Activism - Mason
Amnesty Internationalhttp://amnesty.org/
Congress.org - easy way to find out who to write to in government
http://www.eactivist.org/
Wiretap - Ideas and Actions for a New Generation
http://www.wiretapmag.org/
DO Something
http://www.dosomething.org/
The InSite - A Place for Teens to Turn Their World Around
http://www.theinsite.org/
Idealist.org - Actions without Borders
http://www.idealist.org/kt/ktorgsearch.html
Taking It Global - Inspire Inform Involve
http://www.takingitglobal.org/
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org/index.html
Peacefire - an organization started by a teen opposing internet filtering software that is blocked by our filtering software
http://www.peacefire.org
National Coalition Against Censorship
http://www.ncac.org/internet/filters.cfm
Internet Free Expression Alliance
http://www.ifea.net/
Shakespeare - Mason
KEYWORDS- Shakespeare, William
- Elizabethan England
- Elizabethan London
- House of Tudor
- Globe Theater or Theatre
START HERE
Student Resource Center
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC;jsessionid=F13FACAC520A485CFA29A394AA9C3E2D?locID=mlin_w_granhigh
Find magazine, newspaper, and refernece articles specifically for high school students. Use keyword search. Password is fiddlestyx.
GENERAL & MULTIPURPOSE
Shakespeare's Life and Times
http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/introsubj.html
Something for everyone here.
Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm
Metasite that includes annotated links to many educational sites about a variety of aspects of Shakespeare's life and career.
William Shakespeare at enotes.com
http://www.shakespeare.com/
Something about everything here, including a searchable Shakespeare encyclopedia.
Romeo & Juliet Full Text
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/romeo_juliet/index.html
Full text of original play.
SHAKESPEARE THE MAN
Biography Resource Center
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=mlin_w_granhigh
Brief biographies of famous people. Password is fiddlestyx.
The Shakespeare Mystery
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/
Did Shakespeare really write all those plays? Read articles supporting and denying his true authorship.
GLOBE THEATRE
Wake Forest University Globe Theatre Site
http://www.wfu.edu/~tedforrl/shakespeare/globe.htm
Pictures of the restored Globe from inside and outside.
ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
School in Shakespeare's Time
http://www.likesnail.org.uk/index.htm
What school was like when Shakespeare was a boy.
Elizabethan Costuming
http://costume.dm.net/
A ton of detailed information and some pictures of Elizabethan dress.
American Literature - Lantaigne
Student Resource CenterA fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 750 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.
Expanded Academic ASAP
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
UMASS Libraries Catalog
http://umlibr.library.umass.edu/
Search the UMASS library catalogs for books before you make the trek.
CWMARS Public Libraries Catalog
http://wmars.cwmars.org/search~/
Search for books in the public library catalog and pick them up in Granby.
American Memory Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Millions of primary source American archival materials from Library of Congress, including pictures, pamphlets and recordings. Time Period Covered: 1400s to present.
Music from Historical Periods
http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/histor.html
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Articles, primary sources, audiovisual files, and links about American History.
Springfield Township High School Library Student Links
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/stulinks.html
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/pathmenu.html
Another library's extensive lists of web links and pathfinders on many topics.
Popular Fiction - Mason
New York Times Best Sellers for Current Weekhttp://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html
NYT Best Sellers on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/549028/ref=b_tn_bh_ny/104-6438355-5262363
USA Today Best Sellers List for Current Week
http://asp.usatoday.com/life/books/booksdatabase/default.aspx
Use the BY DATE function in the search bar to find previous weeks.
Book Sense Best Seller List
http://www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers/
Based on sales from independent bookstores nationwide. Use archives at bottom to search previous weeks.
Oprah's Book Club
http://www2.oprah.com/obc/obc_landing.jhtml
Browse titles or years.
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/
Find summaries and reviews of titles here. Use search box at top.
Bestsellers definition on Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/
Speech - Swiatlowski
Presentation Tipshttp://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadpres.html
Big Dog's presentation skills.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WC032
Using visual aids.
http://www.trace.uwaterloo.ca/tips/designingvisualaids.pdf
Designing visual aids.
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/usingvisualaids.pdf
Using visual aids.
http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_public_speaking_2
Public speaking tips from start to finish, including a section on visual aids.
http://presentations.com/presentations/creation/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001179164
"PowerPoint Principles for Education"
Sources for Content
http://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons - photos, video, music, text with free copyright
http://www.flickr.com/
Flickr- photo sharing with variety of licensing
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Perry-Castenada online map collection
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies.
http://www.brainybetty.com/sitemap.htm
Free PowerPoint background and template downloads.
Julius Caesar - Swiatlowski
Scan articlesUse Ctrl+F to find words on screen
All Shakespeare
http://www.allshakespeare.com/jc/
Absolute Shakespeare
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/caesar/caesar.htm
Sparknotes.com
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/
Cliffsnotes.com
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-43.html
