for the user name for McGee and the password for MCDigital resources.
Search under Greek temple or under frieze.
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/
Classical Orders
Charlotte-Meckenlenburg Historic Landmark Commission Kids Dictionary
http://www.cmhpf.org/kids/dictionary/ClassicalOrders.html
Greek Picture Gallery
http://historylink101.net/greece1/pic-main.htm
Greek Architecture: Looking Forward, Looking Back
[Good descriptions of Greek architectural orders]
Odyssey Online
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/Teachers/ll/Greek_Lesson_Plan/Athenian_Treasury.pdf
Ancient Greek Architecture
Kidipede
[Click on the links to Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian]
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/architecture/greekarch.htm
Architecture in Ancient Greece
[Good descriptions of Greek architectural orders]
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Art/
How the Acropolis Was Built
The Acropolis Experience
The Greeks
Empires
PBS
[Virtual tour of the Parthenon as it was built 2000 years ago in ancient Athens]
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/acropolis/built.html
Ancient Greek Temple by Michael Lahanas
[Scroll down to find the English language section.]
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/GreekTemple.htm
Greek Architecture
http://www.crystalinks.com/greekarchitecture.html
Greek Architecture
Architecture Through the Ages
Think Quest
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/greek.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0314
The Greek Temple by William Rowbothan
[Includes information about the role of the Greek temple]
http://www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/greektemple/greek_temple.htm
History of Greek Architecture
History of Western Architecture
The Leo Masuda Architectonic Research Office
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/greek.html
Ancient Greek Architecture
Great Buildings
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/greek.html
Greek Architecture
Digital Archive of Architecture
Prof. Jerry Howe, Boston College
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/greek_arch.html
Temples
Perseus Project
Tufts University
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=Building&field=Type&value=Temple
Frieze Patterns
http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/educ/reid/Geometry/Symmetry/frieze.html
Parthenon Frieze
Columbia University
http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/parthenon/flash/main.htm
The Parthenon Frieze
http://www.ekt.gr/parthenonfrieze/introduction/temple.jsp?lang=en
Bauplastik, Friese
Die Photographen
Institut fuer Klassischen Archaeologie und Antikensammlung
http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p1altar/photo_html/bauplastik/fries/ebene3.html
Metis
Interactive Quicktime clips show how important ancient sites look now.
http://www.stoa.org/metis/cgi-bin/cat
Updated 10 April 2008 L. Averill
Newspaper Project
Making Puzzles
Puzzlemaker
Discovery Education
Helps you to make a variety of puzzles
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Making Comics
Comic Creater
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/
Planning Stories
Inverted Pyramid Format
Graphic Organizer
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson249/pyramid.pdf
Newspaper Story Format
Graphic Organizer
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson249/format.pdf
Reporter's Guide
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson249/guide.pdf
Planning and Writing Editorials & Letters to the Editor
Persuasion Map Planning Sheet
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson875/PersuasionMapPlanning.pdf
Persuasion Map
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/persuasion_map/
Letter Generator
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
Grade 7 Projects
Cell Structure, Division and Photosynthesis
Africa Kingdoms
Passport Project
Latin America
General African-American Web Sites with Biographies
You Need Math to Do That! Mathematical Careers
China
Beijing
Xian
Beijing
Great Wall
Chasing the Wall
National Geographic Magazine
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0301/feature1/index.html
Great Wall of China
Travel China Guide
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/
The Great Wall of China
The China Guide
http://www.thechinaguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html
The Great Wall
http://www.thegreatwall.com.cn/en/index.htm
The Great Wall of China Badaling Virtual Tour
The China Guide
http://www.thebeijingguide.com/badaling/index.html
The Great Wall at Badaling
Asian Historical Architecture
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/greatwallindex.htm
Great Wall of China
Beijing Trips
http://www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/greatwall/index.htm
China's Great Wall Even Longer
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1184306.stm
Great Wall of China
Chinese New Year 2008
http://www.123chinesenewyear.com/great-wall-of-china/
The Great Wall
World Heritage Site
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/greatwall.html
Forbidden City (Palace Museum, Gugong)
Forbidden City
Travel China Guide
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/forbidden.htm
The Forbidden City
http://www.forbiddencitychina.com/
Forbidden City
Beijing Travel
http://www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/forbidden/index.htm
The Forbidden City - Interactive Map
The China Guide
http://www.thebeijingguide.com/forbidden_city/index.html
The [Virtual] Forbidden City
http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/virtual_china/forbidden_city.html
The Forbidden City Ground Plan
Ancient Asian Architecture
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/forbiddenindex.htm
The Palace Museum
http://www.dpm.org.cn/english/default.asp
Imperial Palace
World Heritage Site
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/imperialpalacemingqing.html
Imperial Palace
Oriental Travel
http://www.orientaltravel.com/province/city/area/forbidden_city.htm
Forbidden City, Beijing
China Highlights
http://www.chinahighlights.com/beijing/forbidden_city/index.htm
Explore China
Link TV : TV Without Borders
http://www.linktv.org/explore/china/
Splendors of China's Forbidden City
Field Museum
[Items found in the Forbidden City]
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/forbiddencity/about.html
Secret World of the Forbidden City
Oakland Museum of CA
[Items found in the Forbidden City]
http://www.museumca.org/exhibit/exhib_forbiddencity.html#one
Summer Palace (Yi He Yuan)
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
Travel China Guide
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/summer.htm
The Summer Palace
The China Guide
http://www.thebeijingguide.com/summer_palace/index.html
The Summer Palace
Asian Historical Architecture
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/summerpalaceindex.htm
The Summer Palace of China
China Highlights
http://www.chinahighlights.com/beijing/attraction/summer-palace.htm
Summer Palace
Beijing Trip
http://www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/summer/
The Summer Palace
http://www.chinasummerpalace.com/
The Summer Palace
Beijing International
http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Tour/ScenicSpots/t156854.htm
The Summer Palace
The Daily Planet Goes to China
Discovery Channel
http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/castdetails.aspx?sid=3109&cid=4339
Summer Palace
World Heritage Site
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/summerpalace.html
Xian
Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
Travel China Guide
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/index.htm
China's Terracotta Warriors Face Growing Mold Threat
China View
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/18/content_5220288.htm
Museum of Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses
Cultural Heritage of China
http://www.ibiblio.org/chineseculture/contents/arts/p-arts-c04s06.html
Rising to Life : Treasures of Ancient China
National Geographic
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/10/01/html/ft_20011001.3.html
Explore China
Link TV : TV Without Borders
[Video about contemporary China with a section on the Terra-Cotta Warriors]
http://www.linktv.org/explore/china
Update 1 January 2008 L. Averill
Country Links
U. S. Government Web Pages CIA World FactBook Background note Country Study Peace Corps Peace Corps Service Country Analysis Briefs
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Government Web PagesWeb sites of Permanent Missions to the United Nations
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Other Web PagesGrolier Online Foreign Embassies of Washington D. C. Lonely Planet Country Profile: State of the Environment: CountryReports Cool Planet Historic Sites AlertNet: Alerting Humanitarians to Emergencies World Hunger: At a Glance: Countries and Regions Geographia InfoPlease Encyclopedia World
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On-Line Newspapers/Magazines from CountriesLinks to Newspapers from many different countries
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MapsNational Geographic MapMachine Holt Rinehart and Winston (HRW) Atlas
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Currency ConverterUniversal Currency Converter |
FoodEthnic and Regional Recipes (Webliography)
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Mrs. Orabi's French Exploratory Project Description
Updated 1 January 2008 L. Averill
General African-American Web Sites that Include Biographies
The annotations have been copied from Kidsclick! or the home pages of the sites.
Biography Resouce Center: African Americans
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/AFAM?locID=s0070
Biography Resource Center -
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=iconn
Search under the name of a specific person that you have selected. If you have not yet selected a person, under “Category Browse” click on more and then select “African Americans” to see a whole list Black Americans.
African American Icons -
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=593&display_order=4&mini_id=1071
Biographies of great African Americans from Biography.com
African Americans in History -
http://www.uga.edu/iaas/history/index.htm
On this page you will find brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history. [ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6
African American Inventors -
http://www.inventions.org/culture/african/index.html
Inventors Assistance League maintains biographies of famous African American inventors.
African American Leaders Since 1945
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/aajourney/civilrights
Scroll down to the bottom to find short biographies of important African American Leaders are featured in this site offered by the How Stuff Works Encyclopedia
African American Writers : Online E-texts -
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/afroonline.htm
The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) African American Writers Page. The ISLMC is a meta site which brings together resources for teachers, librarians, parents and students
Africans in America-
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
The Africans in America Web site is a companion to Africans in America, a six-hour public television series. The Web site chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865 -- and explores the central paradox that is at the heart of the American story: a democracy that declared all men equal but enslaved and oppressed one people to provide independence and prosperity to another. Africans in America examines the economic and intellectual foundations of slavery in America and the global economy that prospered from it. And it reveals how the presence of African people and their struggle for freedom transformed America.
Biographies -
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/
Ken Burn's Jazz
PBS
Includes many famous jazz musicians from several racial groups.
Black History Month - Biographies -
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/index.htm
From Muhammed Ali through Opray Winfrey, well-researched biographies are provided by Gale Research.
200 Notables
Black History Month -
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/200-notables.jsp A selection of biographies of famous Black Americans.
Black History Tour -
http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/Tourmenu.htm
From Stamp on Black History, this site goes back to the years 300-1619, and continues to the present, with detailed info on Black Americans and many links to famous blacks.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 |
A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance - http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5657
In the 1920's, Harlem became a haven for African-Americans who had moved away for the South. All the arts including poetry flourished in this community. Learn more about the poets and those that followed in their footsteps.
Celebrating Black History -
http://www.time.com/time/2002/bhm/
A photohistory of influential Black Americans and an archives of articles celebrating Black Americans are available at this site sponsored by Time.com.
Colored Reflections -
http://www.coloredreflections.com/contents.cfm
Choose a decade, then "People" and read biographies.
Documenting The American South -
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
is a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. The Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsors DAS, and the texts come primarily from its Southern holdings. An editorial board guides its development.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History -
http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/home.do
The Britannica offers biographies and photographs of notable people and descriptions and documents of historic events. Interesting video and audio clips are also available.
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences -
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed in both large and small ways to the rich history of science.
Harmon Collection: Breaking Racial Barriers -
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/
"One of the many white Americans who expressed his interest in the artistic achievements of black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's, was Caucasion real estate developer, William E. Harmon (1862-1928). In 1922 he established the Harmon Foundation in New York City to recognize African American achievements, not only in the fine arts but also in business, education, farming, literature, music, race relations, religious service and science." Biographies and portraits of noteworthy African Americans.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6
Jazz Greats -
http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/index.html
From Jazz in PBS Kids, nice introductions to African Americans Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington.
Massachusetts Hall of Black Achievement Gallery
Bridgewater State College
http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/gallery.cfm
The Hall of Black Achievement (HOBA) is a project of Bridgewater State College founded in 1987. The mission of the Hall of Black Achievement is to discover, detail, and disclose the significant achievements and contributions of people of color.
Ten Top African American Inventors -
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm
Scholastic has selected ten of the most well-known African American Inventors to feature on this Web page.
Photographs Only
Time and Life Pictures
http://www.timelifepictures.com/ms_timepix/source/home/home.aspx?pg=1
Search for African Americans, the name of specific people or events to find amazing pictures that have been published in Life and Time magazines.
Associated Press Photo Archive -
http://accuweather.ap.org/cgi-bin/apl.pl
Find pictures from the beginning of the publication of newspapers to yesterday's edition. Type the name of the person under in What in search for photographs of them.
Japan
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Imperial Palace
Japan Guide
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3017.html
Imperial Palace Tokyo
Japan Lifestyle
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/imperial_palace_tokyo.htm
Imperial Palace Area
Japan National Tourist Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/tokyo/imperial.html
Imperial Palace and other Imperial Household Establishments
Imperial Household Agency
http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e07/ed07.html
Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Park
Hiroshimo Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima Peace Site
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html
Virtual Tour
Hiroshimo Peace Memorial Museum
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/frame/Virtual_e/tour_e/guide1.html
Guided Tours to Peace Memorial Park and Vicinity
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/frame/Virtual_e/tour_e/guide1.html
Peace Memorial Park
Japan Guide
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3400.html
Virtual Tour of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
http://www.hi.hkg.ac.jp/peace/eng/peace.html
Paper Cranes and the Children's Peace Monument
City of Hiroshima
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/heiwa/crane.html
Genbaku Dome
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
World Heritage Sites
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/genbakudome.html
From the Exhibits of the Peace Memorial Museum
A Bomb WWW Museum
http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/pmm.html
Kyoto
Mt. Fuji
Fugi : Japan's Sacred Summit
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0208/feature3/index.html
Mount Fuji (Fujisan)
Japan Guide
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2172.html
Mt. Fuji Internet Server
http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/index-e.html
Appeasing and Climbing Mount Fuji
National Geographic News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060714-mount-fuji-video.html
Mount Fuji Overdue for an Eruption, Experts Warn
National Geographic News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060717-mount-fuji.html
Mount Fuji
Tokyo Side Trips
Frommers
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/tokyo/0085020381.html
Updated 1 January 2008 L. Averill
Masks
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Many Countries
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Africa
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Greenland
- Himalaya
- Indonesia
- Italian Venetian Masks
- Japan
- Latin America
- Mongolia
- Native America
- New Guinea
Excellent Web Sites Featuring Masks from Many Countries from Around the World
Another Face: Masks Around the World
http://gallery.sjsu.edu/masks/
Masks from Around the World
http://www.masksoftheworld.com/
Masks Around the World
University of Missouri - Columbia
http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/worldmasks/intro.shtml
Masks
NOVICA
http://www.novica.com/category/index.cfm?c=34&l=3
World Mask Gallery
http://www.mask.org/
Changing Face: Masks from the British Museum
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/museum_and_exhibition/changing_face_masks/changing_face_masks.aspx
Masks from the Collection of Ken Suslick
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/suslick/kssmasks.html
Smithsonian Folklife Festival: The Silk Road [shows how the masks are worn during dances]
http://kestan.com/travel/dc/smithson/folklife/index.htm
African Masks
The Art of the African Mask. Bayly Art Museum. University of Virginia
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html
Cameroon Masks. UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ram/57.HTM
The Primitive Face: Masks of Africa. Museum of Ancient and Modern Art
http://www.mama.org/masks/
In the Presence of Spirits
African Art from the National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/spirits/index.htm
Masks and Heads
Hamill Gallery of African Art
http://www.hamillgallery.com/SITE/MasksandHeads.html
African Face Mask. [10 Black and White Drawings]
African Studies Association. University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Face_Masks/menu_Face_Mask.html
African Art Museum
http://www.zyama.com/
African Masks
http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/
Masks
Art of Metalworking in Africa
http://www3.museumofmaking.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=MENU_QUERY&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A//www3.museumofmaking.org/dbtw-wpd/machine.htm&TN=AFRICAN_ART&SN=Masks&RF=Web+%3E%3E+thumbs&EF=&DF=Web+%3E%3E+Full+Display&MR=20&RL=0&EL=1&DL=0&NP=3
Sculpture: Masks of the Himalayas
http://www.himalayan-mercantile.com/masks/
Masks
Himalyan Mercantile
http://www.himalayan-mercantile.com/masks/
Japanese Masks
Noh Mask [Japanese theater masks]
http://www.pasar5.com/NOH_MASK/mlist.html
Noh Mask [includes a section on how Noh masks are made]
http://www.nohmask21.com/eu/index.html
The Noh Mask Effect: A Facial Expression Illusion
http://kasrl.org/noh_mask.html
Greenlandic Masks
Greenlandic Masks. Greenland Guide
http://www.greenland-guide.dk/masks/the-masks.htm
Face of Spirits
East Greenland
http://www.eastgreenland.com/database.asp?lang=eng&num=204
Mongolian Masks
Face Music - Project - Tsam Dance Mongolia
http://www.face-music.ch/tsam/tsammask_en.html
Native American Masks
Yup Ik Masks. Arctic Studies Center. Smithsonian Institution
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/
Potlatch Collection. U'Mista Cultural Center, British Columbia
http://www.umista.org/collections/collection.php
Northwest Coast Native American Masks
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/60-105/finals/Cumming_M/'cumming_m.html
Yaqui and Mayo Indian Easter Ceremonies
http://www.rimjournal.com/arizyson/easter.htm
Latin America
Vejigante Masks. El Coqui Galleries
http://www.elcoquigifts.com/specialvejigante.asp
Masks of Puerto Rico
http://home.coqui.net/chilean/
Carnival Masks [Puerto Rico]
http://americanhistory.si.edu/vidal/about/?id=5
Carnival Masks of the Dominican Republic by Ivan Erickson
http://www.dominicanmasks.com/
The Mask Monger
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/
Indonesia
Ceremonial Masks of Java and Bali, Indonesia. Art-Pacific Guide to Artifacts
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/indonesi/masksjbc.htm
Javanese Mask Collection.. Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibit_sites/javamask/Icons1.htm
Italian Venetian Masks
The Masks of Commedia dell'Arte
http://www.maskmaker.dk/eng/commediadellarte.htm
Commedia Masks
Masks by Alyssa Ravenwood: Wearable Art for Performance and Masquerade
http://www.ravenwoodmasks.com/theater-masks/commedia-masks.htm
A Thumbnail History of Commedia dell'Arte by David Claudon
http://www.davidclaudon.com/arte/commedia.html
New Guinea and Melanesia
Malagan Masks
http://homepages.ius.edu/AEALLEN/masks.htm
Malagan Mask
Hastings Museum
http://www.hmag.org.uk/featuredobject/malagan_mask.aspx
Yam Masks
http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_newguinea_mask1.html
Tribal Art of Papua New Guinea
http://www.lostworldarts.com/new_page_2.htm
Melanesia, 1900 A.D. - Present
Timeline
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/ocm/ht11ocm.htm
Updated 10 April 2008 L. Averill
Rain Forest Project
You Need Math to Do That! Mathematical Careers
Type mathematics in the search box in the upper right corner of the page to look for mathematics in all the careers listed in the handbook. Plus Magazine Careers with Maths Library (interviews with people who work with math)
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOHSearch by Math Jobs
XP Math
http://www.xpmath.com/careers/jobs.phpMath Careers
Kids.gov: Official Portal Kid's for the U. S. Government
http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_math_careers.shtmlWhat Do You Like? Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htmMath
The Fun Works...for Careers You Never Knew Existed.
http://www.thefunworks.org/ Majors Search
The Princeton Review
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/majors/majorSearch.asp
http://www.pass.maths.org/interview.htmlMath in Daily Life (higher level)
Annenberg Media
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/
Grade 8 Projects
U. S. History
Shaping the Nation Before the Civil War
1920's
1920’s
General 1920's Sites
Decades of the 20th Century
http://melvil.chicousd.org/decs2.html
Episode 2: 1915-1929
The 20th Century
In-Depth Specials
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/century/episodes/02/
Hartford Courant 1763-1922
Historical issues of one of Connecticut's major newspapers from 1763 to 1922. A good source for information about life in times past and examples of advertisements.
The Coolidge Era: Prosperity and Thrift
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html
1920-1929 World History
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1920.html
War, Prosperity, and Depression
Outline of U. S. History
International Information Program
U. S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/war.htm
American Cultural History
1920-1929
Kingwood College Library
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
1920’s
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1920.htm
Clash of the Cultures in the 1910's and 1920's
Ohio State University Department of English
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/default.htm
The Roaring Twenties
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery03/gallery03.html
Roaring Twenties
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Lane/6341/History/Roaring20s.html
The Twenties
The Biography of America
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/index.html
Flapper Station
http://home.earthlink.net/~rbotti/
Cosmopolis 1914-1931 [New York]
Learning Adventures in Citizenship
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode5/e5_mm.html
The Great Gatsby Magazine Project
http://www.umsl.edu/~gryan/amer.studies/amstudies.gatsby1.html
Roaring Twenties
ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005846/
Mrs. Gwinn's 1920's Research: The Great Gatsby
http://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/lhsteachers/gwinnlp/gatsbyhome.htm
Guided Readings: The Jazz Age: The American 1920's
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=67
1920’s
Gilder Lehrman Resource Guides
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/resource_guides/content.cfm?tpc=23
American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920’s Election
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfhome.html
Celebrating the Century Stamps
http://www.usps.com/images/stamps/ctc.htm
Great War and Jazz Age
America’s Story from America’s Library
Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz
The American Experience
PBS (Search under 1920's.)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/
The First Measured Century
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interact.htm
The People's Century
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury
Stories of the Century
http://www.newseum.org/century
Eyewitness to the 20th Century
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/20frm.htm
The Twenties
A Biography of America: describes each decade with links to other resources
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/index.html
Emergence of Advertising in America Timeline
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/timeline.html
By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights
1860's to 1960's
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/jrhtml/jrhome.html
History Central
20th Century Year-by-Year
http://www.multied.com/20th/Index.html
WWW-VL History of the United States: 1920-1929
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html
Jazz Age America: Directory of 1920's America Resources
Academic Info
Modern American History
http://www.academicinfo.net/usmodjazz.html
The Roaring Twenties
http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/roar.html
Roaring Twenties
Slouching Toward Utopia: The Economic History of the 20th Century
http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_roaring13.html
Videos
America in the 20th Century: The Roaring Twenties
United Streaming Video may be viewed at school.
file:///Q:/1920's/America_in_the_20th_Century__The_Roaring_Twenties.mov
History in Focus: 1920-1929
United Streaming Video may be viewed at school
file:///Q:/1920's/History_in_Focus__1920_1929.mov
The Roaring Twenties
Video from United Streaming may be viewed at school.
file:///Q:/1920's/The_Roaring_Twenties.mov
Video Yearbook 1929
United Streaming Video may be viewed at school.
file:///Q:/1920's/Video_Yearbook_Collection__1929.mov
Automobiles
Classic Cars in History
http://www.classiccars.net/classic_car_history_2.htm
Automotive History 1920-1929
[Timeline]
http://www.aaca.org/history/chronological/cars_30.htm
Crime
Gangsters, Crime and Prohibition
The Resource Guide for Live and Tabletop Roleplaying Games Set in the 1920's
http://www.vialarp.org/20s/20s_gangland.html
Gangsters and Outlaws
Crime Library
Court TV
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/complete_list.html
FBI Famous Cases
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/famcases.htm
Jewish Gangsters
My Jewish Learning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history_community/Modern/ModernSocial/gangsters.htm
See also Famous or Infamous People
Dining
1920-1929
Dining through the Decades: 100 Years of Glorious American Food
Leite's Culinaria,
http://www.leitesculinaria.com/writings/features/dining4.html
The Food Timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.org/
Roaring Twenties Theme Party Ideas
Dinner and a Murder
http://www.dinnerandamurder.com/Themes/4Deuces.htm
Etiquette
Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home by Emily Post,
1922
http://www.bartleby.com/95/index.html
The Charleston
Jazz Age Dance
http://www.mixedpickles.org/jazzdance.html
Charleston
How to Dance the Charleston
http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/jtt/1920s%20charleston.pdf
The Swing Doctors
http://www.swingdoctors.org.uk/
History of Swing Dancing
The History of Dance
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/swing.htm
The Jazz Age
Roaring Twenties
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm
Jazzing It Up
Arts & Entertainment
Big Apple History
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/arts/topic20.html
Flappers
The Jazz Age: Flapper Culture and Style
http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
Videos
KS3 History: The Jazz Age [video]
http://www.teachers.tv/video/3325
America of the 1920's : The Jazz Age
Video from United Streaming may be viewed at school.
file:///Q:/1920's/America_in_the_1920s__The_Jazz_Age_.mov
Birth of the Jazz
Video from United Streaming may be viewed at school
file:///Q:/1920's/The_Birth_of_Jazz.mov
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance
Arts & Entertainment
Big Apple History
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/arts/topic9.html
Drop Me Off in Harlem
Discover Themes and Works that Emerged When Creative and Intellectual Voice Intersected during the Harlem Renaissance
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/
Survey Graphic Harlem Number v. 6, no.6, March 1925
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/harlem/contents.html
Selected Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance: A Resource Guide
http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/guides/
Video
Harlem Renaissance and the Formation of Negro Baseball Leagues
United Streaming Video may be used during school.
file:///Q:/1920's/The_Harlem_Renaissance_and_the_Formation_of_Negro_Baseball_Leagues.mov
Immigration Restrictions
European Immigration and Defining Whiteness
RACE: Are We So Different?
American Anthropological Association
http://www.understandingrace.org/history/gov/eastern_southern_immigration.html
Immigration
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
http://www.tenement.org/Encyclopedia/immigration_administration.htm
Immigration Story
The Journal News
http://www.thejournalnews.com/legacy/slideshow/flash/immigration/IMG_FINAL.swf
Klu Klux Klan
100 Years of Terror: A Special Report Prepared by the Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html
Klu Klux Klan
Spartacus Educational
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkkk.htm
Literature
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events
1920-1929
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920.htm
Music
The Roaring Twenties Concert Extravaganza
http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml
I Hear America Singing: a timeline with links to information about famous composers and songs.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/timeline.html
Flapper Music
http://www.bassocantante.com/flapper/music.html
Speakeasies, Flappers & Red Hot Jazz
Music of Prohibition
Riverwalk Jazz
http://www.riverwalk.org/proglist/showpromo/prohibition.htm
Prohibition
Temperance and Prohibition
http://prohibition.osu.edu/
America Goes Dry
Business & Politics
Big Apple History
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/business/topic12.html
Back to the Bar
Business & Politics
Big Apple History
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/business/topic13.html