Social_Studies

You are a detective ordered to find specific facts on his life. You will discover that Abraham Lincoln is among our most honored and beloved presidents.

In this Webquest you will find many interesting facts about him.

Click on and Print the Scavenger Hunt sheet

* Read the Scavenger Hunt questions.

* Look for facts about Abraham Lincoln to answer the questions by clicking on the following blue links.

Abraham Lincoln Weblinks

Lincoln Fact Sheet http://www.nps.gov/abli/lincfacj.htm

Hero History: Abraham Lincoln http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/abe_herohistory.htm#Debates

Lincoln's Mother's Death http://www.nps.gov/abli/plantj.htm

Lincoln Bible http://www.nps.gov/abli/biblej.htm

Historical Maps http://www.nps.gov/liho/maps.htm

Presidents of the United States (POTUS) http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/alincoln.html

Africa

Africa Online http://www.africaonline.com/site/zw/

Africa: People and Places http://school.discovery.com/ontv/videoclips/geography1.html

Africa: South of the Sahara http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

African Study Center: Zimbabwe http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Zimbabwe.html

CIA World Factbook: Zimbabwe http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

PBS: Africa http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Welcome to South Africa http://www.southafrica.net/

Ancient Civilizations

China

Ancient China (Washington State University) http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHIINRES.HTM

British Museum‚Äôs Ancient China http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html

Daily Life in Ancient China (Donn) http://members.aol.com/donnclass/Chinalife.html

History for Kids: Ancient China http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/

Egypt

BBC‚Äôs (British Broadcast Communication) Guide to Ancient Egypt http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

Carnegie Museum: Life in Ancient Egypt http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/guide.htm

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (Donn) http://members.aol.com/donnclass/Egyptlife.html

Mysteries of Egypt (Canadian Museum of Civilization) http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcl01e.html

PBS Ancient Egypt‚Äôs Golden Empire http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/index.html

Indus Valley

Indus Valley Slide Show (Dr. Kenoyer) http://www.harappa.com/indus/

Essay linked to slide show http://www.harappa.com/indus/indus1.html

Daily Life in Ancient India (Donn) http://members.aol.com/donnclass/Indialife.html

Sumerians

Daily Life in Ancient Sumer (Donn) http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Sumerlife.html

Mesopotomia: The Sumerians (Washington State University‚Äôs World Civilizations Site) http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/SUMER.HTM

Sumerians Ms. Croft-Crossland‚Äôs World History http://home.cfl.rr.com/crossland/AncientCivilizations/Middle_East_Civilizations/Sumerians/sumerians.html

About the authors of the Websites

Chris Croft-Crossland is a World History teacher at Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida.

Lin and Don Donn, certified teachers, have had their educational work/lesson plans published through Social Studies School Service.

Dr. Jonathon Mark Kenoyer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA).

He is also Co-Director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP) and its continuing excavations at the site.

Ancient Greece & Rome

A Collection of Links on Ancient Rome http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/RomanSites*/index.html

Ancient History http://ancienthistory.about.com/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures http://eawc.evansville.edu/

Brain Links

Brain Case Studies

8 Cases "Stories" posted at Severe Brain Injury: http://www.severe-brain-injury.com/accident.htm

A-Z Listing of Brain Injury Cases from the Patients: http://www.tbihome.org/stories/b2.html

4 Brain Cases posted by Dr. Daniel Amen: http://www.amenclinics.com/brain-science/spect-image-gallery/spect-atlas/images-of-brain-trauma

Endocrine System http://classvideos.net/anatomy/pdf/endocrine_system-pdf.pdf

Science of the Brain

Neuroscience for Kids: The Hows, Whats and Whos of Neuroscience http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/what.html

Neuroscience for Kids: Types of Neurons (Nerve Cells) http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cells.html

Neuroscience for Kids: Action Potential http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ap.html

Neurons http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~wpoff/cor/bod/neurons.html

Neuroscience for Kids: Synapse http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/synapse.html

Society of Neuroscience: Advancing the Understanding of the Brain and Nervous System http://apu.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=home

Neuroscience for Kids: Neurotransmitters and Neuroactive Peptides http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chnt1.html

The Brain, Understanding Neurobiology: How Neurotransmission Works (NIH)

http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih2/addiction/activities/lesson2_neurotransmission.htm

Caribbean/Central America Links

In Encyclopedia Britannica: Search by country name - Boolean search by country name AND keyword (ex. El Salvador AND culture, or Cuba AND music)

Global Gastronomer - Central America & the Caribbean http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/regions/cam.html

Links to recipe/food sites

CIA - The World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Search for Countries by name, lots of geographical information

UT Library Online - Perry-Casta?eda Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas.html

Maps

Countries of the World http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

Click on a Country - Mostly geographical information

Let's Go - Central America - Culture and Customs http://www.letsgo.com/CEAM/01-CentralAmerica-46

Information on People, religion, and the arts

Caribbean Culture http://caribbeanconnections.sa.utoronto.ca/caribbean_culture.htm

West Indian Food, West Indian/Caribbean Rum, Caribbean Sports

Caribbean Culture and Festivals http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/histories/caribbean/culture/culture.htm

Religion, the arts, food, festivals, and culture of the Caribbean

Cuban Culture http://www.cubanculture.com - The online almanac of Cuba...

Guatemalan/Mayan Culture http://www.quetzalnet.com/QuetzalNET/MayaCulture.html

Info about different ethnic communities within Guatemala

Winter Holidays Around the World

Christmas Across Cultures: http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/index.shtml

Christmas by Country: http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

Christmas Country Overview: http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/

Chanukah Overview: http://www.holidays.net/chanukah/

Chanukkah: http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm

Kwanzaa Overview: http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml

Kwanzaa: http://www.creop.org/circleoflight/kwanzaa.htm

Las Posadas Overview: http://www.zuzu.org/mex.html

Las Posadas/Christmas: http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/nacimnto.htm

Ramadan Overview: http://www.jannah.org/ramadan/

Ramadan FAQs: http://www.holidays.net/ramadan/

Diwali Festival: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Festivals/Diwali.html

Diwali Overview: http://www.indiaexpress.com/rangoli/deepavali.html

Chinese New Year Overview: http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

Chinese New Year FAQs: http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html

Corporate World

Corpwatch http://www.corpwatch.com

Endgame http://www.endgame.org

Multimational Monitor http://multinationalmonitor.org/

New York Times Archive Search http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?srchst=nyt&&srcht=a&srchr=n

Death Penalty Links

For historical overviews to present day data on the death penalty search

- Issues and Controversies

- CQ Researcher

Innocence Project http://www.innocenceproject.org/

For details on the following historical, contemporary and Illinois cases, search

Chicago Area Newspapers

eLibrary

Student Resource Center Gold

Historical Cases

Caryl Chessman (1950's California)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1940's New York)

John Spenkelink (1979 Florida)

Leopold & Loeb (1920's Chicago)

Contemporary Cases

Steven Avery (Wisconsin)

Judias V. Buenoano (Florida)

Thomas Pitt (North Carolina)

Danny Rolling

Michael Ross (Connecticut)

Karla Faye Tucker-Brown (Texas)

Stanley "Tookie" Williams (California)

Illinois Cases

Gary Dotson

Madison Hobley

Stanley Howard

Steven Linscott

Leroy Orange

Aaron Patterson

Paul Runge

Rev. Oscar Walden

Northwestern's Center on Wrongful Convictions

Blagojevich signs final piece of major death penalty reform http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=2607

Find the Chicago Tribune article "On this day...30 years of the death penalty" January 12, 2003

Drug Testing in Schools

Databases

Gale Products-Enter the keywords: drug testing schools

Issues & Controversies-Search Terms "drug testing" (April 2007 update article)

ELibrary-Enter the keywords: drug testing schools

Websites

CON

http://www.drugtestingfails.org/

http://www.aclu.org/drugpolicy/index.html

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj16n3-5.html

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/issues/suspicionless.html

http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/cyp/xstimuse.htm

PRO

http://www.safety1st.org/

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

French Revolution

A great source with tons of primary documents!

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

Timelines, Biographies and More

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/default.shtml

A good collection of links to various French Revolution topics

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html

Basic History of the French Revolution

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557826/french_revolution.html

Geography Related Careers

The following websites may be of help as you explore geography related career possibilities:

THE OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

ILLINOIS WORKFORCE AND CAREER INFORMATION http://www.ILWorkInfo.com

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, The National Society of Professional Surveyors, and The Cartography and Geographic Information Society

http://www.acsm.net

American Planning Association

http://www.planning.org/

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

http://www.asprs.org/

Association of American Geographers

http://www.aag.org/

GIS Certification Institute

http://www.gisci.org/

Geospatial Information and Technology Association

http://www.gita.org/

U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration

http://www.careervoyage.gov

Iraq War

ONLINE DATABASES

From the library page, select Online Databases

CQ Researcher:

Using the Quick Search, Enter "War in Iraq"

Use the purple link at the top that says Pro/Con.

ELibrary

Copy this title. Paste it into the box towards the bottom of the page that says Document Title and hit enter.

Title: The war against Iraq: All a big mistake

You should find a magazine article from the National Journal.

Websites

Boston Globe Article: ‚ÄúBush gives new reasons for Iraq War

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/08/31/bush_gives_new_reason_for_iraq_war/

Should the U.S. Withdraw its troops from Iraq?

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/iraq_withdrawal.htm

Pros and Cons for the War in Iraq:

http://iraq.grady.uga.edu/ProsCons.html

USA Today: "Bush's request brings pros, cons to the forefront"‚Ähttp://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-09-19-iraqproandcon_x.htm

Japan Links

Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) http://www.jnto.go.jp/

A travel guide to Japan

Guide to Japan http://lii.org/search?goto=003746

This site deals with many aspects of Japan: customs, food, tourism, language, religion, entertainment, sports, arts, history, politics, everyday life, etc.

Web Japan http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/

Basic information on geography, history and culture is enhanced by photos and graphics.

Another section is more interactive with monthly newsletters, games, legends, a cookbook and a virtual culture section.

JGuide: Stanford Guide to Japan http://jguide.stanford.edu/

A topically arranged directory of online information resources in and about Japan, with focus on resources about Japan in the English language.

Japan Home Page http://www.mofa.go.jp/

Provides a consistently useful site for information on all aspects of Japan. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Japan: Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/japan/japan.html

Business, Culture, Education, History, Media, Religion and Society Links from the Library of Congress.

The Librarian's Guide to Anime & Manga http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html

This guide to relatively new media- Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga) helps those interested to understand it and points to the resources available on the Internet.

Matt Thorn http://www.matt-thorn.com/

Japanese comics by women and girls for women and girls are quite different from those for a male audience. An American cultural anthropologist living in Japan explains these comics ("shoujo manga") in several articles (some only in Japanese).

Latin and South American Links

Countries of the World

http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html

Culture Profiles Project

http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/index.html

World Almanac for Kids

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-Chapter.aspx?chapter_id=5

Law Links

FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com

Illinois Compiled Statutes

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp

law.com

http://www.law.com

Legal Information Institute-Cornell School of Law

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Cohabitation Links

Websites

Center for Marital and Family Studies

http://www.du.edu/psychology/marriage/

(it's articles) http://www.prepinc.com/main/Articles.aspx

Alternatives to Marriage Project

http://www.unmarried.org/

National Marriage Project

http://marriage.rutgers.edu/

Articles

"Research Looks at Cohabitation's Negative Effects" from Linda Waite, a University of Chicago professor (March 2000)

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/000302/cohabit.shtml

Cohabitation: Advancing Theory and Research (Feb. 2005)http://www.bgsu.edu/organizations/cfdr/cohabitation/lead_papers.htm

"Cohabitation is Replacing Dating" USA Today July 2005

http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2005-07-17-cohabitation_x.htm

"Cohabitation, Unwed Motherhood Soaring in Younger Generation" USA Today July 2007

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-01-pew-study_N.htm

"Unwed Births Shift to Older, Cohabiting Couples" July 2007

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-01-unwed-births-cohabitation_n.htm

"Children at Higher Risk in Non Traditional Homes" Nov. 2007

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21838575/

National Geographic (Sparks)

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find

Nineteenth Century Links

4-2-Explore (Scroll down for links related to labor)

http://www.42explore2.com/labor.htm

AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History

http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html

American Memory Collection (Library of Congress)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

Annenberg/CPB - A Biography of America

http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/

Chico High School Library Resources - U.S. History Decades

http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/decs0.html

Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents - University of Oklahoma College of Law

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

Cornell University - Making of America (includes Primary Source Documents)

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

Detroit Publishing Co. - Photos of the Turn of the Century America (from American Memory Collection)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html

Digital History (University of Houston)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

The Ellis Island Foundation

http://webcenter.ellisisland.netscape.com/Immexp/index.asp

The History Channel: Ellis Island

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html

Images of American Political History

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/

Kingwood College Library - Use the American Cultural History Links

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/research.htm

National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/search/index.html?section=/digital_classroom/

PBS - The American Experience - 1900

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/

PBS - The American Experience - Theodore Roosevelt

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tr/

Women Working, 1870 - 1930 - Harvard University

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/intro.html

Early American Political Cartoons

American Political Prints 1766-1876 (HarpWeek/Library of Congress Collection) http://loc.harpweek.com/

* Select Search...Search for People

History of the 19th Century in Political Cartoons Edited by Jim Zwick http://www.boondocksnet.com/cartoons/

Political Cartoons of the Lily Library: America in Caricature 1765-1865 http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/cartoons.html

Political and Editorial Cartoons in U.S. History (site with links compiled by Chico H.S. Library) http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/edpolcart.htm

Scartoons: Racial Satire and the Civil War: (Connected with the University of Virginia) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/scartoons/cartoons.html

Political Geography Links

http://www.pbs.org/

Topics like the Kurds and Chechnya led to some great information, including primary source material.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

People, History, Government, Political Conditions, Economy, Defense, Foreign Relations, U.S. Relations, Travel/Business are outlined by country.

http://www.politicalresources.net/

Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world

Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries. They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/

Poverty Resources

DuPage County Employment Opportunities http://www.co.dupage.il.us/HR/

DuPage County Human Services http://www.co.dupage.il.us/servicesbyfunction.aspx?tid=552

DuPage County Financial Assistance http://www.co.dupage.il.us/servicesbyfunction.aspx?tid=558

DuPage County Community Services http://www.dupageco.org/community/

DuPage County Client Services http://www.dupageco.org/clientservices/

(Energy, Housing, Basic Needs, Health Care, Transportation (Use Links on the left.))

DuPage CRIS (Community Resource Information System) http://www.dupagecris.org/

DuPage Habitat for Humanity (Housing) http://www.dupagehabitat.org/home.htm

DuPage Housing Authority http://www.dupagehousing.org/

DuPage PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) http://www.dupagepads.org/index.html

Illinois Department of Public Aid http://www2.illinois.gov/hfs/Pages/default.aspx

Child Support, Energy Bills Support and Medical Programs

Illinois Department of Human Services: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=27894

(Agencies & Programs for Food, Clothing, Shelter and Other Basic Needs)

Illinois Employment and Training Center of DuPage County http://www.ietc-dupageco.com/

Illinois Department of Employment Security (Job Information/Unemployment) http://www.ides.illinois.gov/

Psychology Websites

BBC Emotion Tests

Disgust

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/disgust/index.shtml

Spot the Fake Smile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml

Sensation Seeking

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/sensation/index.shtml

Face Perception

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/faceperception1/index.shtml

What Sex is Your Brain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml

Morals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/morals/index.shtml

Self-Control

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/selfcontrol/index.shtml

Lonely Hearts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/lonelyhearts/index.shtml

Faces

http://www.city-psychology-tests.co.uk/BBC/Faces.html

TESTS

Emotional Intelligence

http://www.queendom.com/index.htm

Hemispheric Dominance Test

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~studskl/hd/hemispheric_dominance.html

Thinking Styles (Sternberg-Wagner) Test

http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/tscale/

Learning Styles Index Test

http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

EXPLANATION of TESTS

Hemispheric Dominance Explained

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~studskl/hd/learn.html

About Sternberg-Wagner's Thinking Styles

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov94/vol52/num03/Allowing-for-Thinking-Styles.aspx

http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Mental%20Self%20Government.htm

Learning Styles (Richard M. Felder & Linda K. Silverman)

http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html

About Ned Herrmann's four brain quadrants

http://www.hbdi.com/WholeBrainProductsAndServices/thehbdi.cfm

ADDITIONAL TEST

Ultimate Puzzle Site- Brain Tests & Experiments

http://www.puzzle.dse.nl/tests/index_us.html

Here are some web sites to entertain you in your thirst for psychology knowledge.

As of February 2005, these are up to date, but subject to change! I hope these help to prepare you for the A.P.

There are interactive quizzes and a lot of information to help you anchor some of the information you've learned over the past 2 quarters.

http://www.BrainConnection.com (take the weekly brain buster quiz to test your psychology knowledge. Tour the image gallery)

http://www.apa.com (American Psychological Association)

http://www.psychology.org (encyclopedia of psychology, good starting point for research)

http://www.umsl.edu/~mgriffin/genpsych/PsychWebsites.html (good starting point for students of psychology)

http://www.worthpublishers.com (A.P. Psych. Textbook home page. Click on psychology, scroll down for David Myers. There are a few different versions of the text, but you should be able to access self-quizzes, tutorials, websites, etc.)

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/subjects.html (This should lead you to the page that you may select ‚Äòpsychology‚Äô from.

There is information about the AP exam on the left of the screen. You should be able to access free response questions and sample answers)

http://www.psychologytoday.com (has some interesting information, easy reading)

For some good reading, you can try to access Scientific American Mind through the C.O.D. website.

If you happen to see it in a library take a few minutes to browse through it. Scientific American also has good psychology related articles.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html (good for big kids, too! Activities, interactive info. Fun! Fun!)

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html (best source of brain images on web)

http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/psycres.shtml (Athabasca University: Center for Psych Resources)

Renaissance Links

Artchive: Renaissance Art http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Links to Renoir, Richter, Rivera, Rococo and Rodin's art.

Carpaccio http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/carpaccio/index.html

Short biography of this Renaissance painter of the school of Parma, whose late works influenced the style of many Baroque and Rococo artists. Contains a collection of his paintings.

Leonard DaVinci http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/

Reference on this 15th-and 16th-century Italian genius of the Renaissance. Contains a biography and images of his works.

Albrecht Durer http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/

Arguably the greates German Renaissance painter. Includes links to his religious works, portraits, self-portraits and copper engravings.

Piero della Francesca http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/piero/

Reference on this 15th-century Italian Renaissance artist, known for his frescoes, depictions of religious themes, and use of perspective. Contains a biography and images of his works.

Giorgione http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/giorgion/index.html

Biographical sketch of this extremely influential Italian painter who was one of the initiators of a High Renaissance style in Venetian art. Includes images of his paintings.

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/

Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that features the "real human stories behind the European Renaissance, and the family that bankrolled it."

Includes an interactive tour of Florence, Italy, a family tree, profiles of the Medici family, and a gallery of Renaissance art.

Michaelangelo http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/

Reference on this Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, best known for his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and for his marble statue of David.

Contains a biography and images of his works.

Titian http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/titian/

Reference on this late Renaissance Venetian artist, known for his religious and mythological paintings, frescoes, altarpieces, and portraits. Contains a biography and images of his work.

Web Gallery of Art http://lii.org/search?goto=002946

This resource is "a searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700), currently containing over 6,500 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available." Best to search by a specific artisit.

Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons 1500-1650 http://www.umma.umich.edu/IMAGES/EXHIBITIONS/ONLINE/women/

Female power is explored in this online exhibition of one hundred Old Master paintings, prints, book illustrations, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts objects from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Road Trip

Alabama http://www.touralabama.org/

Alaska http://www.travelalaska.com/

Sociology

Implicit Testing-Harvard

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

Health Care (Winter Break 2007 Extra Credit)

Due January 7 (30 points possible)

Health Care Portfolio

Include the following components in your portfolio-

1. Create a list of problems that are alleged in Michael Moore's movie SICKO.

2. Create a chart profiling the two leading Democrat (Clinton and Obama) and two leading Republican (Giuliani and Huckabee) candidates with respect to their campaign plank on American health care.Include the positive and negative effects that their health care proposal may have upon Americans.

3. Research-Submit Articles and a Works Cited using Noodletools

-Online Databases: Gale and Newsbank (Use an Advanced Search)

-You Tube Interviews (turn in notes)

-Presidential Candidate Websites

Hillary Clinton (Democrat)

http://www.hillaryclinton.com

Rudy Giuliani (Republican)

http://www.joinrudy2008.com/

Mike Huckabee (Republican)

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/

Barack Obama

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

4. Examine each candidate's health care plank in regards to your family. Analyze the positive and negative effects that each proposal may have upon your family.

5. Write a letter in support to the candidate with the health care proposal that would benefit your family the most. The letter should be written in a professional business format.

U.S. History (Matakis) Military History Project

World War I Links

http://www.ww1photos.com/PhotoArchive.html - Photo Archive of WWI

http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm - Photos of "The Great War"

http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm - Information and Photos

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm - Eyewitness to History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ - BBC Online - WWI

http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html - Art of the First World War

http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/ww1.html - WWI Resources from the National Archives

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexwwi.htm - World War I Photos

World War II Links

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143 - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.)