The Secret Life of Bees & Civil Rights Movement

Linked below  are pathfinders for Civil Rights Movement. To open file, double click on the name of the document US History_Civil Rights Movement.doc then OPEN or SAVE as needed

Links
US History_Civil Rights and Struggle for Equality.doc
US History_Civil Rights Movement.doc

The information is divided into the categories listed below

1. 1954: Brown v. Board of Education
2. 1954: Emmet Till
3. 1955: Rosa Parks & 1960 Greensboro
4. 1955: Early years of MLK in Civil Rights Movement (“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”)
5. 1957: Little Rock Nine
6. 1961: Freedom Rides
7. 1963: Later years of MLK in Civil Rights Movement (“I Have a Dream”)
8. 1964: 24^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
9. 1964: Civil Rights Act of 1964
10. 1965: “Bloody Sunday”
11. 1965: Watts Riots
12. 1966: Executive Order 11246 (Affirmative Action)
13. Jim Crow laws

A custom search engine for The Civil Rights Movement is also available at the library blog located at http://www.vlcspear.blogspot.com/. The search engine contains hundreds of academic and educational websites. Just look for the search toolbar located on the right hand side of the blog.

Access and passwords for GHCHS online textbooks and databases are for Granada Hill Charter High School students only. Please do not share this information with students who do not attend GHCHS or post this information online. Thank you 

Historical Documents in National Archives

The following resources from Open Directory Project [DMOZ] are available to assist you with your historical documents project

1. National Archives Catalog:
2. American Experience - War Letters - Feature about war letters from the American Revolution to Desert Storm. Film description, transcript of letters, timeline, gallery, and teacher's guide
3. Bartleby.com: American Historical Documents - Text of 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts, and governmental documents from Eric the Red's c. 1000 description of Vinland to the Panama Convention of 1904.
4. Charters of Freedom - Information and images on several important historical American documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
5. Declaration and Resolves Of The First Continental Congress - Hypertext from the Journals of Congress (ed. 1800) at the Avalon Project.
6. The Emancipation Proclamation - Complete text.
7. From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents - Extensive collection of hypertext transcripts of historical documents, speeches, letters, and other source material pertaining to U.S. history.
8. Gilder Lehrman Collection - One of the largest collections of American historical documents in private hands. The collection's holdings are strongest from 1760 through 1876.
9. Historical Text Archive - Documents categorized by the following: Native American, Colonial, Revolutionary, Early Republic, 19th Century and 20th Century.
10. OurDocuments.gov - Milestone documents of American history, presented by the National Archives and Records Administration.
11. Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860 - Collection of legal documents, pamphlets, and books concerning slavery, slaves, and abolition.
12. US Historical Documents - A Chronology of US Historical Documents from pre-Colonial to present day.
13. Words and Deeds in American History - Library of Congress- "Representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

Arthur Miller Research for American Literature (C. Robinson)

Here are the online links for Mrs. Robinson's research project on Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller:  Career Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/career-timeline/57/
 
Arthur Miller, Salem, MA (1991): Crucible & Trials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulT8phOxSWU
 
Arthur Miller (1963) - The Meaning of Suffering
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQPAke1bs0&feature=related
 
Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller - Announce their marriage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3x02uB0jka.
 
BBC News' On This Day - Witness - Audiofile
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/witness/august/7/newsid_2946000/2946420.stm
 
National Geographic Interactive about the Salem Witch Trial
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/
 
Secrets of the Dead - Crime Scene Investigations Meet History
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/witches-curse/1498/
 
Why I Wrote The Crucible: An Artist's Answer to Politics by Arthur Miller
http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/miller.html
 

US History_The Twentieth Century

Below is the pathfinder for your research project, the project is divided into these categories

• Culture and society
• Legislation
• Foreign Policy
• Technology and Innovation
• Economics

Pathfinder: US History_The Twentieth Century.docx

The pathfinder includes primary and secondary sources 

To access the pathfinder: double-click on the name of the document then choose either OPEN or SAVE as needed.

How to open articles. Click on the BLUE link under the citation information for each article. Articles are already in MLA format. Then enter the username and password for the article database.

For books about American History, go to the American History bookcase in the library. It is the bookcase with the flag (see above) on top

Harlem Renaissance

If you need assistance with information on the Harlem Renaissance, look through these sites or download the Harlem Renaissance pathfinder located below. To OPEN the document, place your mouse over the title of the document then press CTRL and left click your mouse. Choose OPEN or SAVE as needed.

Pathfinder for Harlem Renaissance:

• US History_1920s_Harlem Renaissance.docx

Sites for Harlem Renaissance

1.       African American Women Dreaming in Color - About the role of women in the movement.

2.       Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1937 - A research guide and reference, with background, list of individuals (many with links to further information), timeline, assessment of the importance of the movement.

3.       Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and After - Offers a brief guide.

4.       Rhapsodies in Black - Introduction to the period of the flowering of the arts in the black community in Harlem. Included are backgrounds for artists, a bibliography, and a chronology.

5.       The Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 - 1964 - Collection contains 1,400 Portraits of literary figures, artists, and celebrities, many of them figures from the movement.

6.       The Harlem Renaissance - A collection of art, poetry, and prose. Includes a link to subscribe to an email discussion list.

7.       ArtLex: Harlem Renaissance [ ] - Brief definition with artworks examples from this American art movement.

8.       Eyecon Art - The Harlem Renaissance [ ] - History of the African-American cultural movement which was first known as "The New Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. Sample artwork and facts about the artists.

9.       Artcyclopedia search by artist, period or movement: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/harlem-renaissance.html.

10.   Mark Harden’s Artchive: search by artist: http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm.

11.   Aaron Douglas’s Magisterial Aspects of Nego Life

12.   Aaron Douglas (through AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Arts)

13.   Aaron Douglas (through Rhapsodies in Black)

American Imperialism

On the right toolbar is a search engine for IB History. Includes links to scholarly journals, the National Archives, Library of Congress, presidential library archives, etc.A search engine works by entering search terms. This search engine is already programmed to only offer search results from educational and academic websites.

Search terms included: Monroe Doctrine; Open Door Policy; Big Stick Ideology; Roosevelt Corollary; Theodore Roosevelt; Woodrow Wilson; William Howard Taft; Cuba, Panama Canal; Spanish-American War; “Remember the Maine;”

Search Skills (just type search terms into the search engine box and press enter)

1.      Searches work better when you put the search terms in quotes: “Big Stick Ideology”

2.      For JSTOR articles, just type in the search term and the word “JSTOR”

3.      For Google Scholar, just type in the words “Google Scholar”

4.      For Video, click the video option or type the word video along with your search term