Orejarena: Spanish-Speaking Countries

To search for BOOKS on countries (in our library),  click here.

To search online, try these sites:

World Book en Español


Culture Grams Database (World Edition)

Atlapedia Online (Political and geographic maps, basic facts, and statistics about countries.)

CIA: The World Factbook

World Book Encyclopedia Online (Advanced)

World Book Encyclopedia Online (For students.)

Country Studies: Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress / Federal Research Division)

Autores Latinoamericanos

http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/cortes/My%20Webs/320/index.html

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Isabel Allende

Jorge Luis Borges & more Jorge Luis Borges

Pablo Neruda & MORE Pablo Neruda

Miguel de Cervantes

Ruben Dario

Rubinger: Progressive Era Project

The Website We're All Going to Look at Together -- Click here!!!

Search for books in the BCCHS Library here:
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)


Police place victims of a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in their coffins on March 25, 1911.

"Coffins of Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire." Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. George Grantham Bain Collection. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc.

Recommended Websites:

Progressive websites:
http://www.westirondequoit.org/ihs/library/prog2.htm#Temperance%20Movement:

Chicago Fire
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/intro/
Losses of the Fire (primary source)
Chicago and the Great Conflagration (book)
141 Men and Girls Die in Waist Factory Fire (NY Times article)

Child Labor

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robinson-lowell.html

Temperance
http://prohibition.osu.edu/
Carrie Nation
Prohibition (PBS)

Poverty
http://tenant.net/Community/LES/contents.html
http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/eagle.html

Triangle Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
"We Have Found You Wanting" (Speech)

Women’s
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9803/suffrage.html

How the Other Half Lives
http://www.tenant.net/Community/riis/title.html

Databases:

• Facts on File - American History & Women's History 
• (E.g., Ludlow Massacre, video: Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Protests Alcohol , Child Labor - Keating-Owen Act, photo: Two Girls Protest Child Labor
• ABC-CLIO - American History
• Encyclopedia Britannica

Progressive Era Problems:

1. Temperance/Prohibition

2. Women’s Rights

• Suffrage Movement & 19th Amendment

3. Safety and Health Codes

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
• Meat Packing Industry/ Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”

4. Bad Working Conditions

•  1914 Ludlow Massacre
• Lowell Mill Textile Factory

5. Poverty, Urban living, and Child Labor

• Jacob Riis’s “How The Other Half Lives”
• John Spargo’s “The Bitter Cry of the Children”

Science Databases and Websites

Science Websites recommended by the Los Angeles Public Library:
http://www.lapl.org/ya/homework/science.php

Khan Academy (free videos: mini-lessons in math & science)

Two databases with scientific articles & essays:

EBSCO Science (If that link doesn't work, click on this one, and then choose "Student Research - High School," and then click on "science.")

Facts on File - Scroll down to "Today's Science"

Elsewhere

Written by Gabrielle Zevin

Reviewed by Ruben V., BCCHS student

Gabriele Zevin has written a novel worth reading. The book, Elsewhere, gives a perfect descriptive view into what lies in the afterlife. The protagonist, Liz, was run over by a taxi cab, after which she is sent into this miraculous afterlife, Elsewhere. Elsewhere is so like Earth, and also completely unlike Earth. All the features of Earth are found in this place, but Elsewhere is also the home of dead people, where they age backwards instead of growing older.

This book has a peaceful quality, given the fact that it mentions a lot about death. The main characters live here without ease, a relaxing environment, with a bit of romance and fights sprinkled into the book. A must read for young adults, since many people can relate to the young girl who died, Liz. A book that has flowing text, where no dictionary is required. An excellent book, with the similarity with The Lovely Bones, where the two young girls in the stories met an unwanted fate. You could find the book here in the Birmingham Library, with plentiful copies of this wondrous book.

* Note from Ms. Freeman:  Wanna see more reviews like this by BCCHS students?  Check out BirminghamReads.blogspot.com...

Silva - Travel Pamphlet

For famous travel locations:

• Go to your city's official website.
• For example, Toronto, Canada, or Santiago de Chile, Chile
• Lonely Planet (travel guide)

For average temperatures and precipitation by city:
Go to weather.com--> enter in city-->  click on monthly--> click on averages (at bottom)

For National Flowers:  EDepot  (This is not a reliable source -- Check on Google that the info. you got is correct.)

Wildlife:
In Latin American Countries

For Geograhy & Climate Info. by Country

• Encyclopedia Britanica -  GREAT info. about climate, plants, & wildlife by country
• Country Studies (Library of Congress) - Geographical/Climate Information (by country)
• http://www.atlapedia.com/online/search.htm - maps and geographical info.
• MetOffice - The U.K.'s national weather service.  Climate & Weather information for different regions of the world.  (Not by city.)
• CIA World Factbook

Biomes & Ecosystems

Books in the BCCHS Library (Click here)

The following online resources can be found on the Kent Library Website:

• Enchanted Learning's Biomes-Habitats: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes
• World Biomes: http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
• Gail Granger's Dewey Browse: http://www.deweybrowse.org/biome_eco.html
• Dewey browse for plants: http://www.deweybrowse.org/botany.htm

For images of landforms, plants and animals:
http://search.yahoo.com/images
http://images.google.com/
http://ditto.com/

For outline maps:
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm
http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm

Bader - Research, NoodleTools

To Create Your NoodleTools Account (Personal Folder)

1. Click here to begin creating your account:  http://www.noodletools.com/login
2. Click "Create a Personal ID"
3. Copy and paste "trial6313" for School/Library Username
4. Copy & Paste "catu8poje" for Password
5. Select "I am a student or library patron."
6. Select Year of Graduation:  2014
7. You MUST use:
• Personal ID:
• firstname.lastname (make sure there's a period in between!)
• Example:  mary.garcia
• Password:
• Use your 6-digit ID# (cafeteria #)
8. When you've completed the form, click REGISTER.

Per. 1 & 3 - Please SEARCH using these recommended links:

• Stop Bullying Now! - What We Know About Bullying
• CA Dept. of Education - "Bullying" search
• US Dept. of Education - "Bullying" search
• The Trevor Project - "Bullying" search
• A database:  Gale's Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Opposing Viewpoints has newspaper & magazine articles, as well as essays that argue the pro's and con's of many issues.
• This counts as a "print" resource, because it contains articles & essays that were originally in newpapers, magazines, and books.
• NOTE:  This database can only be accessed from school.  (Unless you have a public library card!)
• When using Google, make sure to evaluate the website!
• 5 criteria for evaluating websites

Per. 4 & 5 - Please SEARCH using these recommended links:

• Introduction to the Holocaust (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Human Rights Watch - Search "genocide"
• U.S. Dept. of State - Search "genocide"
• WHO - Explanation of Declaration of Human Rights
• http://humanrights.change.org/blog/view/2010_crimes_against_humanity_watchlist
• A database: Gale's Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Opposing Viewpoints has newspaper & magazine articles, as well as essays that argue the pro's and con's of many issues.
• This counts as a "print" resource, because it contains articles & essays that were originally in newpapers, magazines, and books.
• NOTE: This database can only be accessed from school. (Unless you have a public library card!)

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Loiacano - Resumes

Name

Address

Phone Number

Email Address

Objective:

Education:

Experience:

Awards/Honors:

Personal:

Reference:


Samples/Examples:
http://www.alec.co.uk/resume-examples/high-school-resume-samples.htm
http://www.damngood.com/catalog/exmpl/student-2.html
http://jobsearch.about.com/library/samples/blhsresume.htm
http://www.professional-resume-example.com/high-school-student-resume-example.html


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Rubinger - Imperialism WebQuest

Imperialism:  The White Man's Burden
webquest:  http://www.taconichills.k12.ny.us/webquests/imperialism/imperialism.html

Rubinger - Manifest Destiny

Welcome to the library!!!!

Before you get your Google on, please explore these databases that cost thousands and thousands of $$$$$.
(The information has been checked, verified, and organized for students like you.  Your college or university will have similar databases for research.)  Of course, Google will take you to some great sites too -- Just make sure that you trust the person or organization who made/published the site!

Go to the LAUSD Digital Library, and try these databases:

• Facts on File - American History Online
• ABC-CLIO - American History
• Salem Press History

Philippines:
On Facts on File:  enter "US and Philippines" and look for the entry titled "U.S. involvement in the Philippines" (under the "Events & Topics" tab) -- The 3rd paragraph has good info.

China:
Facts on File:  enter "Open Door Policy China"

Cuba:
Facts on File:  enter "US Cuba" and look for the entry titled "Cuba and United States, 1868–1934" -- The last 3 paragraphs are revelant.

Hawaii & Alaska:
Facts on File:  enter "Hawaii United States" and go to the tab "Events & Topic" -- Look for the entries "Hawaii and the U.S., 1820–1898" and "Annexation and the Spanish-American War: 1897–1901"

Facts on File: enter "Alaska purchase" and look for "Purchase of Alaska (1867)"

Latin America:
ABC-CLIO:  Try entering "Latin America US Manifest Destiny"  and look for the entries "Manifest Destiny and Mexico (Investigate)" and "U.S. involvement in Latin America"

A good article about this topic in general is "Creation of the US Empire" on the ABC-CLIO database.

IF you have a public library card, go to this site and type in your ID#:
Gale - US History

MLA Intro

MLA Citation

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Pembroke Academy
• Long Island University
• CitationMachine.net

Website Examples:

         Can you find... Author (if available). “Title of Article or Page.” Name of Site. Publisher or sponsor of the site (or N.p.), date on webpage (or n.d.). Medium of publication. Access date.

Bullying:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html#
http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adults/tip-sheets/tip-sheet-09.aspx
Genocide:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09049/949762-374.stm


How do you know if a website is a reliable source?

Do you know what top level domains are?  For example, .com, .edu. .org?
Google Search:  Martin Luther King
http://www.google.com/search?q=martin+luther+king&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=



Video:  World Cup Interrupted

Turner - Molecular Modeling Lab (40 pts.)

Molecules have three-dimension shapes that are difficult to show on a printed page.  Therefore, we will go to the library to look at molecular shapes using a computer simulation from Ohio State University.

Click here to begin:  http://undergrad-ed.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/VSEPR/

Lopez - Día de los Muertos

Click here for Quía Exercises.

Sites for Spanish Speakers:

• http://www.diademuertos.com//
• http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/
• http://cvu.rediris.es/pub/bscw.cgi/d846413/HALLOWEEN#1
• http://www.rincondelvago.com/informacion/halloween/
• http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/Exhibits/DayofDead/details.html

Sites for Spanish Learners:

• http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1972-november-2-the-day-of-the-dead
• http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html
• http://www.dayofthedead.com/
• http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3099-mexico-s-day-of-the-dead-resource-page
• slide show: http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/commphotos/show.php?colid=7837&slide_nbr=1&fAZ=1&HTTP_REFERER=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html#22

Ms. Lopez - Periodo 5

http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page2



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Delarosa - 10/20/10

Realidades - Review, Chapter 2A




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Argentina in da House!

Click here for various Argentinian newspapers:  http://www.prensaescrita.com/america/argentina.php



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Spanish 1: Quia Exercises

• Periodo 1: http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page3
• Periodo 2: http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page4
• Periodo 3: http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page5
• Periodo 4: http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page6
• Periodo 5: http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page2

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Silva -- Evaluating Websites about Steroids

Which site would be better to use for your research and WHY?

• http://www.steroid.com/
• webmd.com
• http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/Steroids



 Not sure how to decide?  Click here! (This form will help you judge the value of a website.)


Dangers of Nandrolone Decanoate

Spanish-speaking Countries

Directions for making a brochure in Word:  Microsoft.com

Side 1

Fold in

Back

Front

Side 2

Inside left

Inside middle

Inside right

Suggested Resources:

• On the web:
• CIA:  The World Factbook
• Lonely Planet  (Travel website)
• Database:
• CultureGrams 
• Search for books:
• Destiny
• MLA format:
• The Owl at Purdue

Student information in MLA format:

Clara Watson (student)

Ms. Lopez (teacher)

Spanish 1

4 September 2010


ALT Codes for typing Spanish characters:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/spanish.html

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CA Governor's Race

San Diego Tribune - Fiorina endorsement

LA Times - Boxer endorsement

LA Times - Brown endorsement

Fox News - article about gubernatoiral debate

LA Times - article about gubernatorial debate

Diffen.com - a comparison of the candidates for governor

Diffen.com - a comparison of Fiorina and Boxer



LA Times

SF Chronicle

San Jose Mercury

http://www.megwhitman.com/

http://www.jerrybrown.org/

Library Student Workers - Catergorizing new books

The categories so far:

Mystery/Suspense

Romance

Science Fiction

Funny

Supernatural/Fantasy

LGBT

Urban

Latin American - Fiction

African American - Fiction

Dinielli - 1800's, US History

Here are a few ways to find information on your topics:

 

1. BOOKS!

 

There are a few books about this time period on the table behind you. Check the title, table of contents, and index for your topic or related topics. (E.g., gold rush, immigrants, bear flag republic, etc.)

 

You can also search for more books in the Birmingham Library Online Catalogue.

 

2. DATABASES!

 

Library databases contain information from published works. (E.g., magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedias.) They cost lots of $$$$ to use, and can only be accessed at school!

Go to the LAUSD Digital Library and click one of these great sites:

• Facts on File: Click on American History Onlino
• e.
• ABC-CLIO:  Click on American History.
• Salem Press History
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online

More databases are available with your public library card: Go to the Los Angeles Public Library's Teen Homework Help site, and check out the Gale Cengage Historical Resource Center.

 

3. WEBSITES!

 

Not all websites are equal! Be careful! Determine who wrote/published the site and whether you trust what they have to say.

 

When searching in google, try an "advanced search" by putting ".edu" next to "Search within a site or domain" -- This will give you websites from educational institutions.

Ms. Loiacano's Classes

Directions to get to the Career Matchmaker Quiz:
Click here for the Digital Library
Then:
- click on "Career Cruising"
- click on "Assessments" at the top
- click on "Career Matchmaker"
- enter a first & last name and click "Start Now"

After you take the quiz, you'll get a list of your top 40 career matches.

1.  Write down the top 7 matches that interest you!

2.  Click on 2 careers that you don't know much about, and write a short summary of the job descriptions and the education required for that job.

Evaluating Websites

How do you know if a website would be good to use for a research paper???

1. Click here for 5 criteria to consider...
2. You can also try this Checklist for Evaluating Websites.

Chamber Singers: Donation Request Letter

Final letters are due Tuesday, September 28th

You must include these 4 things in your letter:

1. "Your tax-deductible donation of $100.00 or more will receive special recognition in our Winter Performance program."
2. “Please make your check out to Choral Music Department, Birmingham Community Charter High School. Our charitable tax ID number is available from Accounts Payable at (818) 758-5206.”
3. “If you have any questions or would like to get more details about this incredible opportunity for BCCHS students, feel free to email me or contact our choral director, Michael Suffolk, at (805) 404-2406, or our principal, Marsha Coates, at (818) 758-5203.”
4. At least one statistic/fact about BCCHS or one quote about the importance of music/art education!

  

Some BCCHS stats:

• Incomes of BCCHS families: Over 60% of BCCHS students qualify for free or reduced lunches. (48.6% qualify for free lunches.)
•  BCCHS Demographics: 76.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% African American, 2.1 % Filipino, 9.7% White, 1.8% Asian, 1% Pacific Islander, .2% American Indian or Alaska
• 1/5 (19%) of BCCHS students are designated as having “Limited English Proficiency”
• Total number of BCCHS students: 2,676

Facts and Insights on the Benefits of Music Study (from MENC: The National Association for Music Education)

To find local businesses:

• patch.com
• Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Encino Chamber of Commerce

Format -- Sample Donation Request Letters:

• Easiest format.  (Youth Venture)
• Modified Block Format  (OWL Purdue Writing Lab)

Tips on writing Donation Request Letters:
Fundraiserhelp.com

  

Español 1: Links para Quia Actividades

Direcciones para los hispanohablantes (Periodos 1, 2, 3 y 4).

http://www.quia.com/jg/959058.html Mis Primeros Versos
http://www.quia.com/rr/225281.html Nicaragua
http://www.quia.com/cm/91244.html?AP_rand=520172681 Artículos y Adjetivos
http://www.quia.com/pop/130652.html?AP_rand=1818536513 Artículos
http://www.quia.com/pop/432118.html?AP_rand=1330492320 Adverbios
http://www.quia.com/cz/73548.html?AP_rand=431206907 present tense


Links for Spanish 1 regular (period 5)
http://www.quia.com/jg/1822894.html Saludos e introducciones
http://www.quia.com/jg/1822895.html Saludos e introducciones
http://www.quia.com/jg/974881.html Las partes del cuerpo
http://www.quia.com/jg/1822896.html Los números
http://www.quia.com/quiz/794975.html Las partes de Cuerpo (quiz)
http://www.quia.com/mc/1181184.html Las actividades
http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/days.htm Los días de la semana (quiz)
http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/cardnum2.htm Los números

Delarosa - Spanish 1 & AP Spanish

Spanish 1

Realidades -- Level 1 (Student Home Page)


Lengua Espanola de AP

http://www.prensaescrita.com/america/mexico.php


Adicionalmente:

• http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm
• http://www.espanole.org/refranes
• http://www.colby.edu/personal/b/bknelson/SLC/

Goyak: The Enlightenment

Here are a few ways to find information on your topics:

1.  BOOKS!

There are some books about the Enlightenment on the table behind you.  Check the title, table of contents, and index for your assigned topic or related topics.  (E.g., Tabula Rasa, women's rights, etc.)

You can also search for more books in the Birmingham Library.

2.  DATABASES!

Library databases contain information from published works. (E.g., magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedias.)  They cost lots of $$$$ to use, and can only be accessed at school!

• Facts on File: Click on Modern World History.  (Good article on Medicine & the Enlightenment!)
• Salem Press History (Good article on Cesare Beccaria!)
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Good article on women's rights & the Enlightenment!)
• More databases are available with your public library card:  Go to the Los Angeles Public Library's Teen Homework Help site, and check out the Gale Cengage Historical Resource Center.

3.  WEBSITES!

Not all websites are equal!  Be careful!  Determine who wrote/published the site and whether you trust what they have to say.

When searching in google, try an "advanced search" by putting ".edu" next to "Search within a site or domain" -- This will give you websites from educational institutions.

Click here for a scary example of what can go wrong when you trust WikiAnswers!!!!!!!! 

(Question: What is The Social Contract?)



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Basile -- Chemistry Exam Link

Click here for exam:
http://web.mac.com/gregorybasile/Site/Tests/index_tests.html




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Molinaro -- SAS Curriculum Pathways

SAS Curriculum Pathways
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/

 

StudySpanish.com
http://studyspanish.com/

 

• Verbs Like Gustar - Lesson
• Verbs Like Gustar - Basic Quiz

Conjuguemos.com
http://conjuguemos.com/

 

Quia.com

• Rags to Riches Game
• Batalla de Buque

Career Quiz Assignment

Directions to get to the Career Matchmaker Quiz:
Click here for the Digital Library
Then:
- click on "Career Cruising"
- click on "Assessments" at the top
- click on "Career Matchmaker"
- enter a first & last name and click "Start Now"

After you take the quiz, you'll get a list of your top 40 career matches.

Write down the top 7 matches that interest you!

Below are 3 sections of questions to answer on a separate sheet of paper:

Section 1:  Investigate a Career

Answer these questions for one career:

1. Describe the job:  Write a paragraph summarizing the information under "Job Description."
2. How much money would you make in this job?
3. What kind of education/schooling is requied?
4. Which of your quiz answers led to this career match? ("Suitable for You" tab on the left.) For example: I was matched with this job because in the quiz I responded that I like "work that involves teamwork & cooperation" and that I really enjoy "working in the outdoors."

Section 2:  Explain a Non-Match

1. Name a job that didn't appear in your matches.
2. Click on "See how other careers match up with my answers" to find out how your answers did NOT match up with this career choice.  Explain why this job was not a match.

Section 3:  Reflection

1. Do you think the quiz results accurately reflect your talents & interests?  Explain why or why not.
2. What did you learn from this exercise?
3. How could this exercise be changed to make it more helpful/useful to students?

Mr. Weber: Ecological Footprint Quiz

Click here:
Website - Ecological Footprint: Center for a Sustainable Economy

To print in black & white:  

1. Click on the PRINT button on the left (Don't click on FILE!)
2. Click on PREFERENCES button
3. Layout Type:  Choose "Multiple Pages per Side"
4. Pages per Side:  Choose "2"
5. Click on GRAPHIC tab
6. Choose "Grayscale" instead of "Color"
7. Click on OKAY
8. Click on PRINT
9. Go to the front desk and tell the worker your computer # so they can print out your results!
   
   

Rubinger's Psychology Class: Theories/Theorists & Terminology

Assignment:

• Design a time line showing the major events or psychological pioneers in the history of psychology. Starting from the Ancient Greeks to the 1900s. You may include philosophers and scientists that contributed to human thought and reason as well.
• Write one paragraph:  How does understanding the history of psychology become helpful in learning about modern psychological methods?

Suggested Resources:

Books!  (Most are out on the table behind you.)

Databases:

•  Biography Resource Center
• Encyclopedia Britannica (First read the person's entry, then click on "The Web's Best Sites.")
• shorter entries
• longer entries
• World Book Encyclopedia
• shorter entries
• longer entries

Theories/Theorists:

1. Freud, Sigmund  + PBS

2. Adler, Alfred +
3. Jung, Carl +
4. Horney, Karen
5. Sullivan, Harry S
6. Erikson, Erik +
7. Fromm, Erich +
8. Berne, Eric (+ BRC)
9. Harris, Thomas

B. Behavioristic

1. Watson, J. B.
2. Skinner, B. F.
3. Wolpe, Joseph
4. Glasser, William  (Glasser's website:  Information about him & his theories)
5. Dobson, James

C. Humanistic ("Self" Theorists)

1. Rogers, Carl
2. Maslow, Abraham
3. Frankl, Viktor
4. May, Rollo +
5. Hiltner, Seward  (Google Books:  Encyclopedia of Psychology & Religion)
6. Mowrer, O. Hobart (- Short blurb from University of Georgia College of Education)
7. Perls, Fritz
8. Ellis, Albert

Wydra's Classes -- Inspirational People

Instead of Wikipedia...try this:

Click here for the Gale Databases, and then click on "Biography Resource Center!"

Jake Olson
ABC news article
Orange County Register article
The Vision Center
ESPN video

Josh Hamilton
MLB article
St. Petersburg: "Staying Clean a Day at a Time"

Lionel Messi

• Book review that has a little information about Messi's childhood.
• Go to a book store, and look at THIS BOOK!
• Guardian article:  Messi has all the qualities to take world by storm

Clint Dempsey:
Good ESPN article about what he's had to overcome.

Lynne Cox:
60 Minutes piece

Billie Jean King:
Excerpts from a speech King gave at a graduation ceremony.
video on CBS

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Ms. Swann's Classes - Persuasive Essay

Trying using this site to find info about controversial issues:
Gale - Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center







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Mr. Silva's Class: The Insides of Animals....

Try searching for your animal in Facts on File: Science.

• Hint:  Enter in search words like "rabbit digestive system" and "horse muscle system."

If that doesn't work, try Google!

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Mr. Castaneda - Archivists' Dictators Contest

Brief, general information about your dictator:

• World Book Encyclopedia
• Gale's Biography Resource Center

To hunt for primary sources:

• "Facts on File" - Modern World History
• EBSCO - history resource center (more advanced search)

Try searching for relevant maps here:  Maps101


Slobodan Milosevic:
Transcript of War Crimes Tribunal Hearings

Kim Jong Il
propaganda posters
control of media

Ho Chi Minh
secret police
writings/speeches?




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Ms. Sachs' Health Classes

Some useful websites for research on eating disorders:

• Salem Press Health (Encyclopedia)
• NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association)
• eating disorders in men and boys.
• eating disorders in women and girls.
• other online resources (links) for info on eating disorders
• Eating Disorder Research (from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London)
• Go Ask Alice! -- Columbia University's Health Q&A Internet service
• Go Ask Alice! is supported by a team of Columbia University health educators, health care providers, and other health professionals, along with a staff of information and research specialists and writers. Team members have advanced degrees in public health, health education, medicine, and counseling.

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Delarosa's Period 1

Everyone, click here:

Realidades: Level 1




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Molinaro's Classes

Click here:
Spanish. Language & Culture.
(Spanish grammar exercises.)


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Sra. López: Español 1 para Hispano-hablantes

Abre el Internet browser y pon cada una de las siguientes direcciones para tomar las mini pruebitas del repaso de gramática.

Cuando termines cada actividad, “Send it to be graded," copy the results, and paste them into a Word document.  When you are finished taking all mini-tests, print the results and turn in your paper.

Querer, Saber en Pretérito 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/394382.html

Pretérito 
http://www.quia.com/cb/88632.html

Pretérito vs. Imperfecto 
http://www.quia.com/cz/215003.html?AP_rand=1217321429 

http://www.quia.com/cz/314439.html?AP_rand=1900322504

Futuro 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/925657.html

Condicional 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/925658.html

Presente
http://www.quia.com/cb/540152.html 

Ms. Orejarena's class (ESL 2A & 2B)

Welcome to the library!!!

Today you will be researching the country where you were born, using books and the internet.

Try these databases online:

• Culture Grams
• Select your country from the drop down menu. 
• World Book Encyclopedia Online.
• Encyclopedias are a good place to get basic information about a topic.
• Encyclopdia Britannica Online.
• Try the Spanish translator button! It lets you see what the word means in Spanish.
• More advanced reading:
• Culture Grams
• Britannica Online
• World Book

Search for books in the Birmingham Library by clicking HERE.

(We have taken out some relevant books, which are on the table next to the computers.)

Orejarena's Class - Latin Authors

Suggested links:

• Literary Reference Center
• Search by author's name and then scroll down to see LOTS of info. (Biography, analysis, summaries of major works, etc.)
• This information is not free (You can't access it from home.), but you can email it to yourself at home.  Click on "email."
• The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
• Use this to look up poems or short biographies of your author.  (If he/she wrote poems!)
• Biography Resource Center
• For biographical information!
• Britannica Online (Encyclopedia)
• Look up your author, and then...On the right, there will be a box that says: "Expand Your Research."  Click on those links for articles and websites.

Search for books in the Birmingham Library here.

Mr. Silva's 5th Period

webmd -- Search by name of drug.

drugfree.org  (not sure if this has info. about specific drugs)

Anabolic-Androgenic specifically

Dineilli's Classes

Fo' shizzle.

Here are a few ways to find information on your topics:

1.  BOOKS! 
in da hizzle.

There are some World War II books on the table behind you.  Check the title, table of contents, and index for your assigned topic or related topics.  (E.g., Navajo Code Talkers, Rosie the Riveter.)

You can also search for more books in the Birmingham Library.

2.  DATABASES!
databizzle.

Library databases contain information from published works. (E.g., magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedias.)  They cost lots of $$$$ to use, and can only be accessed at school!

• ABC-CLIO.  Social studies.

• Facts on File.  Click on American Indian History, American Women's History, African-American History, or American History.

• Salem Press.  History.

• More databases are available with your public library card:  Go to the Los Angeles Public Library's Teen Homework Help site.

3.  WEBSITES!
just a few of many possibizzle.

• African Americans
• African American Freedom Fighters
• Tuskegee Airmen Inc.
• African Americans in WWII (The History Place - pictures.)
• Native American Soldiers
• Official Website of the Navajo Code Talkers
• Native Americans in WWII. "The United States never broke a treaty with a foreign government and never kept one with the Indians." --Will Rogers
• Native Americans in the US Military
• American Women
• Women and World War II  (Created by a student at the University of San Diego.)
• Partners in Winning the War:  American Women in World War II.  (National Women's History Museum.)
• Women Veterans of WWII (Yes, the women fought too!)
• Mexican Americans
• Mexican American WWII Veterans
• Saving Private Jose
• Mexican Americans in World War II (Latino Philidelphia.)
• Zoot Suit Riots. (PBS.)
• World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights (Book - on Google Books.)
• Manhattan Project
• Manhattan Project: An Interactive History (US Dept. of Energy.)
• Manhattan Project Worker Talks to Students (newspaper article)
• Japanese Americans
• Children of the Camps (PBS.)
• Exploring the Japanese American Internment (National Asian American Telecommunications Association.)

Lopez's Classes

Bienvenidos!


Don't waste ink (toner) when you print! Find the special "imprimir" button that clears away the advertisements OR copy and paste the article into Microsoft Word. :)


Donde buscar articulos:


Todo el mundo:
http://www.thepaperboy.com/


Selecciones (revista)


EEUU:
La opinion (Los Angeles)
El diario (Nueva York)
CNN en espanol


El Salvador:
El diario de hoy (elsalvador.com)


Guatemala:
La hora


Mexico:
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/
http://www.reforma.com/
http://www.el-universal.com.mx/


Espana:
http://www.abc.es/
http://www.elpais.es/
http://www.elmundo.es/
http://www.larazon.es/
Other ways to search:


Google en espanol

Yahoo en espanol

Denver: Periodicos semanales en espanol de Denver

Rubinger's Classes

Ms. Rubinger's Classes - March 10, 2010

For every website you use, here's what you need to write down:

•  Author and/or editor names (if available)
•  Article name or page title in quotation marks (if applicable)
•  Title of the Website, project, or book in italics.
•  Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). Use n.p. if no publisher given.
• Date of creation (publishing date). Use n.d. if no publishing date is given.
• Date you accessed the material.
• URL (if required by Rubinger, or for your own personal reference). 

Aristotle. Poetics. The Internet Classics Archive. Web Atomic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
13 Sept. 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2008.

Burk, Jeannine. "Survivor Stories: Jeannine Burk." Holocaust Survivors. Jewish Community Center of New

Orleans, 1999. Web. 10 March 2010.

For more detailed information on MLA Format, go the Pudue OWL website!!!

Suggested websites:

Under History:

Testimony Excerpts from Yale University Library

 Under Images:

• http://remember.org/
• http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html
• http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/
• http://www.yadvashem.org/