Class Resources
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6th Grade –
7th Grade –
Victorian England Compare/Contrast Project
Victorian England information (websites):
- Victorian Schools & Education
- Victorian Schooling
- Victorian Toys & Games (entertainment)
- Victorian Games & Toys (entertainment)
- Victorian Occupations
- Victorian Workers (women vs. men)
- Victorian Christmas Traditions
- Victorian Christmas
- Victorian Etiquette
- Working Conditions
- Child Labor
Victorian England (books):
- Victorian Christmas
- Victorian Education
- Victorian Entertainment
- Victorian Holidays and Entertainment
- Victorian Occupations
- Etiquette and Marriage
Present Day information (websites):
- Education (scroll 3/4 of the way down the page to the section, “Modern Day Education”)
- Education in the United States
- Entertainment
- Occupations in America
- Holiday Traditions in the U.S.
- Christmas Traditions in the U.S.
- Etiquette for modern day teens
- Middle School Manners Matter
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (working conditions)
- Working Conditions
Celebrity Values:
Decades Project:
- Retrowaste: an online vintage pop culture museum
- The People History: organized by decades and sub-topics
- US Census Bureau: Pop culture timelines by decade
8th Grade –
- Quotations
- Find a Poet
- Poetry 180
- Writing with Writers
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Francophone Holidays
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Health Resources
Drug Resources:
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Drugs of Abuse Information
- Phoenix House
- New York Drug Statistics
- Rohypnol
- Drug Facts
- Info on Various Topics
- Addition & Drug Abuse
- Drug Facts
- Drug Facts & Information about the law
- Narcotics Anonymous – for those addicted to Narcotic Drugs
- Statistics & Research
- Alcoholics Anonymous
Diseases:
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6th Grade
- Toy Safety: Consumer Product Safety Commission
7th Grade
- Careers: Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Careers: Career Zone NY
- Consumerism: Zillions
All Grades
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Tufts Nutrition Navigator
- Real Food – The Cost of Convenience Guide to DVD
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8th Grade Physical Science
Elements
- Interactive Periodic Table by Royal Society of Chemistry
- Interactive Periodic Table of Elements
- The Periodic Table, in pictures and words
- Environmental Chemistry
- Web Elements Periodic Table
- Chemical Periodic Table
- Dynamic Periodic Table
- FactCite – Elements
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Energy
- FactCite – General Database, includes info on all topics
- ScienceFlix – General Database, includes info on all topics
- Energy Resources (easier)
- Biomass
- Radiant (solar)
- Geothermal
- Wind
- Hydroelectric
- Ocean Tides
- Nuclear
7th Grade Life Science
Vertebrates
- A-Z Animals
- San Diego Zoo – Animals
- National Geographic Kids – Animals
- Animal Fact Guide
- Gale in Context: Animals
- FactCite – (general info database)
- ScienceFlix – (science database)
Invertebrates
Diseases and Viruses
Cells
6th Grade Science
National Parks
Planet Earth
Rocks
- Nature of Diamonds
- Mineral Gallery
Rainforest
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8th Grade
Data Collection Sheet (for Friday)
Mexican/Latino
- The Brutal History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America
- Mexican | Immigration and Relocation in US History | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress (Use the menu on the left and embedded links to focus on specific time periods andevents)
- Latino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903 to 2006 | Learning for Justice
- A Tale of Two Schools | Learning for Justice
(Mendez v. Westminster case CA Supreme Court decision, a forerunner of Brown v. Board of Education in the fight for school integration) - Racism and the Latino Identity in America, 1910-1970
- FRONTLINE/World Mexico: Border Timeline
- How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history
- Cesar Chavez – Quotes, Facts & Death – Biography
- Mexican Immigration (login password: empirelink)
- Obstacles/Challenges
African Americans
- Black History Milestones: Timeline – HISTORY
- African | Immigration and Relocation in US History | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress (Use the menu on the left and embedded links to focus on specific time periods and events)
- Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom | Exhibitions (use the menu under the title to focus on specific time periods)
- The History of Racism in America | History (use the subtopics and embedded links to focus on specific time periods and events)
- African-Americans in the American Workforce
- Why Did FDR’s New Deal Harm Blacks?
Native Americans
- Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
- Custer’s Last Stand
- Wounded Knee Massacre
- The Lakota Ghost Dance and The Massacre at Wounded Knee
- Forced Assimilation of Native Children
- Navajo Code Breakers
- Poverty Among Natives Today/ Safe Water Access
- Natives Today Class With U.S. Government Over Oil Pipeline
- Controversy Surrounding Professional Sports Teams
- Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
- American Indian Movement
- 13 Indigenous Rights Activists
- Long Accused of Indigenous Misappropriation, Boy Scouts Ask if It’s Time for Change
- Native Americans Speak Out Against Negative Stereotypes Today
- Broken Treaties with Native American Tribes
- The Trail of Broken Treaties, 1972
- National Museum of the American Indian: Treaties
- Navajo Code Talkers
- Talking Code: Honoring Service: Remembering the Navajo Code Talkers
- WWII and American Indians After the War
- Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative
- Native American Cultural Revitalization Today
- How Boarding Schools Tried to ‘Kill the Indian’ through Assimilation
PRIMARY SOURCE / IMAGES:
Asian Americans
- The Chinese on the Transcontinental Railroad
- The Chinese Exclusion Act
- Anti-Japanese Sentiment in WWII
- Executive Order 9066 & Japanese Internment
- Japanese Internment Camps
- Fred Korematsu (password: empirelink)
- Ronald Reagan Issues Apology & Grants Reparations
- Anti-Asian American Discrimination Amid Pandemic
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Chinese Immigrants and the Chinese Exclusion Acts
- Chinese Immigration and the Transcontinental Railroad
- Railroad working conditions
- Chinese railroad workers
- Americans, Japanese: Mutual Respect 70 Years After End of WWII
PRIMARY SOURCE IMAGES/ CARTOONS:
LGBTQ
- Two Spirit Quotes
- 14th Amendment
- Article: Interview with WWII soldier Franklin E. Kameny
- Article: Stonewall Riots and Harvey Milk
- Political Cartoon
- Time Magazine on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and military today
- Coming Out Under Fire- Gays in the Military
- Same-Sex Marriage: Supreme Court Decision
- Biden Overturns Transgender Military Ban
- Supreme Court on Transgender in the Workplace
- Transgender Equality: workplace, school, healthcare, military service & where we are today
- LGBTQ Photos
- Military Service and LGBT Equality
- Do-Ask-Do-Tell-Do-Justice-Summit-Report
- LGBTQ+ Rights Supreme Court Cases
- Supreme Court Cases that Shaped LGBTQ+ Rights in America
- 10 Supreme Court Cases that Changed Everything for LGBTQ+ Community
Women
- 14th Amendment
- Declaration of Sentiments
- Seneca Falls Convention
- Women Who Fought for the Vote
- NY Suffragists
- Lucretia Mott
- Article: 100 Years After Suffrage
- Article: Equal Pay
- Article: Women’s Liberation Movement
- Article: ERA explained
- Article: Women in Politics
- Article: Equal Pay Gap Today
- Cartoons and Images
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Women’s Rights
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Technology
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Spanish
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