World War II (Setrakian)

BOOKS:
We have a large number of books on World War II & the Holocaust!
Look on the table behind you,
or search in our online catalog: Destiny.

$$Databases$$ (public library card number required):

• History In Context: World (Gale)
• World Book Encyclopedia  (good place to look up Judaism, Nuremberg, etc.)

Holocaust:

• A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust (University of South Florida)




"Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), Berlin, Germany, 1938."
Gale World History in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010.
Gale World History In Context. Web. 13 Sep. 2011.





• United States Holocaust Museum   (Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws, Joseph Mengele, Third Reich, Nuremberg Trials, etc.)
• America and the Holocaust (PBS)
• Holocaust Education Resource Council
• Stories of Holocaust Survivors (Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies)
• The Library of Congress

Genocide:

• 2010 Crimes Against Humanity Watchlist
• Human Rights Watch - Search "genocide"
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm

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Question:  Explain the concept of the "social contract."

Country Brochures - Lopez

Suggested resources:

 $$Databases$$ (public library card number required):

• Culture Grams

• Social Studies Fact Cards 

Free on the web:

• U.S. Department of State: Countries & Regions (When you get to your country, click on Background Notes.)
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Studies (Library of Congress -- Selected Countries)
• Atlapedia.com  (Lapl.org: Political and geographic maps, basic facts, and statistics about countries.)
• Tierra.free-people.net (Flags/Banderas)
• Latin American Recipes (A dish from each country)
• Foods/Dishes by Country (University of Texas at Austin)
• Lonley Planet (Travel website.  Good for the kind of information travelers need, like weather and famous landmarks.)
• Geography Homepage on About.com
• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) (Websites in Spanish!)

Books!

Search for BCCHS Library books in Destiny, our online book catalogue.
(Remember that information like climate won't change much from year to year, unlike information about population and government!)

ALT Codes for typing Spanish characters:
http://www.alt-codes.net/spanish_alt_codes/


Directions for making a brochure in Microsoft Word can be found on the Microsoft website..



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Colleges 411 - Anderson

Welcome to the library!

Feel free to use the books on the table behind you, as well as the internet to find information about your colleges.

Admission requirements at:
UCLA

Clubs at:
UCLA
UC Berkeley
CSUN (Cal State Northridge)
USC
SMC (Santa Monica College)
UC Irvine

Websites recommended by Mrs. Kronstadt:
http://ctcl.org/
http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/
http://www.collegeboard.com/
http://www.princetonreview.com/schoolsearch.aspx?sch=College

For information about careers:
http://www.cacareerzone.org/occupations/list