Class Assignments
GENERAL CROSS-CURRICULAR WEB RESOURCES
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
COLONIAL AMERICA
- Colonial Web-Information about colonial America from Michigan State University.
- Historical Almanack-Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
- Jesuit Plantation Project-Georgetown University, American Studies Department.
- Rare Map Collection-University of Georgia, Colonial America.
- U.S. History: Early America-An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources from Academic Info.
CURRENT EVENTS
- The Cato Institute-Libertarian public policy analysis.
- Global Issues-Global issues (social, political, economic, environmental)that affect all of us.
- University of Michigan: Explore government Documents-Political Science resources, Think Tanks.
Local Newspapers
National Newspapers
Internet Newspapers & Blogs
International Newspapers & News Outlets
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
Middle East
North America
South America
Business Newspapers
ECONOMICS
FOREIGN POLICY
GEOGRAPHY
- CIA World Factbook-The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements.
- Country Studies Area Handbook-Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 85 countries.
- lonely Planet-Travel Information Site.
- U.S. Department of State: Background Notes-US State Department’s “Background Notes” provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically.
- Yahoo’s Index of German Sites
- Latin/Central America
- Latin World-A directory of Internet resources on Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Organization of American States (OAS)
GLOBAL NATIONALISM
GOVERNMENT
New York State
- Digital Librarian-Links to various sites on NYS.
- New York State Government Information Locator Service
- New York State Senate
News & Public Affairs
U.S. Government
- Federal Information Center-Established in 1966, the FIC is a single point of contact for people who have questions about Federal agencies, programs, and services.
- FedWorld-A program of the United States Department of Congress, National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Includes pointers to government information as well as full-text databases.
- Head Count-a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by some of the biggest names in the music industry who are interested in energizing the most influential potential voters in America… YOUNG PEOPLE!! Marc Brownstein of The Disco Biscuits, Andy Bernstein – Phish fan extraordinaire, and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead are a few of the original backers of this grassroots website that can help you register to vote and investigate all of the major issues facing our nation today. Participate in democracy by checking it out!
- Library of Congress
- Thomas-Library of Congress site on U.S. Congress, Congressional Actions, Bills, etc.
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- The White House
Statistical
- FedStats-Reports statistics from more than 70 agencies of the U.S. government.
- U.S. Census Bureau
HISTORY
HOLOCAUST
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Europe
- British History: 1700-1950-The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia.
- Child Labor-British History 1700-1900. The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia.
- Child Labor-The Victorian Web.
- Conditions in the Mines-Accounts from the Peel Web.
- Education: 1700-1950-British History 1700-1930. The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia.
- Emancipation of Women-British History 1700-1920. The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia.
- Industrial Revolution-Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- The Life of the Industrial Worker 19th-Century England-Material originally publish during the Industrial Revolution which deals with conditions and laws regarding workers.
- Peel Web-British History 1830-1850. Information and statistics.
- Smoke Break-Living conditions, health and housing in 19th century Britain.
Primary Documents
NATIVE AMERICANS
PHILOSOPHY
PROGRESSIVE ERA
RELIGIONS
- Yahoo Index-Links to religions, spiritual practices and philosophies.
Files & Documents
If you do not see a file list displayed above, please click here to view the files via Google Drive. A Google account is not required for file access.
Famous Cases Research Project
Destiny Quest: Online Library Card Catalog
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Log-in using network username and password (tab on upper right side of page)
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Enter topic/subject in “Search” box; click on “Go” twice
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Click on “Web Site” tab underneath “Search” box to access credible web resources
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24/7 remote access
Databases:
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Gale – Scroll down to locate individual databases; also be sure to utilize the following features/options within each database listed below: Advanced Search, Full Text, Peer-Reviewed, selecting specific types of resources
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Academic OneFile
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Criminal Justice Collection
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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Biography in Context
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Student Resources in Context
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Global Issues in Context – international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics & current events
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Facts.com
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World News Digest – current world news & hot topics – info. from the past 60 years
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Modern World History Online
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Classroom Video on Demand
- Utilize the Search box
- Collections drop-down menu: Criminal Justice & Law
Safari Montage: Multimedia Resources (use network login)
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Link on the Databases page
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Access to video-on-demand, audio clips, images, etc.
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Click on “Search” tab and customize your search by using the limiters on the left-hand side of the page
Websites:
Citing Sources:
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Comprehensive, centralized information on citing sources and paranthetical documentation using MLA 7
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Link to EasyBib via this page or through your Fairport Apps located within your school email account
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Other links at the top of the page for more detailed, in-depth information
Your library staff is always happy to help, so please ask if you need assistance!
Files & Documents
If you do not see a file list displayed above, please click here to view the files via Google Drive. A Google account is not required for file access.
Global History Cold War Research Project
Print Resources:
- REF 030 ENC – Encyclopedia of World Biography (Reference section – information on specific individuals)
Destiny Quest: Online Library Card Catalog
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Login using network username and password (tab on top right side of page)
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Enter specific topic in “Search” box; click on “Go” twice
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Click on “Web Site” tab underneath “Search” box to access credible web resources
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24/7 remote access
Databases: (password: fhsfamily)
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Facts.com
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World News Digest – world news, hot topics & influential figures over the past 60 years
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Modern World History Online
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Classroom Video on Demand – video-streamed resources
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Gale – Scroll down to locate individual databases; also be sure to utilize the following features/options within each database listed below: Advanced Search, Full Text, Peer-Reviewed, selection of specific types of resources
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Academic OneFile
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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Biography in Context
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Student Resources in Context
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GVRL
- Biography – Encyclopedia of World Biography
- History – American Decades (1900-1999)
- History – Cold War Reference Library
- History – History in Dispute, Cold War, Vol. 1 & 6, 2000
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Global Issues in Context – international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics & current events, as well as influential people
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Military and Intelligence Database
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U.S. History Collection
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War and Terrorism Collection
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World History Collection
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U.S. History in Context
Credible Websites for Biographical Info:
Safari Montage: Multimedia Resources
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Link on the Databases page
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Access to video-on-demand, audio clips, images, etc.
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Login using network username and password; then select “FA Fairport High School”
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Click on “Search” tab and customize your search by using the limiters on the left-hand side of the page
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Save searches to your Playlist
Citing Sources:
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Comprehensive, centralized information on citing sources and parenthetical documentation
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Link to EasyBib via this page or through your Fairport apps located within your school email account; select the APA citation option when creating a works cited page in EasyBib
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Other links at the top of the page for more detailed, in-depth information
Files & Documents
If you do not see a file list displayed above, please click here to view the files via Google Drive. A Google account is not required for file access.
Global Studies – Totalitarian Project
Print Resources:
- REF 030 ENC – Encyclopedia of World Biography (Reference section)
Destiny Quest: Online Library Card Catalog
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Login using network username and password (tab on top right side of page)
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Enter topic in “Search” box; click on “Go” twice
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Click on “Web Site” tab underneath “Search” box to access credible web resources
Databases:
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Facts.com
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Modern World History Online
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World News Digest (world news, hot topics & influential figures over the past 60 yrs.)
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Gale
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Biography in Context
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Student Resources in Context – covers all content areas
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Military and Intelligence Database
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War and Terrorism Collection
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World History Collection
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Global Issues in Context – international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics & current events, as well as influential people
Websites:
Safari Montage: Multimedia Resources
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Access to video-on-demand, audio clips, images, etc.
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Login using network username and password; then select “FA Fairport High School”
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Click on “Search” tab and customize your search by using the limiters on the left-hand side of the page
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Save searches to your Playlist
Citing Sources:
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Comprehensive, centralized information on citing sources and paranthetical documentation using MLA 7
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Link to EasyBib via this page or through your school email account; Login to EasyBib using your school email address (username) and your student number (password)
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Other links at the top of the page for more detailed, in-depth information
Your library staff is here to help, so please ask if you need assistance!
National and Historical Figures Project
Destiny Quest – Online library card catalog
Safari Montage – Multimedia resources (use network login)
- Access to video-on-demand, audio clips, images, etc.
- Click on “Search” tab and customize your search using the limiters on the left-hand side of the page.
- Save searches to your Playlist.
Databases
- Some databases are subject-specific while others are cross-curricular.
- Please see your librarian to help you effectively narrow your search.
Citing Sources/EasyBib
- Comprehensive, centralized information for citing sources and paranthetical documentation with regard to a variety of citation styles, including MLA 7.
- If you are using Easy Bib for the first time you will need to register/login using your school email account.
Nations Project
For this project, a minimum of 3 sources is required (each with a publication date after 2000). Encyclopedias may not be used.
Helpful databases include:
- Gale:
- Academic OneFile
- World History Collection
- Diversity Studies
- Gale Student Resources in Context
- Global Issues in Context
- Facts on File/Facts.com:
- Issues & Controversies
- World News Digest
- Modern World History Online
- CultureGrams
Helpful websites include:
Historical Figures Project
For this project, a minimum is 3 sources is required from two categories. See your project directions for specific details.
Helpful databases include:
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Gale:
- Facts on File/Facts.com:
- World News Digest
- Modern World History Online
Helpful print resources include:
- Encyclopedia of World Biography – REF 920
Helpful websites include:
Files & Documents
If you do not see a file list displayed above, please click here to view the files via Google Drive. A Google account is not required for file access.
Societal Problems Project
Print Resources
- REF 080 – Social Issues series books
- Located on top of the Reference shelves, across from the circulation desk
- Books are arranged alphabetically by series, and then alphabetically by title within each series; titles reflect topic
- Books can be checked out overnight
- You may also make copies of the information needed – don’t forget to copy the title page(s) so you can cite your source; login to the copier using your network username and password
- Destiny Quest – Online Library Card Catalog
- Login using your network username and password (tab on upper right side of page)
- Enter subject / topic in “Search” box; click on “Go” twice
- Click on the “Web Site” tab underneath the “Search” box to access credible web resources
- 24/7 remote access
Databases:
**If accessing databases remotely, from outside of school, you will need to type in the individual username and password for each one, i.e. CQ, Gale, Facts.com, as listed on the Database page.
- CQ Researcher – Current social issues; unbiased factual information (history/chronology, data/statistics, current assessment, etc.)
- Keyword or Advanced searching options
- Keyword Search – results are sorted by relevance, so please be sure to check copyright dates! However, you can re-sort by most recent articles by selecting “Newest” to the right of your search results
- Can print either the full report OR individual sections of articles
- Check out the following links/headings:
- Browse Topics
- Browse Reports (By Date, Issue Tracker, Pro/Con)
- Featured Report (center)
- Hot Topics (on right)
- Recent Reports (at bottom)
- CQ Weekly – weekly overviews on government, commerce and politics
- CQ Washington Information Directory – Executive Agencies & Interest Groups
- CQ Congressional Digest – impartial pros and cons of congressional issues
- Gale (GaleNet) (scroll down to locate individual databases) – Be sure to utilize the following features/options within each database to help limit your search: Advanced Search, Full Text, Peer-Reviewed, selecting specific types of resources
- Academic OneFile – includes scholarly and peer-reviewed publications
- New York State Newspapers – localized issues and information
- Student Resources in Context – covers all content areas
- Global Issues in Context – international viewpoints (including the US) on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics & current events
- Expanded Academic ASAP – includes scholarly and peer-reviewed publications
- InfoTrac Newsstand – newspapers
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context – social issues/current events and controversies; presents alternative perspectives
- Browse titles and descriptions of other subject-specific Gale databases for those relating to your topic, i.e. Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
- Facts.com – Current world news & hot topics – information from the past 70 years
- Issues & Controversies
- Keyword or Advanced search
- Recent Controversies
- Issues by Subject
- All Issues A to Z
- Resources link – Editorial Cartoons & Questions
- World News Digest
- Use Search box OR click on “More” link for Advanced Search
- Recent Featured Stories
- Topics in the News – View All Topics
- Key News by Decade – 2010 to the Present
- Health Reference Center
- Keyword or Advanced search
- EXPLORE SUBJECTS
- Health Centers
- Health in the News – All Recent News
- Classroom Video on Demand – video streaming across all content areas; includes full length videos and clips
- Keyword search
- Subjects link
- Browse Collections – Show More
- Safari Montage – Multimedia Resources (use network login/select FA Fairport High School)
- Access to video-on-demand, audio clips, images, etc.
- Use Search box
- Click on the “Search” tab and customize your keyword search using the limiters on the left side of the page
- Subjects tab
- Save searches to your Playlist
- MCLS (Monroe County Library System) – May need personal library card for access
- For more localized issues
- Gale Custom Newspapers (NYS Newspapers – larger cities)
- Gannett Newsstand (6 NYS Newspapers – smaller cities)
Websites
- THOMAS website – Legislative information from the Library of Congress, including congressional bills
- Pew Research Center: Social & Demographic Trends– Excellent, Reputable site for statistics relating to social trends.
- United Nations Web site: Information on problems that affect the United States and countries around the world.
- The American Citizen Interest Groups in American Politics – Lists links to interest groups and advocacy organizations
- You can also do a Google search to locate special Public Interest Groups – CAUTION: be sure to verify that the web page is the official, legitimate site
- ProCon – pros and cons of current controversial issues
- GOP Website – Official website of the Republican Part
- Citing Sources/EasyBib
- Comprehensive, centralized information on citing sources and parenthetical documentation (citing within your paper) regarding MLA 7, APA, Chicago style, etc.
- Link to EasyBib via this page (then be sure to login) or through your Fairport Google Apps (you will already be logged in through your email account)
- Other links at the top of the page will provide access to more detailed, in-depth information (including Purdue University’s Purdue Owl site)
Files & Documents
If you do not see a file list displayed above, please click here to view the files via Google Drive. A Google account is not required for file access.
U.S. History – Independent Reading Project
Destiny Quest:
- Log-in using your network username and password (tab on upper right side of page)
- Search Box Suggestions:
- Enter “historical fiction”
- Enter “historical fiction” and a specific event/time period in U.S. history
- Enter “true narrative” and the name of a person or a specific event/time period in U.S. history
- Enter “biography” and the name of a person or a specific event/time period in U.S. History
- Enter any one of the topics listed below, although you are not limited to those:
- Colonial Period (~1600-1776)
- American Revolution (1776-1783)
- Early America/New Nation (1783-1850’s)
- Antebellum Period (1850’s-1861)
- Civil War/Reconstruction (1861-1877)
- Gilded Age/Industrialization (1870’s-1910’s)
- U.S. Imperialism (1860’s-1910’s)
- Progressive Era (1880’s-1920’s)
- World War I (U.S. involvement, 1917-1918)
- Roaring 20’s
- Great Depression and New Deal (1929-1941)
- World War II (1941-1945)
- Post War America/Baby Boomers (1950’s)
- Cold War (1945-1960’s, continues through 1980’s)
- Civil Rights Movement (1940’s-1970’s)
- Women’s Rights (1960’s-1970’s)
- JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam (1960’s-1970’s)
- Richard Nixon (Watergate), Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter (1970’s)
- Ronald Regan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama (Modern America) (1980-present)
- Click on “Go” twice (to load more visuals)
- Results will also include ebooks and digital audio books that can be accessed via the“FollettShelf” tab; download the following free apps to any personal device to borrow these materials:
- Follett Destiny Quest (to search the online card catalog ONLY)
- Follett Enlight Reader (FollettShelf ebooks ONLY; network username/password; URL is Destiny Discover)
- Catalist Digital Audio (digital audio books ONLY)
- regularly install updates as prompted
- Your book selection should address one or more of the following aspects related to any given time period/event/individual: politics, social change, reform, “life during…”, etc.
Tips:
- After you have specifically selected a book in Destiny Quest, look to the bottom right corner of the page for the “You May Also Like…” suggestion box and the recommended/related titles in it.
- If we don’t own a book you want to read, please ASK!!! The FHS library can borrow titles from other local libraries in our area.
- Memoirs & True Narratives: Nonfiction that reads like fiction! Lists on the page are arranged by subject area, but new titles are added monthly so check Destiny Quest for additional selections.
- Overdrive: (additional ebooks and digital audio books)
- Monroe 1 BOCES Library
- Select ‘Fairport Central Schools’ from the drop-down menu
- Login with your network username & password
- Search for a book in digital and/or audio format
- Download checkout (READ format ebook or MP3 audio book) to a personal device
- OR if you don’t have a personal device, download checkout (READ format ebook or MP3 audio book) into the cloud; you will then be able to access it from any device by going back to the BOCES Overdrive website and logging in
- Monroe County Library System
- Adobe Acrobat Reader free download required on a personal device
ALSO CHECK OUT the websites below for additional young adult reading selections, suggestions and reviews:
Happy Reading!
Files & Documents
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