RESEARCH PROJECTS

Check here for class projects and links

3rd Grade Authors Mrs. Hochmuth - Spanish V - Immigration
5th Grade Explorers Mr. Jacobs - Participation in Government
6th Grade Country Project Mr Jacobs/Mr Hand - Global History I - Ancient Rome
6th Grade Wild Earth WebQuest Mrs. Keeler - Greek Art
  Mrs. Keeler- Studio Art Scavenger Hunt
Mrs. Berie - Postcards Mrs. Keeler - 5th Grade Vincent Van Gogh
Mrs. Gayne - Pi Day Scavenger Hunt, Interactivate Activities Mrs. Quinn - Living Environment
Mr. Haley - 7th Grade Colonial Days Mr Wekar/Mrs. Esposito - 8th Grade Roarding Twenties
Mr. Haley - 7th Grade Civil War Battles Mr. Wekar/Mrs. Esposito - 8th Grade Decades
Mr. Haley - 11th Grade American Hist. & Gov't. - Constitution Project Mr. Wekar - Global History 10 Human Rights and Genocide
Mr. Hand - English 9 - San Francisco Earthquake Mr. Wekar - Global History 10 Honors Industrial Revolution
Mrs Hochmuth - Spanish IV - Las Famosas Personas Mr. Wekar - Global History 10 -Industrial Revolution
Mrs. Hochmuth - Spanish IV South American Countries Mr. Wekar - Global History 10 Honors - French Revolution
  Mr. Wekar - Global History 10 - Rise of the Totalitarian State

Sackets Harbor MLA Style Sheet (PDF)

Sackets Harbor MLA Style Sheet ( Clickable)

3rd Grade Authors - scroll down until you find your author's name

Avi

Judy Blume

Eve Bunting

Betsy Byars

Eric Carle

Beverly Cleary

Barbara Cooney

Bruce Coville

Gail Gibbons

Kevin Henkes

Lois Lowry

Mary Pope Osborne

Jerry Pinkney

Patricia Polacco

Jack Prelutsky

Cynthia Rylant

Dr. Seuss

Chris Van Allsburg

5th Grade Explorers (see also The Age of Exploration on the Social Studies Page)
Discovers Web - alphabetical list
...click on the letter of the last name of your explorer
Explorers A-Z
...a list of links for each explorer
European Explorers of the "New World"
... a very complete list of explorers. Make sure you choose links from reputable sources - not school reports
Explorers in the Yahoo Directory
.... another compiliation of links; use "control F" to find your explorer
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6th Grade Country Project
March Activities
World Country Guides
...click on your country and then entertainment to read about foods and beverages
Diana's Gourmet Corner
... click on your country's name on the left-hand side of the page; some links are broken, so don't get frustrated
Marilee's International Food Links
... choose the area of the world for your country and then read through the recipes listed there
World Cuisines
... choose from your area on the left-hand side bar
World Hearth Recipe Collection
... choose your country or continent from the list on the page
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November Activities - remember to use World Book or Grolier, also
Language Links
Foreign Language for Travelers
...scoll down to where all the flags are and click on your language
IPL Kidspace: Say Hello to the World
... how to say hello in many languages; use this to find words from your language that we use in English
Links to Country Information
Countries of the World
... from Information Please Almanac - a good place for flags and statistices
CIA World Factbook
...excellent source of current information
Flags of the World
...comprehensive site on the history of all the flags of the world
Links to Currency Exchanges - use these to convert 25 units of your country's currency into USD
XE. Com - the Universial Currency Converter
FX Currency Converter
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October Activities
Outline Maps
Outline Maps of the Countries and Continents of the World
.... click on the letter of your country's name, then find the country; click the map for a printable version and print. Remember to write down the URL for your Works Cited page
World Atlas of Maps, Flags and Geography Facts
...click on the continent, then country, then outline map; save it to your file, open up Publisher or Word and insert the image; remember to write down the URL for your Works Cited Page. (this site has annoying pop-ups, disregard them.)
Precipitation and Temperature Averages for Sackets Harbor
...click here to find the average temperatures and precipitation for January and June
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Mr. Hand - English 9
San Francisco Earthquake
California Historical Society - not accessible as of 3/19/06
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
...scroll to 2nd feature on the 1906 Earthquake in Pictures
1906 Centennial Alliance
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
America Hurrah
"Dr. Simon Baker on George Lawrence"
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Mrs. Keeler
Museum Curator
Studio Art Scavenger Hunt
Vincent VanGogh Gallery
Greek Pottery for Kids
...an interactice site there kids can design, decorate, print and keep a Greek Pot
Athenian Vase Painting
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Mrs. Gayne - Pi Day Scavenger Hunt

Pi on the Web

Interesting Facts about Pi

A History of Pi

The Turnbull Server - History of Mathematicians

Interactivate Activities

Mrs. Quinn Living Environment

Evolution Infoquest Assignment

... click here for the link to the Frequently Asked Questions About Evolution

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Mr. Jacobs - Participation in Government

Supreme Court Cases

Oyez - Supreme Court Multimedia

...search by case content

Supreme Court Cases by Topic

...from the Cornell Law School, a list of cases by topic

Historic Supreme Court Cases

...from the Cornell Law School, a searchable database of historic cases

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

...Sponsored by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society - a guide to the Landmark cases

FindLaw's Supreme Court Database

FedWorld Suprem Court Decisions

...full text of Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975

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Mrs. Berie - Postcards from Hispanic Lands

Postcards from Hispanic Lands Rubric and Project Information

Postcards from Hispanic Lands Pathfinder Sheet

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Cities in Mexico

...choose your city from a map or a drop down menu. Includes most of the tourist destinations in Mexico

Mexico Connect

...articles from a travel magazine that includes many of the destinations

Mexico Online® - Mexico Travel & Destination Guide

Tour By Mexico

... contains exclusive information about tourist places and tourist facilities in Mexico

Visit Mexico

...choose destinations to find your city

Countries in Latin America & the Caribbean - ...

Latin America

Central America

South America

Travel Guides

Lonely Planet Online

Fodors

Frommers

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Mr. Wekar/Mrs. Esposito Roaring Twenties

Timelines of the Decades
American Cultural History: the 1920s
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Picture Sources

Time Life Pictures

Ditto

Corbis

Google

Harlem Renaissance

PAL: Harlem Renaissance: A Brief Introduction

...a research and reference guide by Paul R. Reuben, California State University

Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and After

...includes Countee Cullen, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay and Jean Toomer

Gale - Free Resources - Black History Month -...

...Zora Neale Hurston

Gale - Free Resources - Black History Month -...

...Josephine Baker

Music

Original Dixieland Jazz Band ODJB Best Trad b...

The Jazz Age Page

...Use this site to find information on Jazz age greats Greta Garbo and Paul Whiteman

PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Biographies

...Use this web site to find information of Jazz Artists Louise Armstrong and the Original Dixieland Band.

Movies

TIME 100: Charlie Chaplin

...Time Magazine's biography of Charlie Chaplin

The Official Web site of Lillian Gish

Welcome to Silent-Movies.Com

...many photos and good coverage of silent film comedy

Film History of the 1920s

....A description of the famous movies from the 1920's. You will need to know the title of the movie and the year before you go to this site.

Buster Keaton Biography

Denny Jackson's Billie Burke Page

Will Rogers Home Page

Sports

Famous Scots - Eric Liddell, "The Flying Scot...

Eric Liddell Centre

Lou Gehrig :: The Official Web Site

National Baseball Hall of Fame - Lou Gehrig

The Golden Age of Sports: A Roaring Replay of the 1920s ..

... includes Man o'War, Olympic Games Paris 1924, the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, Red Grange, Suzanne Lenglen, Bill Tilden, the Indy 500, Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, Babe Ruth, and the 1929 Stanley Cup

Travel and Transportation

TIME 100: Charles Lindbergh

A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Henry Ford...

Gangster and Crime

Al Capone,the brilliant brutal Chicago crime ...

Eliot Ness: The Man Behind the Myth

Bugsy Siegel

 

Mr. Wekar/Mrs. Esposito Human Rights Project

[General Sites] [Cambodia] [Rwanda] [The Balkans] [Sudan] [Museum Display Materials]
General Sites
Human Rights Council
...great place to start for an overview of human rights violations
Human Rights Watch
...listings by country; includes articles and documents
Cambodia
Cambodia Genocide Project
...from Yale University - includes articles, pictures, maps, et.c.
Frontline/Cambodia - Pol Pot's Shadow
... many resources including video clips from a reporter
The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century- Pol Pot
...general information and pictures
CNN - Cambodia's Pol Pot Confirmed Dead
...reaction to the death of Pol Pot
Rwanda
The Triumph of Evil
...from Frontline - How the West ignored warning of the 1994 Rwanda genocide
Ghosts of Rwanda
...from PBS includes video clips
BBC News in Depth 2004 Rwanda
...includes many resources on the Rwanda Genocide
Genocide Studies Program - Rwanda
...from Yale University
Rwanda - Accountability for War Crimes
...from the United States Institute of Peace
Leave None toTell the Story- Genocide in Rwanda
...from the Human Rights Watch organization
The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda
... from the National Security Archice
The Civil War 1998
...from Amnesty International, also includes information on the 1994 Genocide
Wide Angle Video Bank: Power
The Balkans
Ethnic Cleansing in the former Yugoslavia
...brief explanation of the situation; be careful of biases
Human Rights Watch Publications for Bosnia and Hercegovina
... publications that outline events and war crimes trials
Genocide Studies Program: Former Yugoslavia
Sudan
Genocide Studies Program: Sudan
...from Yale University
Sudan Civil War
Darfur Eyewitness
...from the Holocaust Museum
Museum Display Materials

Dempster, Buote, Robbins Taber:

Witnessing Darfur

Darfur: Divided by Ethnic Conflict

Cring:

Rwanda: Tutsi

Bombard:

Be a Witness

Darfur is Dying

Hough, Gebo, LeClair, Del Prete:

Cambodia in Transition

Hermann, Loren, Sherman, Johnston, Lewis:

Bosnia: The Men Who Got Away

 

 

 

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Mr. Wekar/Mrs. Esposito Decades Project - [1950s] [1960s] [1970s] [1980s] [1990s]

There are many books on the decades that have been set aside for your class. Browse these with their timelines and pictures to get a good background for your project. The following links should be able to provide you with additional information.
"We Didn't Start the Fire" Slide Show
... great slide show of the Billy Joel song
Seize the Decades Project Instructions
General Resources
Decades History Timelines
Year by Year: 1900-2004
The History of Toys and Games
...from the History Channel, a compilation of toys and games from 4000 B.C. to 1993
Celebrate the Century Stamp Program
...from the Unites States Post Office, a selection of stamp images that highlight the majo events of the 20th century.
RETRO-The 50s, 60s, 70s, & 80s and even some 90s
...compiled by a teacher links to major trends of the decades, including retro food, music, clothes
1950s
American History - 1950-1959
...from the Kingwood College Reference Library a very complete site that includes Events & Technology, Education, Television, Art & Architecturd, Fashion and Fads, Theater, Film, & Radio, Books & Literature, Music, and Sports
"The American 1950s"
..literature and culture of the American 50s
TV Variety Shows of the 50's - Classic TV
The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV,...
The Music of the Fifties - Oldies Music
C old War Hot Links:
Understanding the lyrics of American Pie -
1960s
American Cultural History - 1960-1969
...from the Kingwood College Reference Library a very complete site that includes Events & Technology, Education, Television, Art & Architecturd, Fashion and Fads, Theater, Film, & Radio, Books & Literature, Music, and Sports
Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969
...from the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
Psychedelic '60s: Home Page
...links to Civil Rights, Vietnam War, Ken Kesey, hippies, rock music from the University of Virginia
Sixties Project: Primary Source Archive
...primary source documents that cover a wide range of issues from SDS to Richard Nixon
A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law
...a photo essay on the beat generation 1965-1971
The Sixties: New Frontier
...from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The 1960s - Nostalgia Central
1970s
American History - 1970-1979
...from the Kingwood College Reference Library a very complete site that includes Events & Technology, Education, Television, Art & Architecturd, Fashion and Fads, Theater, Film, & Radio, Books & Literature, Music, and Sports
The Watergate Decade
The Seventies: Energy Urgency
...from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The VietNam Pictures Archives at Ibiblio.Org
The 1970s - Nostalgia Central
1980s
American Cultural History - 1980-1989
...from the Kingwood College Reference Library a very complete site that includes Events & Technology, Education, Television, Art & Architecturd, Fashion and Fads, Theater, Film, & Radio, Books & Literature, Music, and Sports
The 1980s - Nostalgia Central
Timeline of the Twentieth Century: 1980-1989
1990s
American Cultural History - Decade 1991-1999
...from the Kingwood College Reference Library a very complete site that includes Events & Technology, Education, Television, Art & Architecturd, Fashion and Fads, Theater, Film, & Radio, Books & Literature, Music, and Sports
Timeline of the Twentieth Century: 1990-1999
Welcome to inthe90s, The Nineties nostalgia site
Waco Seige - Fronline News Story
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Mr. Wekar - French Revolution WebQuest
Some of your best information will come from the books that are available in our library and also those that have been Interlibrary loaned for you. For biographical information check out the online encyclopedias.
French Revolution WebQuest Assignment
...check here for your assignment sheet, expectations, and rubric
The France of Victor Hugo
... includes a time line and information on people and places
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: French Revolution...
...includes links to information on the French Revolution, repossesses to revolution, Napolean and the Napoleonic Wars
The French Revolution
... the chronology of the French Revolution from 1789-1795
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution ...
"provides an accessible and lively introduction to the French Revolution as well as an extraordinary archive of some of the most important documentary evidence from the Revolution, including 338 texts, 245 images, and a number of maps and songs."
The Ancien Regime
The Ancien Regime in Images
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marie Antoinette
Fall of the Bastile: 1789
Place de la Bastille, Paris
Chateau of Versailles -Official site
The Avalon Project : Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789...
...full text, primary source document
Off With Their Heads - Invention Of The Guillotine..
...a brief article from About.com
The Execution of Louis XVI, 1793
Tragedy of Louis XVI
La Marseillaise
Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide
Modern History Sourcebook: Robespierre: On Political Morality, Feb. 1794...
Maximilien Robespierre, 1758-1794
The Tennis Court Oath: 20 June 1789
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Mr. Wekar - Industrial Revolution

Many books have been interlibrary loaned for this project and are available in the library. Please make sure that you get all the information for your works cited page as soon as you start doing your research.

Industrial Revolution project outline

 

Mr. Wekar - Industrial Revolution- Honors Class

Industrial Revolution Project outline

 

Conditions in the Coal Mines

How Safe was working in Victorian Britain?

 

Victorian Social History: An Overview

...includes links to public health, conditions of life and labor, race, class and gender issues, and education

Coal Mining History Resource Centre

National Union of Mineworkers

Conditions in the Textile Mills

How Safe was working in Victorian Britain?

Victorian Social History: An Overview

...includes links to public health, conditions of life and labor, race, class and gender issues, and education

Encyclopaedia of British History: Textile Industry...

Child Labor

Victorian Children in Trouble with the Law

Child Labor

Encyclopaedia of British History: Child Labour...

 

Differences between the lives of the rich and the poor

Victorian Social History: An Overview

...includes links to public health, conditions of life and labor, race, class and gender issues, and education

Victorian Homes - Was there much difference between rich and poor homes?

Victorian Women -- Economic Contexts

Condition of Urban Life

Victorian Britain - A Healthy Nation?

Public Health

Towns and Cities

.....choose a specific city from a list of towns in Victorian Britain

Representation in Parliament: Rural vs. Urban areas

Victorian Political History: An Overview

...includes reform acts, timelines, the Corn laws, and women's suffrage

Power, Politics and Protest - The National Archives...

Encyclopaedia of British History: Parliamentary Reform...

Conditions for women in general

Victorian Women -- Social History

Victorian Women - Were men and women equal?

Victorian Women Writers Project

...English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (1854) by Caroline Norton

 

 

Mr. Wekar - Rise of the Totalitarian State

Book Burning

Authors of Burned Books

 

1936 Olympics

Nazi Olympics 1936

Mr. Haley -7th Grade Colonial Days

13 Original Colonies

 

Colonial Ameria K-12 Resources
Mr. Haley -7th Grade Civil War Battles
Grolier Encyclopedia and America the Beautiful
...very good descriptions of the battles and the battlefield parks; use the books in the library if you don't have a computer at hand
World Book Encyclopedia
... if you search for Civil War you can easily find a table with casualties, leaders, and outcomes of the battles
The American Battlefield Protection Program - The Civil War
...search by state or campaign
Civil War Maps from the Library of Congress
...search by battle and then browse results
Civil War.com Battle Site
.. once you get past the ads, this site has some good information; search by battle
Civil War Homepage
...search by state for your battle
Ken Burns' Civil War - Battlefield Photographs
National Park Service Guide
...search by the name of your battle; most battlefields are part of the NPS
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Mr. Haley -11th Grade - American Hist. & Gov't - Constitution Powerpoint [Project Requirements] [Project Pathfinder]
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
The Constitution of the United States
Interactive Constitution
FindLaw: Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Mrs. Hochmuth - Spanish IV - Las Famosas Personas
List of Famous people to study
Project Guidelines
Project Rubric
Library Resources

Mrs. Hochmuth - Spanish IV - South American Countries

CIA World Fact Book
Chiefs of State
XE. Com - the Universial Currency Converter
FX Currency Converter
Mrs. Hochmuth - Spanish V - Immigration
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
..links to the organization whose purpose it is to promote the study of the history of immigration to the United States and Canada from all parts of the world
Federation for American Immigration Reform
...a national, nonprofit, public-interest, membership organization of concerned citizens who share a common belief that our nation's immigration policies must be reformed to serve the national interest.
Immigration History Research Center
...from the University of Minnesota, the Immigration History Research Center enriches society by preserving and promoting understanding of the history of the American immigrant experience.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
...official statistics from the U.S. Government; use section 1
Census Publications [We The People series]
...a series of pamphlets on the American people, their heritage, their homes, and ethnic groups
INS History, Genealogy, and Education - Historical Research Tools
...lists all major US immigration and naturalization laws with legal citation and links to the provisions,; also the history of each provision of US naturalization laws

Mr. Jacobs/Mr Hand - Ancient Rome

BUBL LINK: 937 Ancient history and archaeology of the Italian Peninsula...

The Forum Romanum

The BBC - Romans

Ancient and Classic Cultures - a listing of websites from the Multnomah County Library

 

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