Jericho Middle School Library Social Studies Web Site

Mrs. Travis's History Research Class

National History Day

Debate & Diplomacy: Successes, Failures, Consequences!

Theme for 2010-2011

Use NoodleBib to Cite Your Sources

National History Day

• Creating a Project
• A Research Roadmap
• Steps to Create a Project
• The Process Paper
• How are Entries Judged?

Databases

• The following databases by Gale are a good place to begin your research:
  • Biography in Context,Gale Student Resources in Context, and U.S. History in Context
• NewsBank has America's Historical Newspapers (1690 - 1922)
  All primary source documents covering 500 U.S. Historical Newspapers from 50 States.
  

 Internet Resources

• History of Jericho
• Jericho Middle School's Evaluating Website Form
• Internet Search Tools
• Picturing America and Picturing America Award Recipients
• The National Archives Experience including Digital Vaults and Resources for National History Day
• New York State Archives Homepage
• History Channel
• Nationalgeographic.com (Adventure, Maps, Travel)
• Discoverers Web
• The History Net: Where History Lives on the Web
• The History Place: The Past into the Future
• eHistory
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• HyperHistory Online
• American and British History Resources on the Net
• Library of Congress
• American Memory from the Library of Congress
• Welcome to the White House
• Information Please: On - Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, Atlas, & Almanac Reference
• Getty Images (you can search for over 40 million images in history from this site)
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (from the Library of Congress)
• Information on Cities, Counties, Towns & Communities

Evaluating Websites

• Evaluating Websites Form (from Jericho Middle School Library)
• Evaluating Websites (from Multnomah County Library)
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (from UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops )
• Evaluating Internet Information (from Cornell University)

Which of these sites would you want to use for your research?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Benjamin Franklin
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Benjamin Franklin
• Benjamin Franklin
• Benjamin Franklin

Biographies- Some Trusted Websites

• Biographical Dictionary (includes over 18,000 people from ancient times to present)
• Biographies of U.S. Presidents
• Congressional Biographical Directory: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present

Dates and Time

• This Day in History (The History Channel's Time Machine)
• Any Day Today - in - History Page (of Scope Systems)
• The National Archive

News and Periodicals Pages (recommended links from from JMS Website)

• Suffolk Historic Newspapers
• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902 Online (full text articles searchable by key word, date, or subject).
• Hudson River Valley Heritage
• CNN Interactive
• CNN World News
• USA Toda

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