American Literature in History
Project #3
1861-1917
For this project, you will be researching a topic taken from the years 1861-1917. 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.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html
http://www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/timeline3.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://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/
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
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.
Websites covering more than one war
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
Shmoop- U.S. History http://www.shmoop.com/history/
Questions to be answered when researching a person, event, or topic.
To see the rubric for this research project, click here.
Format for presentation/opinion paper, click here.
Title page template