Of Mice and Men Research–Knoll

Monday:  Revalidate or create your Noodletools account

Essential Questions Knoll

Tuesday:

Find reliable sources.  You can do a Google search, but since you have to carefully evaluate each source before you use it, it takes a lot of time. A-TACO evaluating websites Instead, use sources that have already been evaluated for you.

Library Catalog–WebPath Express

You can also use sources that have been curated by a knowledgeable information professional (Mrs. Overcash, for example), like the ones below.

Find at least 2 outstanding sources that will help you answer the questions assigned to you.

GENERAL RESOURCES

World Book Advanced is more than just an encyclopedia.  It includes primary source documents, images, audio, and video, in addition to the traditional information you expect from an encyclopedia.

Library of Congress–Images, articles, primary sources

OSLIS

1930s News, Events, Popular Culture and Prices.” The People History

American Cultural History, 1930-1939

The 1930s–History.com

Migrant Worker Experience

Migrant Experience

McCord Museum

Surviving the Dust Bowl

Rural Migration News

Developmental Delays

University of Michigan Health System

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Museum of disAbility History

History of Intellectual Disability

Keystone Human Services

Disability History Museum

The Great Depression

Digital History

Finding Dulcinea:  On this Day

Herbert Hoover Library

University of California Great Depression page

Annenberg Learner

The Great Depression–History.com  Includes video and written information

 America Reacts to the Great Depression–includes links to more sources

John Steinbeck and the Salinas Valley

John Steinbeck biography–Nobel Prize site

National Steinbeck Center

Center for Steinbeck Studies

Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley

Mercy Killing (euthenasia)

LA Times article

SIRS Issues Researcher: At Issue: Euthenasia

Euthenasia.com

NY Times article

Art and Artists–1930s

Painters of the 1930s

Art and Entertainment in the 1930s and 1940s

A Depression Art Gallery

A New Deal for the Arts

A New Deal for Artists

African Americans in the 1930s

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Jim Crow info and images

 Jim Crow Museum

NAACP History

Race Relations During the 1930s and 1940s

Wednesday:

Annotations WebsiteAnnotationtemplates

You must annotate 2 of the sources you use.

Thursday:

Research and writing

Friday, April 11:  In-text citations, how to print Works Cited page

In-text citation and documentation

PrintingWorksCitedPage–Noodletools