WJHS Pathfinder for English 9B APEX  

Part I Research

Research your topic. A minimum of 4 sources and 20 note cards are required. You must use NoodleTools to create these cards. Any resource found through the pathfinder or in the Media Center is approved. You are NOT limited to the sources found on the pathfinder!

** If you have another topic idea, ask me!

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Online References

E Books

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Astrology

The Astrology Charts of Queen Elizabeth I and Francis Bacon Shakespeare's Astrology

The Black Plague

	The Black Plague 1348-1350 Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
	The Black Death The Black Death, 1348 What Is The Black Death?

Bloody Mary

Mary I The Tudors - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary & Elizabeth Mary I (1553-1558 AD) Queen "Bloody" Mary I

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources Anne Boleyn (Queen of England)

Books and Printing

Book History Timetable Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)

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John Calvin

Biography of John Calvin John Calvin - Biography John Calvin (French Theologian)

The Church of England

Church of England An Anglican Timeline

Clothing of The Times

Late 16th Century Europe (1570 -1600) Costumes Elizabethan Costuming Page

The Colonies in New England

The Charter of New England : 1620 Colonial North America 17th C. Colonial New England Colonization Early Colonial Era Beginnings to 1700 Massachusetts Bay Colony

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake Modern History Sourcebook: Francis Pretty: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World,1580 Sir Francis Drake (c. 1543-96)

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Education

The Education of Boys The Education of Girls Medieval Education

English Art

	Eras of Elegance - Art, Literature and Music in the Elizabethan Era (1558 - 1603) The Elizabethan Age Elizabethan England - Metropolitan Museum of Art Renaissance Art Elizabethan Music Elizabethan Theatre Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 - 1603)

Family and Home Life of the Times

Shakespeare's Life and Times

Fencing

A Brief History of Fencing The Art of Fence Masters of the 16th and Early 17th Centuries

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Food of the Times

Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage Medieval/Renaissance Brewing Homepage Renaissance Recipes Renaissance Dessert Recipes

Games of the Times

Heralds and Heraldry Recreation and Sports The Royal Game of Piquet

Guilds and Crafts

Ravensgard Medieval Arts and Crafts Guild Hall History of Guilds

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press Inventer of the Week - Johannes Gutenberg (MIT) Johannes Gutenberg (German Printer)

Henry VIII

Henry VIII (1509-47AD) Henry VIII (1491-1547) Henry VIII The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Nicholas Hilliard

Nicholas Hilliard - Artist Biography Nicholas Hilliard (English Painter) Hilliard Society of Miniaturists

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History of the Elizabethan Age

	Elizabethan Era A Compendium of Common Knowledge:  1558-1603 Elizabethan England
	Elizabethan Times The "Middle" Centuries of Western Civilization from Byzantium to the French Revolution At the Time of Elizabeth

Martin Luther

Biography of Martin Luther Martin Luther - PBS Martin Luther (German Regligious Leader)

Map Making

The History of Cartography Time Chart of Renaissance Cartography Map of Great Britain (c1595) Cartography

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe The Life of Christopher Marlowe

Medicine of the Times

Elizabethan Medicine and Illnesses Medicine in Elizabethan England

Music and Musical Instruments

Music History 102:The Renaissance Medieval and Renaissance Instruments Instruments of Renaissance Music

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Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation The Protestant Reformation A Whirlwind Tour of the Protestant Reformation

The Puritans

Puritans in Colonial America The Puritans Puritanism Pilgrims and Puritans: Background Those Misunderstood Puritans

Queen Elizabeth

	Elizabeth I (1558-1603 AD) Life in Elizabethan England Elizabethan England The British Monarchy
	Queen Elizabeth I The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth I (1533-1603) The Faces of Queen Elizabeth The First Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533 – 1603 Elizabethan Heraldry

Renaissance

Renaissance, the Elizabethan World Medieval Links Annenberg Exhibits Collection:  Renaissance La Renaissance

Sanitation of the 1500s and 1600s

Sewers of London Rats in History:  The Renaissance

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Scientists of the Times

	The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo Galileo Timeline Galileo Galilei Galileo: the Telescope & the Laws of Dynamics Galileo (1564-1642)
	Nicolaus Copernicus Polish Cleric and Astronomer 1473 – 1543 Copernicus, Nicolas Copernicus, Nicolas - Astronomer and Mathematician Copernicus, Nicholaus (1473-1543)
	Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) Sir Isaac Newton English Scientist 1642 – 1727
	René Descartes French Philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) René Descartes (1596 - 1650) René Descartes (1595-1650)
	Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) A Timeline of the Life of Sir Walter Raleigh Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618): The Discovery of Guiana, 1595 Sir Walter Raleigh: Additional Sources
	The Noble Dane: Images of Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Tycho Brahe The Observations of Tycho Brahe
	William Harvey (1578 - 1658) William Harvey William Harvey

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The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada - BBC The Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada - Tudor Period

Weapons

Elizabethan Weapons Arms and Armor in Renaissance Europe Medieval Weapons & Armour

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Part II Write Your Paper

1. Organize your notes and identify the critical pieces that made your topic significant.
2. Focus on three main areas and find at least two details related to those main areas that you can use in your paper.
3. Write a thesis statement that clearly states the significance of your topic. After you have developed a thesis, build an introductory paragraph that will set the tone of your essay.
4. Organize your essay using the outline to give each main area its own body paragraph – a total of three body paragraphs.
5. Wrap up your research paper with a strong conclusion paragraph that connects your topic with our lives today.
6. Complete a final draft of your research paper with in-text citations and a Works Cited with at least four sources attached.

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Part III Prepare a 3-Minute Presentation

1. Organize your notes and identify the critical pieces that must be in your presentation.  These should be the same critical pieces that appear in your paper.        
2. Brainstorm a creative way to present your information.  Examples: PowerPoint, Skit, etc.  It is important to also consider necessary props.         
3. Create visuals.  Visuals must be clear enough to see from the back of the classroom.
4. Practice your presentation. (Time yourself!)                         
5. Deliver your 3-minute presentation.

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What Will Be Graded?

4 source cards and 20 note cards (using NoodleTools) – 10 Formative points
Works Cited – 2 Formative points
Presentation (including visual with proper citations) – 10 Formative points
Research Paper – 30 Summative points

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What Is The Schedule For This Assignment?

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