American Literature in History
Project #2
1800-1860
For this project, you will be researching a topic taken from the years 1800-1860. 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.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
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
You can also find stories by following this link on the school's server:
Data on Genoa1-Applications-Classic Books
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.
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 Online.
War of 1812
War of 1812 http://www.warof1812.net/
History Central http://www.historycentral.com/1812/
Multi Educator http://www.multied.com/1812/
Kid Info http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/warof1812.html
U.S.- Mexican War
The U.S.-Mexican War (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html
The History Guy http://www.historyguy.com/Mexican-American_War.html
The U.S.- Mexican War http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/mexwar1.htm
The Mexican War (1846-1848)- Kidport http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/MexAmerWar/MexicanWar.htm
Websites covering more than one war
Shmoop- U.S. History http://www.shmoop.com/history/
Early American Wars (FamilyHistory101) http://www.uswars.net/
Social Studies for Kids- United States at War http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/usatwar.htm
Kid Info- Historical Wars http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/HistoricalWars.html
America's Wars- A Complete History http://www.historycentral.com/wars.html
American Wars- Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0873841.html
Hall of American Wars and Conflicts http://virtualology.com/hallofamericanwarsandconflicts/
American History- About.com http://americanhistory.about.com/library/timelines/bltimelineuswars.htm
American Wars- Homeworkspot.com http://www.homeworkspot.com/features/americanwars.htm
To see the rubric for this research project, click here.
To see the list of questions for this research project, click here. If you are reading a selection from a particular author's work, these are the questions you must answer.
Title page template (person, place, event)
Title page template (reading author's work)
