The student will use Media Center resources, print and nonprint, to research topics related to equal rights for Women, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Americans with Disabilities.

Outcome 2: Students will be able to locate resources to meet an identified need.

C. Locate appropriate resources to meet information need.

Outcome 3: Students will be able to gather relevant information from appropriate resources.

Indicators:
A: Generate appropriate search terminology and strategies.
B: Evaluate specific resources to determine accuracy and relevance of content.

Outcome 5: Students will be able to interpret information to generate new understandings and knowledge.

Indicators:
A. Analyze data and information for meaning.
B: Apply critical thinking and problem solving strategies.

GHS Online Subscriptions:

From the GHS home page, click on Media Center, then on "Online Resources." The databases are listed in alphabetical order. Passwords for home use are available in the Media Center, and on Edline, under News.

 

ABC-CLIO World History: The Modern Era

 

Student Resource Center (Gold -- Gale Cengage)

 

World History Resource Center (Gale Cengage)

 

SIRS Knowledge Source

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks

Click on Proceed. Choose the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click on “Show All” and search in the sets:

• Encyclopedia of European Social History
• Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
• Korean War Reference Library
• Learning About the Holocaust: A Student's Guide
• Middle East Conflict Reference Library
• Vietnam War Reference Library
• War in the Persian Gulf Reference Library
• Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
• Learning About the Holocaust: A Student's Guide

 

Issues & Controversies

 

World News Digest

 

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC)

 

 

Online Encyclopedias:

 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition

 

World Book Online Reference Center

 

Genocide

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- What is Genocide?

 

Genocide Watch – The International Campaign to End Genocide

 

Change.org

 

The Genocide Education Project

 

Genocide in the 20th Century -- The History Place (site founder is a reputable nonfiction author)