Monday: Revalidate or create your Noodletools account
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
“1930s News, Events, Popular Culture and Prices.” The People History
American Cultural History, 1930-1939
Migrant Worker Experience
Developmental Delays
University of Michigan Health System
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
History of Intellectual Disability
The Great Depression
University of California Great Depression page
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
Mercy Killing (euthenasia)
SIRS Issues Researcher: At Issue: Euthenasia
Art and Artists–1930s
Art and Entertainment in the 1930s and 1940s
African Americans in the 1930s
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