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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Senior Service Resources

Find an opportunity:
City of Fontana Community Services
​Civic Organizations Rancho Cucamonga Chamber
Inland Empire United Way volunteer matching site
​Link to Career
AllforGood.org
80000hours.org job board
TEDXTalk by 80000hours.org
Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Career databases!
Prepare your presenation
TedX Speaker Guide
​12 pieces of advice for impactful Ted Talk
​10 Tips for Speaking Like a Ted Talk Pro-from the Experts
​Use Copyright free images
Photopin: free photos from Creative Commons
Flicker images with license designations
Creative Commons search
Finding Creative Commons Images
GO TO "Project Help" on this web site to change up your presentation with infographics, copyright free images and music, Animoto short videos, and more!

Junior Controversial Issues

In-depth Context:
​​Subscription: CQ Researcher!
​Subscription: Issues and Controversies!
​Procon.org
Pew Research Center
​Brookings Institution Research
​Wire Services:
http://www.bloomberg.com/
https://www.ap.org/en-us/
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
​Specific Topics:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Death Penalty Information Center
Institute for Women's Policy Research​
American Immigration Council

Mythology

Country Project

Drama II: Searching

UC Santa Cruz lib guideOswego State University, New York lib guides
UCLA lib guide
​Monologuearchive.com (public domain monologues organized by gender and type)

Huck Finn Introduction

Click here to download Huck Finn introduction

EITI Resources

City/County web sites:
Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Cucamonga volunteer opportunities
Fontana
Jessie Turner Fitness Center
Fontana Aquatics Center
San Bernardino Police HOPE project
Volunteer and Community Service Opportunities:
Foothill Family Shelter
Children's Hunger Fund
Helping Hands Pantry
Crisis Text Line
Volunteers of America
Hands on Inland Empire
National Coalition for the Homeless

Local Government Scavenger Hunt

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 CENTCOM EUCOM PACOM 1 and 2 SOUTHCOM

Ceramicists

Ceramic Arts Daily
​Cfile.daily
The Marks Project Artist Index
​The Nevica Project
​Artstation.com
Bard Studio site
Elaine Coleman Gallery
Google Arts and Culture
​Go to artaxis.org to find TWO NEW artists!

Road to Tolerance Resources

Digital Public Library of America
Library of Congress
​LOC: Voices of Civil Rights
Smithsonian: Segregation
​Smithsonian: American History
National Civil Rights Museum
Stanford: MLK Project
BlackPast.org
PBS: American Civil Rights Movement
PBS: Jim Crow
​Seattle Times: MLK

Literary Movements

AP Spanish Project

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

Consumer Project

Senior Literary Projects

Statistics Project

Library Subscriptions:
​Databases have stats and interactive maps!
CQ Reports have maps and graphs!
​Issues and Controversies "By the Numbers"
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

HIDDEN HISTORY WWII Project

Facinghistory.org: Hidden histories of the Holocaust