English-Soph expo (Smith)

	Protest Lit Sophomore Expo (Cavo & Ricketts) Review the Protest Literature presentation Review the assignment from Ms. Ricketts Download the Writer's Life note-taking grid Web-evaluation sheet (must be submitted for every non-database web source you cite) How to submit your NoodleTools bibliography online Send Ms. Hickson comments about the pathfinder
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Books & the online catalog Databases Biography History Literature Writing samples Movements & causes 18th century 19th century 20th century			Poets & poetry Best bets Other sites Search engines Research resources
Books & the online catalog Books about writers and protest movements are available in the Media Center. Search the online catalog or look in the Categories section of the catalog for the Protest Movements & Literature booklist. Also use the online catalog to find Web Path Express results (evaluated, high-quality web sites) about your movement or writer. Return to table of contents
Electronic databases Electronic databases are available in the Favorites menu in Internet Explorer on the Media Center computers, or in the Electronic Databases section of the NHHS Media Center home page. To use the databases from home, you will need the list of passwords, which is available in the Media Center. Use and combine your search terms to find one article from at least two of the databases listed under each category below. Biography Biography Resource Center (required) EBSCOhost Student Research Center EBSCOhost Web-Biography Collection Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Return to table of contents History ABC CLIO Facts on File-History Database Search Proquest Historical Newspapers (required) Use and combine your search terms to find one article from at least one of the databases listed under each category below. Literature EBSCOhost Literary Reference Center Facts on File-Literary Reference Online Literature Resource Center Return to table of contents
Writing samples To find examples of and information about your writer's work, consult the following sources (in ABC-CLIO American History, look for documents; in Facts on File, look for primary sources):
Writer		Source
Jane Addams		ABC-CLIO American History Library catalog ManyBooks.net
Sherman Alexie		Poetry web sites Sherman Alexie.com
Margaret Atwood		Library catalog Poetry web sites O.W. Toad
Gwendolyn Brooks		Library catalog Poetry web sites Circle Literature Association
Cesar Chavez		La Voz de Aztlan United Farm Workers
Alice Childress		Library catalog
Charles Dickens		Library catalog Complete works of Charles Dickens World of Biography
Frederick Douglass		Library catalog C-SPAN American Writers Documenting the American South
W.E.B. DuBois		Facts on File-African American History C-SPAN American Writers Critique of Booker T. Washington Documenting the American South
Paul Laurence Dunbar		Poetry web sites Paul Laurence Dunbar digital collection Paul Laurence Dunbar page University of Dayton
Barbara Ehrenreich		Barbara's Blog Nickel and Dimed (excerpt)
Ralph Waldo Emerson		Library catalog C-SPAN American Writers Emerson works
Betty Friedan		ABC-CLIO American History C-SPAN American Witers The Feminine Mystique (chapter 5)
Margaret Fuller		ABC-CLIO American History American Transcendentalism web
Allen Ginsberg		Library catalog Poetry web sites Allen Ginsberg Trust library
Langston Hughes		Library catalog Poetry web sites "Ballad of Roosevelt" C-SPAN American Writers History is a weapon Library of Congress
Helen Hunt Jackson		ABC-CLIO American History Washington State University
Thomas Jefferson		ABC-CLIO American History C-SPAN American Writers Thomas Jefferson digital archive
Martin Luther King		ABC-CLIO American History Facts on File-History Database Search American Rhetoric Voice of King
Denise Levertov		Poetry web sites The Beat Page
Robert Lowell		Library catalog Poetry web sites
N. Scott Momaday		Library catalog Poetry web sites
Carry Nation		ABC-CLIO American History Project Gutenberg
Tim O'Brien		Library catalog Tim O'Brien home page
Thomas Paine		ABC-CLIO American History C-SPAN American Writers U.S. History.org
Dorothy Parker		Library catalog Poetry web sites
Kenneth Rexroth		Library catalog Poetry web sites
Jacob Riis		ABC-CLIO American History How the Other Half Lives New York City's Fourth Ward
Anne Sexton		Poetry web sites Poets of Cambridge
Upton Sinclair		ABC-CLIO American History Facts on File-History Database Search Library catalog C-SPAN American Writers The EPIC Plan The Jungle (chapter 1) The Jungle (chapter 9)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton		ABC-CLIO American History C-SPAN American Writers Seneca Falls Declaration Solitude of Self
John Steinbeck		Library catalog C-SPAN American Writers Nobel Prize speech
Harriet Beecher Stowe		ABC-CLIO American History C-SPAN American Writers
Henry David Thoreau		ABC-CLIO American History Library catalog C-SPAN American Writers
Sojourner Truth		Library catalog C-SPAN American Writers "Ain't I a Woman?" Documenting the American South
Walt Whitman		Library catalog Poetry web sites Walt Whitman archive
Frances Willard		ABC-CLIO American History History Matters The Do-Everything Policy Women and Organization
Malcolm X		ABC-CLIO American History Facts on File-History Database Search American Rhetoric Malcolm X in his own words Malcolm X speeches
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18th century movements & causes American Revolution American Revolution http://www.americanrevolution.com/ The complete history of the American Revolution. Freedom: A History of Us http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html Webisodes from PBS on Independence and Revolution. Return to table of contents
19th century movements & causes Transcendentalism \| Abolition \| Women's Rights \| Temperance \| Indian Rights \| Progressive Movement Transcendentalism American Transcendentalism Web http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/index.html The complete history of the American Revolution. Transcendentalists http://www.transcendentalists.com/index.htm The complete history of the American Revolution. Abolition Abolitionism http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/abolitn/abhp.html Primary sources from the online archive Uncle Tom’s Cabin & American Culture by the University of Virginia. The African American Mosaic http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture. Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr2.html Overview of the abolitionist movement, with links to key people and events. American Abolitionism http://americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/ Abolition resources from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Freedom: A History of Us http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web05/index.html Webisode from PBS describing the history of slavery in America and the abolitionist movement. John Brown's Holy War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ Companion site to the PBS film about the anti-slavery crusade. Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html A New York Public Library online exhibit exploring 400 years of slavery in the Americas. This Question of Slavery http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/teacher_student/ Primary source documents about slavery and abolition, compiled by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Women's Rights Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement 1848-1998 http://www.legacy98.org/ History of the women's rights movement from 1848 to 1998. Not for Ourselves Alone http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ Web resources to accompany the PBS documentary about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Political Culture & Imagery of American Woman Suffrage http://www.nmwh.org/exhibits/toc.html Overview of women's status and suffrage activity in the 19th century. Women's Rights: 1848 to the Present http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/women/rights/policy.htm Texts, background, and laws associated with women's rights. Temperance Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/prohib/prohib.html A case study of progressive reform. Includes links to documents from the era. Temperance & Prohibition http://prohibition.osu.edu/ A history of the temperance movement from Ohio State University. Women's Christian Temperance Union http://www.wctu.org/history.html A history of the organization and the temperance movement. Indian Rights Almanac of Policy Issues http://www.policyalmanac.org/culture/archive/native_americans.shtml History of civil rights and Native Americans. American Indian Issues http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~go1/kellogg/NativeRelationship.html Educational tools about the historical and contemporary political, economic, and social characteristics of sovereign tribal nations throughout the United States. Progressive Movement Eagleton Digital Archive of American Politics http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-Progressive.htm An overview of the era and links to further resources, compiled by Rutgers University. Progressive Era History Resources http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/progressive.html Links to figures and causes associated with the Progressive era, including Jane Addams and Jacob Riis. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement http://www.vw.vccs.edu/vwhansd/HIS122/Teddy/TRProgressive.html A summary of the Progressive Movement from a professor at Virginia Western Community College. Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull House and Its Neighborhoods http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htm Information on the life of Jane Addams and the legacy of Hull House. Return to table of contents
20th century movements & causes Economic Disparity \| African American Equality \| Beat Generation Women's Liberation \| Native American Rights \| Anti-War Economic Disparity Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Great Depression http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-McCarthy.htm Summary of the Great Depression, the setting for Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Freedom: A History of Us http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web12/index.html Webisode from PBS describing the Great Depression. The Great Depression http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm An overview and photo gallery of the Great Depression in the United States. An Overview of the Great Depression http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/parker.depression Historical and economic analysis of the Great Depression from the Economic History Encyclopedia. Fight in the Fields http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez1.html Companion resources for a PBS film about Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers' struggle. The Cycle of Poverty http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htm Mexican-American farm workers testify before Congress in 1969. In the Shadow of Society http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7030 Two migrant farmworkers from Florida and a UFW organizer from Washington State discussed their experiences and proposed legislative remedies to a Senate subcommittee in 1969. United Farm Workers of America http://www.ufw.org/ Official site of the UFW. See the History section (under Research) for information on Cesar Chavez and the group's origins. Living Wage Resource Center http://www.livingwagecampaign.org/ Brief history of the national living wage movement and links to other living wage-related sites. Minimum Wage http://www.policyalmanac.org/economic/minimum_wage.shtml Overview of the history of minimum wage legislation, plus links to related articles, organizations, and resources. African American Equality & Civil Rights The Civil Rights Era http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html Information from the Library of Congress about desegregation, sit-ins, freedom rides, and demonstrations. Eyes on the Prize http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/index.html Story of the civil rights movement and primary sources from the PBS film. Freedom: A History of Us http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html Webisodes from PBS on the end of segregation (Webisode 14) and the fight for civil rights (Webisode 15). Outline of American History http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch12_p11.htm Summary of the civil rights movement from 1960-1980. Voices of Civil Rights http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/index.html An archive of stories about the civil rights movement. Beat Generation American Museum of Beat Art http://www.beatmuseum.org/ Archive and collection of works and artifacts from the Beat Generation. The Beat Page http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/index.html Features and background information on writers of the Beat Generation. McCarthyism & the Red Scare http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-McCarthy.htm Summary of the anti-Communist environment that spawned the Beat Movement. Feminism & Women's Liberation Chicago Women's Liberation Union http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch12_p12.htm "Herstory," archives, and memoirs of the women's liberation movement. Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/ Documents from the radical origins of the Women's Liberation Movement during the 1960's and 1970's. GLBTQ Encyclopedia http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/womens_liberation_movement.html An overview of the history and scope of the women's liberation movement. Outline of American History http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch12_p12.htm Overview of the women's movement of the 1960's and 1970's. Native American Civil Rights Civil Rights 101 http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/native.html Overview of the issues associated with Native American civil rights. Civil Rights for Native Americans http://racerelations.about.com/od/thehierarchyofrace/a/nativeamericans_2.htm List of civil rights priorities for Native Americans. Outline of American History http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch12_p14.htm Summary of the history of the modern Native American rights movement. Self-Determination of Free Peoples http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6897 Founding documents of the American Indian Movement. Anti-War Movement About the Vietnam War http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/vietnamwar.htm Analysis of the various forces that combined to protest the Vietnam War. Radical Times http://library.thinkquest.org/27942/indexf.htm An award-winning webquest developed by students in California and Singapore to present the history of the Antiwar Movement. Vietnam Protest Movement http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNprotest.htm Overview of the growth in opposition to the Vietnam War. Return to table of contents
Poets & poetry Best bets Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/ Search for specific poets and poems at the site from the largest U.S. organization dedicated to the art of poetry. Critical Reading Guide http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html Describes the process of analyzing a poem. Perspectives in American Literature: What is Poetry? http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/append/axf.html Tips on reading and analyzing a poem. Plagiarist Poetry Archive http://plagiarist.com/poetry/ Database of more than 400 poets and 9,000 p