Assignment Packet and Rubric

You will be using a variety of sources, take notes and record your citations using Noodletools

user name= bristow;  password= library

Marshall Cavendish user name= sedgwick;  password= sedgwick

ICONN Databases

ICONN: From home, use library card number for access

Follett ebook: User name = bmsebook; Password is ebook

(may  work better using internet explorer – remember to UNBLOCK the POP Up – you will read the book online)

Selected approved websites

British Museum

Kidipede  on Ancient China

National Museum of China 

Minneapolis Institute of Arts:  Art of Asia Chinese Dynasty Guide

University of Washington – China Time-lines and Maps 

Song Dynasty – Columbia University

PBS NOVA – China’s  Age of Invention 

The Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty 

The Han Dynasty

Tang (T’ang) Dynasty

The Song (Sung) Dynasty

Assignment

Rubric

RESEARCH TOOLS

CIA World Fact Book

Country Reports

Encyclopedia Britannica

ICONN

 USAID : “The United States has a long history of extending a helping hand to people overseas struggling to make a better life. It is a history that both advances U.S. foreign policy interests as well as reflects the American people’s compassion and support of human dignity.

Vote for your favorite Nutmeg 2012 book nominee and help determine this year’s winner.

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Intermediate List    

 Teen List 

Go to google and type “let it snow” in

the search bar.  

Wait a few moments…and snow! 

These are just a few of the titles…

Selected Websites

American Bar Association Supreme Court Preview

Landmark Cases of the US Supreme Court 

Oyez Project:  Multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work.

Streetlaw.org (a nonprofit organization that creates classroom and community programs that teach people about law, democracy, and human rights worldwide)

Taking Notes

• In your own words, your own voice
• Do not use complete sentences
• For books, include the page number

From The British Museum

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/

From The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/mesopotamialie/index.php

From the  Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/homepg.html

Google Books:

Daily Life in Mesopotamia

 https://sites.google.com/a/whps.org/dailylifemesopotamis/

Click the image to watch a short video about chatting with your kids about being online.

For other great resources click here.

For the third year, Bristow was honored to host Kevin Johnson of the Connecticut State Library in his portrayal of Private William Riley Salisbury Webb, an African-American Civil War soldier in the 29th Connecticut Volunteers, Colored Regiment. Mr. Johnson began his portrayals in 1998 after painstakingly researching primary source documents at the CT State Library and creating a timeline of Pvt. Webb’s life. In addition to these events in Pvt. Webb’s life, Mr. Johnson provides an historical context by weaving in facts about the Civil War era in CT. Bristow 8th-grade American Studies students and their teachers were thoroughly engaged with the portrayal, participating enthusiastically and asking thoughtful questions that led to a deeper understanding of not only Pvt. Webb’s role as an African-American solider but also of Connecticut’s role in our nation’s most traumatizing loss of American life. For a snapshot of life as a Civil War solider, click here and watch the video.
Thank you Mr. Johnson!