Are You Ready to Drive...?

Some helpful links:

Look up your car:  Buying a Car Web Quest -- Find a Car

Mileage:  Mileage -- http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm

Financing:  Buying a Car Web Quest -- Financing

Tires:  Costco Tires (Search by size or by car)

Repair:  Auto Repair Estimates from AOL (use this website instead of one in worksheet!)

Gas/Fuel:  http://gasbuddy.com/

Leyendas Latinoamericanas y Periódicos en Español (Orejarena)

Leyendas Latinoamericanos:
http://www.cuco.com.ar/paises.htm
http://ecuadorleyendas.homestead.com/otrasregiones.html
http://www.imaginaria.com.ar/11/9/destacados.htm

Fábulas:
http://www.poemasyrelatos.com/varios/fabulas.php?tipoObra=6
http://www.guiascostarica.com/fabulas/index.html


Leyendas de México:
http://www.cuco.com.ar/mexico.htm
http://www.guiascostarica.com/mitos/mexico.htm

Leyendas de Argentina:
http://www.leyendasarg.com.ar/

Leyendas de Costa Rica:
http://www.guiascostarica.com/mitos/costarica.htm

Leyendas de Ecuador:
http://www.cuco.com.ar/ecuador1.htm
http://ecuadorleyendas.homestead.com/padrealmeida.html

Leyendas de Peru:
http://www.arqueologia.com.ar/peru/mitos.htm



Periodo 2:

Spanish Language Newspapers: 
http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-newspapers-spanish.html
http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=146063&sid=1247903#3954344
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/#grenada

México:
http://www.reforma.com/
http://www.el-universal.com.mx/

Los Ángeles:
La Opinión
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Lopez - Period 5

Period 5:   http://www.quia.com/pages/elopez518/page2



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Ms. Lopez - Proyecto de Latinoamerica

Culturas Precolombinas

BOOKS:

Click here to search for BCCHS Library books.

A few website suggestions:

Miscellaneous groups:

• Pueblos Indigenas de Latino America - Assumption College
• Latin American Network Information Center: Indigenous Peoples
• List_of_pre-Columbian_civilizations (from absoluteastronomy.com)
• Mitos Latinoamerica (Blog)
• Everyone should search here! -- Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombina

 Specific Cultures:

• Toltecas:  Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombina
• Zapotecas:  Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombina
• Cuna, Garifuna, Maya, Aztec Minnesota State University
• Maya:  Mayan art, Mayan languages, http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/MAYAS.HTM
• Aztec:  http://clio.rediris.es/fichas/otras_aztecas.htm
• Garifuna:  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/garifuna.htm
• Los Kuna: EthnoAtlas, Monografias.com, Panamahistoria.tripod.com
• Los Peripechuas o Tarascos: Universidad Michoacana, HoustonCulture.org
• Los Tainos: http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
• Incas:  http://incas.perucultural.org.pe/histec1.htm,
• http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM
• Maya, Incas, Aztecs, and maybe some others:  World Book Encyclopedia Online

Good YouTube video to watch at home: Las culturas precolombinas

Countries of the World (Grunwald)

Tip of the Day:  Does date matter...?
When you're looking for information about your country, what kind of information changes from year to year, and what kind of information stays the same?

Databases
(These reliable research sites are paid for by LAUSD and can only be accessed at school.)

Go to the LAUSD Digital Library, and then click on the following:

• Facts on File --> World Geography & Culture Online
• CultureGrams --> World Edition
• Britannica Online (Encyclopedia)
• WorldBook Encyclopedia

Other Recommended Websites:

• The World Factbook (CIA)
• Country Studies (Library of Congress -- Selected Countries)

Books!
Search for BCCHS Library books in Destiny, our online book catalogue.

Deep Thoughts...About Wikipedia...
- Not an academic source; cannot be cited in college papers.
- In high school, Wikipedia can somtimes be used for informal projects/assignments.
- Good to use as a starting point, for an overview of topic.
- Scroll down to bottom to check the notes, references, and other links for other sources.

La Guerra Sucia (Molinaro)

 Sites for Webquest:

• artículo: http://www.conversantlife.com/social-justice/memorial-day-for-the-disappeared
• historical society: http://www.memoriaabierta.org.ar/eng/quienes_somos_nuestra_historia.php
• testimonios: http://www.desaparecidos.org/arg/testimonios/
• memorial photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28940035@N05/2779778230/
• photos of memorial in Chile: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4966776
• El Muro de la Memoria: http://www.desaparecidos.org/arg/victimas/muro2.html
• Webquest/Proyecto: http://casarezs.tripod.com/sc_wbqst/disaprd.htm#proc
• Map of Detention Centers:  http://www.yendor.com/vanished/detention/map.html
• Photos of Mural:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/timchadwick/page10/

Great Historical Figures (Lehman)

Search for BOOKS here:
Destiny Online Catalogue


Try these reliable DATABASES:
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Click Here, and Go to "Gale Biography in Context"


Feel free to search on Google, but make sure you trust the person or company who made the website!!!