Research+Sources


 * ===100 Milestone Documents=== || [[image:http://lmc.abington.k12.pa.us/images/icons/general/spacer.gif width="32" height="32"]] ||
 * Browse through a list of one hundred documents that represent milestones in the history of the United States from 1776 to 1965. When you select a document to examine you will have the opportunity to navigate the image and read about the history and significance of that document. You have the option of viewing the next document in the series or returning to the opening page to the interactive table of contents to make another selection. There is also a link that provides you with background information on the list and explains how it was compiled. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.ourdocuments.gov ||


 * ===A Chronology of US Historical Documents=== ||  ||
 * This web site contains links to an extensive archive of US Historical documents. Navigation is made easy by selecting the era from the top of the page. This site also includes a section on the past and present flags of the United States as well as state flags. The web page is maintained by the University of Oklahoma Law Center. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.law.ou.edu ||


 * ===American Rhetoric=== ||  ||
 * Visit www.Americanrhetoric.com and you will have access to an online speech bank of the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century. Listen to or read the "I have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, or Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, to name just a few! Click on the "Rhetorical Figures in Sound" section and read definitions of different rhetorical tools and listen to them being used. Hear a clip from the television show Seinfeld for an example of a simile. Conclude your visit by taking a rhetoric quiz. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.americanrhetoric.com ||


 * ===British Library Online Gallery=== ||  ||
 * There is so much to explore in the British Library's online gallery. The opening page allows you to look through the online exhibits that contain thousands of historic images, documents, videos, and interactive features. You can also watch a video that shows you how to use "Turning the Pages," an award winning software that lets you page through books and enlarge details. The titles of the exhibitions and the books can be viewed all at once or according to the most frequently viewed or recently added. The Highlights Tour contains featured items from the library that you can also examine. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.bl.uk ||


 * ===Canada in the Making: Primary Sources=== ||  ||
 * Find primary source documents related to the Canadian Constitution and treaties with aboriginal peoples. Take a look at the Articles of Capitulation and the Royal Proclamation. Learn about the British North America Act and the Statute of Westminster. Study the contents of more than a dozen treaties between the colonial and Canadian governments and the Aboriginals starting with the Selkirk Treaty of 1817. Other primary source documents available through this site relate to immigration and quarantines, especially concerning the Chinese and paupers. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www2.canadiana.ca ||


 * ===Canada: Primary Source Websites=== ||  ||
 * Links to twenty different sites provide primary source information on Canada's social, political, and military history. Explore Canadian expansion into the West and North. Learn about Canadian music and musicians. Investigate the role and accomplishments of Canadians in the Olympics. Read about some remarkable people in Canada's history and politics. Analyze the issues and events surrounding Canadian confederation. Examine Canadian architecture, heroes, and symbols. Find out how Canadian newspapers and magazines have portrayed special events. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.youthsource.ab.ca ||


 * ===Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet=== ||  ||
 * Within Duke University's Special Collection Library is the Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, who produced this web site at the request of students and teachers who wanted to see primary sources about women and the Civil War on the Internet. Here you can find diaries, letters, documents, photographs, and prints from the Civil War period. Don't miss Carrie Berry's diary. Carrie Berry was a 10-year-old resident of Atlanta at the time she recorded her thoughts and feelings in this diary. You'll learn how she celebrated her 10th birthday, and view five months of the Civil War through the eyes of a young girl. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://library.duke.edu ||


 * ===Documents Belonging to History: Vatican Museums=== ||  ||
 * This extensive website from the Vatican will show you dozens of ecclesiastical and historical documents. You can see photographs of the actual documents and read detailed explanations of them. There are also descriptions of the book in which each document is found. There are handwritten documents from some of the saints, including Teresa of Avila, Carlo Borromeo, and Francesco di Assisi. You can look at a warning sent to Martin Luther in 1520 or a letter of praise sent to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Pope Clement XIV in 1770. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://asv.vatican.va ||


 * ===EyeWitness to History=== ||  ||
 * Personal narratives and first hand sources help you learn what it would have been like to be an eyewitness to a variety of historical events. Most of these accounts are in the form of a diary or letter along with background information about that time in history or the location, but some of the more modern events have photographs or pictures to accompany them. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com ||


 * ===Harvard: A Selection of Web-accessible Collections=== ||  ||
 * The Harvard University Library provides you with a selection of easy-to-use digital collections. Each collection can be accessed from the opening page. As you scroll down the page you will find large pictures that area accompanied by the names of the collections, the web site addresses, and descriptions of their contents. You will find a wide variety of mostly historic collections such as Chinese rubbings, money, views of disease, crime, expeditions, immigration, and women in the workforce. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://digitalcollections.harvard.edu ||


 * ===History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web=== ||  ||
 * Although this site was designed for high school and college teachers, student will also like the selection of United States History information available here. By selecting "Making Sense of Oral History," read information such as: What is Oral History? How Do Historians Use It? Interpreting Oral History; and more helpful information you may need. How about Analyzing Political Cartoons? An illustration is presented for you, along with a professional historian's interpretation for you to read. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://historymatters.gmu.edu ||


 * ===Interactives: Historical and Cultural Contexts=== ||  ||
 * You are dared to become a document detective. Try your skill at examining primary source documents to see if you can figure out when and where an event took place. This interactive web site provides an explanation of what is considered a primary source document and gives samples of each kind. After you have learned about each type of primary source document, you will answer questions about newspapers, journals, speeches and letters. Challenge yourself to the speed round. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.learner.org ||


 * ===National Archives: Online Featured Exhibits=== ||  ||
 * The National Archives and Records Administration has an exhibit hall of 32 online exhibits featuring documents, photographs, and artwork from the archives. Documents which highlight the history of Congress, government drawings about democracy, Depression-era artwork, and panoramic photography are just a few exhibits. Learn about World War II: the persuasive posters from the government and the contributions of many Americans. Look back over 100 years at the greatest events or learn about 100 famous American women. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.archives.gov ||


 * ===Picture Australia=== ||  ||
 * Take a visual trip through Australia where you will use pictures and images as your main source of information. This web site is an incredible pictorial representation of the things that have shaped Australia as a country. You will have access to images housed in the best cultural institutions of Australia that depict the past and present of country. These images include pictures, maps, and works of art. You can search through galleries and archives of institutions or view special themed albums of images. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.pictureaustralia.org ||


 * ===The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy=== ||  ||
 * The Avalon Project is made up of collections of documents in law, history, and diplomacy. The opening page allows you to explore areas that contain documents from ancient times, medieval times, and each century between the fifteenth century and the twenty first century. You can also browse through the major document collection that is arranged in alphabetical order from African Americans to World War II. There is also a document collection of human rights cases and a document collection of the International Military Tribunal for Germany. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://avalon.law.yale.edu ||


 * ===Using Primary Sources on the Web=== ||  ||
 * Having access to the Internet also means that you have access to countless primary and secondary sources to help you with historical research. But with all of these sources available to you it helps to know how to evaluate them properly and make sure that the quality of the materials is acceptable. This guide helps you understand exactly what primary sources are, how to find them on the Internet, and how to evaluate primary source web sites. There are even tips on how to cite web sites. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.ala.org ||


 * ===World Digital Library=== || === === ||
 * Stop at this website to ride the digital tidal wave of information on the continents and regions of the world. Several browse options make researching your project easy. Learn the history, culture, art, science and literature of current and ancient civilizations of the world. Narrow results by date range using the handy timeline option. Colorful resources are available in a variety of media including journal entries, manuscripts, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, photographs and prints. ||
 * Topic: Research Sources ||
 * URL: http://www.wdl.org ||


 * ===Channelone.com=== || ||
 * Channel One News provides you with all of the current events from around the world. You will find headlines and captions for current news stories, special features, and stories that are for pure entertainment. There is also a video gallery that allows you to watch current news stories and search through the archives. You will even find an area that is filled with interactive quizzes, and area just for students, and an area designed especially for teachers. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: @http://www.channelone.com ||


 * ===Discovery News=== || === === ||
 * Visit the Discovery News website to find news headlines on many topics. News topics included are Animals, Space, Human, Tech, Earth, Archeology, Dinosaurs and History. Visit each news topic to find many current news articles. To the right of the articles you will find links to videos and news headlines. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: @http://news.discovery.com ||


 * ===National Geographic Daily News=== || === === ||
 * Each day you will find the most current news and events related to caring for our planet in National Geographic's Daily News. The opening page contains the most recent headlines, photos, and news videos and provides you with a selection of news topics to search. You can find current news related to animals, the ancient world, energy, and the environment. There are also articles and resources related to cultures, space and technology, and even resources that are considered weird. News photos, videos, and blogs are accessible as well. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: @http://news.nationalgeographic.com ||


 * ===New Scientist: News=== || === === ||
 * When you visit New Scientist online you will gain access to a collection of updated scientific news articles and an incredible archive that holds over 76,000 content pieces. The opening page contains the most current topics that are making news in the world of science. You can browse through the headlines and their brief descriptions or choose from the topics found in the toolbar. You will find news related to life, space, technology, the environment, health, physics and math, and science in society. Besides articles, New Scientist online also offers multimedia items as well. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: @http://www.newscientist.com ||


 * ===News Hour Extra=== || === === ||
 * Do you like to keep up with current events? If so, this web site is just for you. Extra News Hour for Students is brought to you by PBS and contains the most up-to-date news stories from around the world. Since this site is updated every day, you will always find a great idea for your current events discussion or project. In addition to today's top news stories, you can also view video clips of breaking news or search the science, health or arts sections for current topics in specific fields. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: @http://www.pbs.org ||


 * ===Science Daily: Your Source for the Latest Research News=== || ||
 * ScienceDaily is a free, advertiser-supported online magazine that brings you breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology. The magazine's articles are actually news releases submitted by leading universities and other research organizations around the world. Each news release is posted in its original form, with a contact name and link to the organization's home page. Several means are used for organizing the information, including a topic page and a reverse chronological list. This is a very useful site for keeping informed of current scientific happenings. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com ||


 * ===Scientific American: Top Stories=== || ||
 * This Emagazine is an excellent resource to stay current on all of the "hot topics' in the area of technology and science. Read through feature articles, view exhibits, and listen to expert interviews on this web site by the Scientific American. Current research and findings are always readily available as an excellent resource for science students. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: http://www.scientificamerican.com ||


 * ===Taliban Conflict=== || ||
 * Find out why handing over national security control to Afghan forces promises to be challenging. Roadside bombings, assassinations, and suicide attacks are escalating but officials are optimistic. With the promised American military pull-out just a year away, some say the United States needs to negotiate with the Taliban. Investigate America's secret drone war across the border in Pakistan. Discover how unmanned planes provide reconnaissance and also have bombing capabilities. Explore the role of the British in Afghanistan. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk ||


 * ===The Learning Network=== || ||
 * Not only can you read about the most current news when you visit The Learning Network., but you can also interact with it. You will have the opportunity to read about particular issues and then find out what other teens think by reading their opinions. Although news topics change daily, you can count on finding the most current events, interactive quizzes, a word of the day, and the most recent comments from teens just like you. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com ||


 * ===The Why Files : The Science Behind the News=== || ||
 * The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents provides this web site. It discusses the science behind the news. Each issue features an in depth article, a brief article, a current news section, and cool science images. For example, this month features an article about professional sports and concussions, social ties aiding infant baboons, pedophilia treatment, steroids in baseball, and nuclear weapons in North Korea. Archives of past issues are available. Teachers can read about using The Why Files in the classroom. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: http://whyfiles.org ||


 * ===Today's Front Pages=== || ||
 * Read the front pages from more than 500 newspapers around the world. This is possible by visiting this web site, the Newseum, which is an "Interactive Museum of News." In addition to reading the daily news, historic interest articles are also archived, such as hurricane Katrina, the invasion of Iraq, and the attacks on September 11, 2001. To find a specific newspaper, you can conduct a search by region. Additionally, educational games and activities are provided. Try a game of Newmania, and test your knowledge of current events. ||
 * Topic: Current Events ||
 * URL: http://www.newseum.org ||


 * ===A Developing World=== || ||
 * Explore the developing world. On this interactive world map, you can click on any country to bring up information about its quality of life. Quality of life includes such factors as life expectancy, surface area, gross domestic product, and others. This information appears at the side when you click on the country. At the bottom of the page you will see graphs comparing that particular country's information with Canada's statistics. This will be a good source of information for research on developing countries. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca ||


 * ===Breathing Earth=== || ||
 * Explore this interactive map to compare the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) around the globe in real time. Use your mouse to find an analysis of each and every land area on earth, from large to small. Compare the differences in each country's CO2 emissions and current birth and death statistics, while a ticker keeps you updated on the world's population. Then, scroll down for additional facts and details. Learn why too much CO2 can be harmful, and find out how you can reduce your carbon footprint. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.breathingearth.net ||


 * ===Brightstorm=== || ||
 * You can have your own math or science teacher right on your computer. These educational videos provide basic and detailed information on hundreds of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, biology, chemistry, and physics topics. If you're confused about solving equations or cell processes, you can find answers and explanations here. Teachers explain chemical catalysts, thermodynamics, and nuclear reactions. These brief lessons will help you understand differential equations, derivatives, logarithms, and other difficult math concepts. Click on a subject area and then find the topic you need to understand better. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.brightstorm.com ||


 * ===Canadian Museum of Civilization: Student Resources=== || ||
 * A variety of resources help you learn about Canadian civilization. Meet more than two dozen Canadians whose choices and discoveries shaped the history of Canada. Play the Mystery History-Maker Match-Up and find out which one is the most like you. Explore the life and adventures of Pierre Boucher. Discover objects and artifacts from Canada's past from armoires to jewelry with a zigzag motif, one for each letter of the alphabet. Enjoy a photographic exploration of Canada. Take a look at Canadian mail-order catalogs. Visit a virtual village in Quebec a century ago. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.civilization.ca ||


 * ===Conversations with History=== || ||
 * Conversations with History is a weekly series that nationally broadcasts intellectual interviews relevant to the time. The host, Harry Kreisler, interviews scholars, journalists, and policymakers from all parts of the world. This online companion allows you to access all of the Conversations with History interviews. You have the option of searching for interviews by name, topic, or year, and you can browse the most recent interviews that are located on the opening page. Each video is accompanied by an overview that informs you of the nature of the content. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://conversations.berkeley.edu ||


 * ===HippoCampus=== || ||
 * The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education created and maintains this resource, which offers free, online multimedia lessons to high school and college students. The subjects covered thus far are: Algebra, Biology, Calculus, Environmental Science, Government, History, Physics, and Religion (many are AP courses). Course content is provided by a number of institutions, such as the University of California and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). If you're working out of a textbook, you can select your textbook from those listed; if not, simply select the subject, course, section, and topic that interest you. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.hippocampus.org ||


 * ===How Stuff Works=== || ||
 * This web site teaches how a variety of things work. The explanations are in eleven categories: computers, electronics, science, home, entertainment, health, money, travel, people, and auto. The site lists its top ten explained things, such as lock picking and CD burners. Stuff We Like is a section that recommends products such as digital cameras and video games. A survey is available each day. An archive of past surveys can be accessed. Users can join the site for free to receive a newsletter daily or weekly. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com ||


 * ===Lab TV: Real World Design Challenge=== || ||
 * High school students tackle a real-world engineering problem by gaining a greater understanding of the forces involved in flying a plane. They use engineering software and get online mentoring from professionals as they design a plane. Air filtration for naval ships is a little more complex than that in your house and uses three mechanical and chemical filters. Army research engineers design shelters to protect soldiers from chemicals, weapons, and even being seen. Other topics addressed in these video webisodes include power harvesting, food science, waste handling, nanofibers, and disease control. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.ndep.us ||


 * ===Library and Archives Canada: The Evidence Web=== || ||
 * Spend some time exploring this educational resource that will teach you about primary sources and about Canada's history. Look at texts, newspapers, photographs, maps and more that are linked on the web site to specific themes about Canada. You will choose one of five themes and then study the images to learn more. For instance, if you choose place, then you could choose Quebec. Twenty-four different primary source documents about Quebec are available for you to study. Click on a thumbnail to get a title and description. Depending on what topic you choose, your results will be different each time. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca ||


 * ===Religions=== || ||
 * Answers to questions about religions of the world can sometimes be difficult to find. Your parents or friends may not understand all the different world religions. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has created this web site, which explains 16 major world religions. A few of the religions featured are Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. Atheism is also covered. There's a multi-faith calendar, where you'll find holy days and festivals, an Islamic prayer calculator, and an interactive tool called Civilisations, where you can explore "the rise and fall of great empires and ideas over 5000 years." ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk ||


 * ===The Internet Public Library=== || ||
 * The Internet Public Library offers the user links within the site to an annotated collection of high quality Internet resources. The catalog of subjects includes links to Computers, Education, Social Science, Health and many others. The Ready Reference catalog links to web sites with resources similar to Almanacs and Dictionaries. Special Collections highlight literary criticism and biographical web sites about authors and their works and may be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.ipl.org ||


 * ===The Periodic Table of Videos=== || ||
 * Professors and lecturers from the University of Nottingham seem to have fun with chemistry and sharing their knowledge with others. Log on to their award-winning web site and you'll be greeted by the periodic table. Click on one of the chemical elements to view a short, informative, often explosive video about the element and see how it reacts under various conditions. The engaging experiments they conduct will help you understand the elements in a memorable way. Who knew chemistry could be so entertaining? ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.periodicvideos.com ||


 * ===Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary=== || ||
 * Visual learners in particular will appreciate the graphic representation of the words in the online dictionary and thesaurus known as Visuwords. Simply type a word into the box at the top, or click on the Random button, and watch your screen come alive with words and colorful, fluid links to other related words which convey the relationship between those words. Chosen as one of Time magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2009, the site utilizes Princeton University's WordNet database and is an innovative way of improving your vocabulary. ||
 * Topic: Homework Helpers ||
 * URL: http://www.visuwords.com ||


 * ===Coping With Colds=== || ||
 * Despite what you may have been told, it's not possible to catch a cold because you didn't wear a jacket or went outside with wet hair. But chances are good that you will catch a cold by becoming infected with a strain of the rhinovirus--teenagers catch an average of two to four colds each year. Teens Health explains how colds are spread and what makes us more susceptible to them, as well as how to alleviate symptoms and when you should see a doctor. ||
 * Topic: Healthy Habits ||
 * URL: http://www.kidshealth.org ||


 * ===Coping with Teen Stressors=== || ||
 * Your parents divorce or you move to a new place. Your life seems to be falling apart and you can't seem to do anything to stop it. How do you cope with stressors in a healthy way? Investigate positive and negative coping techniques. Explore the difference between confrontive and evasive coping styles. Examine how people look for support or try to be self-reliant. Compare and contrast optimistic or fatalistic coping strategies. Discover healthy and unhealthy ways that people try to feel better. ||
 * Topic: Healthy Habits ||
 * URL: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org ||


 * ===Optimism May Boost Immune System=== || ||
 * New research suggests that an optimistic attitude may strengthen your body's ability to fight off infection. Read about the study on this web site. Although the research does not prove that being optimistic automatically leads to better health, it does add to the mounting evidence of a link between attitude and disease. The study was based on surveys given to 124 first-year law students. The students were also given an injection that makes the immune system react by creating a bump on the skin. In this article, you will also read about other findings about optimism and health. ||
 * Topic: Healthy Habits ||
 * URL: https://mylifestages.org ||


 * ===Stress and How to Lower It: A Health Guide for Teens=== || ||
 * We all need a little stress in our lives. This gives us the energy boost to tackle tough homework assignments and other challenges. However, it is unhealthy to experience lots of stress, day after day. This web page explains what stress is, what causes it, and how it can have harmful effects on our minds and our bodies. But, don't worry, because there is a wealth of helpful advice here for dealing with stress. These include exercise, a good night's sleep, and journaling. Additionally, find out how you can get help if you are experiencing extreme stress. ||
 * Topic: Healthy Habits ||
 * URL: http://www.youngwomenshealth.org ||


 * ===Brain and Addiction=== || ||
 * Some people think abusing drugs is fun and there are no lasting effects. Those people are wrong. This web site shows how using drugs can damage the brain. First learn what the brain is and how it communicates. Then find out what drugs do to a human brain. See how repeated drug use affects the brain and discover what causes a person to become addicted to drugs. Learn if there is a cure for drug addiction. ||
 * Topic: The Brain ||
 * URL: http://teens.drugabuse.gov ||