American Literature in History
Project #1
1492-1800
For this project, you will be researching a topic taken from the years 1492-1800. If you don't have a topic in mind, you could look through your textbook, the books in the library that cover this time period, or one of the following websites:
Timelines and Outlines of American Literature:
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm
http://www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/timeline3.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html
http://people.heidelberg.edu/~dkimmel/american/timeline.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/LIT/index.htm
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/oaltoc.htm
Once you have a topic in mind, where can you go for information?
(See your school's media specialist if you are prompted for a username/password)
The Card Catalog (from school)
Go back to your desktop screen and click on Spectrum Patrons CAT. The card catalog will give you books, as well as “good” websites. WEB in the listing indicates a websites rather than a book. Click on WebConnect to go to the website directly from the card catalog.
Your Public Library's Online card catalog
EBSCOhost Student Research Center
Researching a person? Try unchecking all, and selecting only Biographies!
HS Online Resources Page- try one of the online encyclopedias, such as: World Book or Grolier
American Memory is a gateway to the Library of Congress’s vast resources of digitized American historical materials. Comprising more than 9 million items that document U.S. history and culture, American Memory is organized into more than 100 thematic collections based on their original format, their subject matter, or who first created, assembled, or donated them to the Library.
Life in Colonial America
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741502192/Colonial_America.html
http://www.cybrary.org/colonial.htm
http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Life.html
http://eev.liu.edu/kk/colonial/resources.htm
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html (Interactive History)
http://www.shmoop.com/history/
American Revolutionary War
http://www.americanrevolution.com
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/amrevmil.html
http://www.ushistory.org/March/timeline.htm (Timeline of the American Revolutionary War)
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/revolutionarywar.htm
http://www.shmoop.com/history/
To see the format requirements for this research project, click here.
To see the list of questions for this research project, click here.
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