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with great resources.

Ceramicists

American Museum of Ceramic Art
artaxis.org 
The Autry George Blake

Bill VanGilder
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"ceramics" search Google Arts and Culture
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"ceramics" search The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cfile.daily
​Claytimes Publisher Publications
The Kondo Family of Ceramicists
The Marks Project Artist Index
​The Nevica Project
Sandy Skoglund

Patron Saints Philippines Research

 ALL TOPICS: Use database portal
  • GALE High School: Philippines
  • Britannica: Philippines (use table of contents)
  • Infobase Modern World History (username and password at top): search Philippines
  • ProQuest Culture Grams
Tourism Promotion Team:
  • Department of Tourism, Philippines
  • BBC Country Profile 
  • CIA World Factbook​
  • ​State Department Travel Tips and Warnings
Culinary Exploration Group
  • SweetSearch results
Historians:
  • Infobase Modern World History (username and password at top)​
  • Timeline on BBC profile page
  • Britannica
  • ​Maps of the Philippines going back to World War II
Duterte's war on drugs Investigators:
  • GALE High School: Duterte's war on drugs
  • International Criminal Court investigation
  • ​Personal stories/videos Human Rights Watch
  • Interview with Patricia Evangelista
  • Speech by Patricia Evangelista​​
  • ​Rule of Law Index (Fundamental Rights)
  • Press Freedoms and safety Index
Environmental Conservation Team
  • CIA World Factbook
  • ​Sweetsearch results
Cultural Heritage Preservation Committee
  • Britannica Philippines Cultural Life​​
  • ProQuest Culture Grams
Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation Group
  • Population below poverty line
  • Rappler survey
  • New Food Stamp Program 
  • Economic Inequality World Bank
  • ​Income Inequality (compare to US!)
  • ​Income Inequality map (before/after taxes)
Healthcare and Public Health Researchers
  • Sweet search "Philippines healthcare"

Junior Controversial Issues

In-depth, RESEARCH-BASED, Scholarly Context:
​Subscription: Issues and Controversies!
Rand Corporation
​Procon.org
Pew Research Center
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Brookings Institution Research

​Wire Services:
https://apnews.com/
https://www.reuters.com/
https://www.upi.com/
Established, Reputable Sources:
​​https://www.npr.org/
http://www.bbc.com/
ProPublica.org​
https://www.economist.com/​
http://foreignpolicy.com/
www.afp.com/en/home
Fact-Checking Sites:
​Factcheck.org
​Politifact.com
​Snopes.com
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Specific Topics:
  • USAFacts.org on Minimum Wage
  • News Literacy Project on Social Media Influencers: Friend or Foe?
  • Brookings research-based Policy Position on Reparations
  • Kaiser Family Foundation on Healthcare Policy
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Death Penalty Information Center
  • Institute for Women's Policy Research​
  • American Immigration Council

GEO 101 Volcanic Disaster Project

  • ​GALE Science database: Volcanoes Topic Page (citations provided)
  • ​Science Daily homepage (citations provided)
  • Smithsonian Volcanism Program: Volcano Search (citations provided)
  • Smithsonian Volcanism Program: Eruption Search (citations provided)
  • United States Geological Survey (USGS.gov) (cite with noodletools)
  • ​Phys.org homepage (cite with Noodletools)

Road to Tolerance Resources

The History Makers
**AUDIO interviews with people INVOLVED in Civil Rights Movement, including Little Rock 9, Selma, and more!**
 Digital Public Library of America
Library of Congress
​LOC: Voices of Civil Rights
Smithsonian: Segregation
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Smithsonian: American History
National Civil Rights Museum
Stanford: MLK Project
BlackPast.org
PBS: American Civil Rights Movement
PBS: Jim Crow
​Seattle Times: MLK

HIDDEN HISTORY WWI/II Project

Archives.gov US national archives
National Archives United Kingdom
National WWII Museum New Orleans
DocsTeach.org Access photos, maps, documents, etc.
Newspapers.com: WWII
​Newspapers.com: WWI

Armeniangenocide.org
Vet stories: doctors, nurses, or medics
Vet stories: Prisoners of War (Germany or Japan)
Vet stories: African Americans in WWII 
Vet stories: Women at War 
LOC Veterans' Stories: Interviews of Women and POC
LOC Veterans' Stories: Photos, Letters, Interviews
​LOC World War I Primary Source Sets

History Out Loud Audio clips of speeches from the time
Facinghistory.org Hidden histories of the Holocaust
​DPLA Primary Source Sets​
Powers of Persuasion: posters and audio WWII
WWII Documents
​Google Arts and Culture
​Oral history WWII (obtain with permission)

Mythology

  • Greek Mythology Links
  • ​theoi.com​
  • Ancient History Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia  Britannica
  • In-depth ebook from Oxford University Press 
    • Use TABLE OF CONTENTS to find the chapter with your topic. Then...
    • CLICK HERE for student materials by chapter.​​
  • ​National Geographic Ancient Greece resources
  • History.com Greek Mythology​
  • etymology site
  • ​Pantheon.org (Encyclopedia Mythica) (not for citation)
  • Greek-gods.info (not for citation)
  • Ancientgreece.com, Ancient Greek culture (not for citation)​
  • Livius.org?​
Library Subscriptions:
​Databases have stats and interactive maps!
​Issues and Controversies "By the Numbers"

Consumer Project

  • Spending Map
  • Spendster Tools: Quiz, Calculator, and More
  • Media literacy for consumers HOMEWORK
  • Comparison Shop for College: College Navigator
  • Comparison Shop for College: Collegeresults.org
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Paying for College
  • CFPB Choosing a College Loan
  • The Princeton Review: College reviews and more
  • National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
  • Reviews for online college programs
  • Consumer Reports: College
  • Consumer Reports
  • Better Business Buureau Consumer Education
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • carconsumers.org

National History Day Lib Guide

​SweetSearch For HISTORY!
​Britannica
DPLA Primary Source Sets
Library of Congress Research Guides

Library of Congress (LOC) Digital Collections
National Archives: ​Archives.gov
​​DocsTeach.org
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History Out Loud
Google Arts and Culture
Supreme Court rulings: Oyez.org

Senior Literary Projects

  • Citing a work in an anthology
  • www.bartleby.com/writing/ (See "Literary Analysis" categories at bottom!)
  • Luminarium.org
  • Representative Poetry Online​

Essay Contest

Contest parameters and sample essays
Boolean Search: Google
​George E. Brown
Shirley Chisholm (username: etiwanda, password: eagles)
LBJ: Medicare and Medicaid
​LBJ: Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
​Philip Gunn--Mississippi state flag
Margaret Chase smith McCarthyism
Bessie Burke Los Angeles School Board
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AP Spanish Project

nationsonline.org
​diasfestivosonline.com
​Country codes or domain roots!
​Handout with links

Drama II: Searching

UC Santa Cruz lib guide
  • Actorama.com
  • ​Drama.eserver.org
  • ​New Deal Stage (Library of Congress!)
  • ​Playdatabase.com
Oswego State University, New York lib guides
UCLA lib guide
​Monologuearchive.com (public domain monologues organized by gender and type)

Literary Movements

  • UShistory.org
  • Digital Public Library of America
  • ​DPLA Primary Source Sets​
  • Google Arts and Culture
  • Historic musical recordings: Library of Congress_
  • The Met
  • The Getty
  • Library of Congress ART and ARCHITECTURE collections
  • Literary Movements: Donna Campbell WSU English Chair
  • Outline of American Literature
  • The American Literature Archive
  • Cambridge History of English and American Literature
  • Virtual Reference Library: Encyclopedia of American Literature (use database password to access)
  • www.bartleby.com/writing/ (See "Literary Analysis" categories at bottom!)

Hegemony Project

Military Bases.com
US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
​CIA world Factbook
BBC Country Profiles
www.justsecurity.org/
​Council on Foreign Relations: Regions
Brookings Institute
AFRICOM
  • Air Force: www.usafe.af.mil
  • http://www.africom.mil/
CENTCOM
  • http://www.centcom.mil/
EUCOM
  • Air Force: www.usafe.af.mil
  • www.eucom.mil
PACOM 1 and 2
  • http://www.pacom.mil/​
SOUTHCOM
  • http://www.southcom.mil/
  • http://www.12af.acc.af.mil/


Senior Eagle Talk Resources

Get Some Background:
EHS library ebooks, audiobooks, and print
EHS library research ebooks and databases
Network with people and organizations:
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LOCAL LIBRARIES
Fontana Lewis Library & Technology Center
Rancho Cucamonga Libraries
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
School web site links to Community Resources
Fontana

Jessie Turner Fitness Center
Fontana Aquatics Center
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City of Fontana Volunteer Information
Rancho Cucamonga
City of Rancho Cucamonga Volunteer Information
​​San Bernardino County DA Human Trafficking Resources
IE Big Brothers Big Sisters Volunteers
Volunteer Match Rancho Cucamonga area
​For goodness Cakes!
House of Ruth
Foothill Family Shelter
San Bernardino City Mission: Feeding the hungry
Helping Hands Pantry
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice
NATIONAL OR GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS
Points of Light Volunteer opportunities
CharityNavigator.org: evaluates charities

The Red Cross (national, but does have local offices!)
Crisis Text Line
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Children's Hunger Fund
National Coalition for the Homeless
Habitat for Humanity (San Bernardino chapter) 
​Civic engagement and education: Voter's EdgeCA
​Vote411.org California
International Refugee Assistance Project
​International Rescue Committee
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Link to Passion and Purpose
TEDXTalk by 80000hours.org
80000hours.org

​Prepare your presenation
TED SPEAKER GUIDE (PDF)
7 Essential Tips to Prepare for a Ted Talk
Secret to a GREAT Ted Talk (video)
​10 Tips for Speaking Like a Ted Talk Pro-from the Experts
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Use Copyright FREE images
Photopin: free photos from Creative Commons
Flicker images with license designations
Creative Commons search
Finding Creative Commons Images
​Use Copyright FREE music
​Freeplay Music

Statistics Project

Recommended Web Sites:
​Ca.gov
Census.gov
US Federal Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Statistical Association
Reproductive Health
​Institute for Women's Policy Research
National Center for Education Statistics
​Science Daily: studies on almost any topic!
Pew Research: General​
Pew Research: Internet
Common Sense Media Research (media consumption)
The Media Briefing
US Interagency Council on Homelessness
​Homelessness

Local Government Scavenger Hunt

  • Part One:    Click on Interact with e-learning modules and online activities, then follow directions on handout. 
  • Part Two:    Continue on the previous site, and follow the directions on your handout to complete this section. 
  • Part Three:  Click here to find information to fill in chart. Use this site to find your city and complete the second chart. 
  • Part Four:   Click here for school boards. 
  • Part Five:    Use the following for special districts: http://www.csda.net/special-districts/ and http://www.specialdistricts.org/
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