American
History Online Spans more than 500 years of political,
military, social, and cultural history, highlighting
the important people and events of the American experience.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Issues
& Controversies Use Issues & Controversies
from Facts on File to find up-to-date, in-depth and
objective information on the most prominent and hotly
debated issues of the day. This is a great place to
find clear explanations of opposing points of view!
(Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional
Library System)
To use Issues & Controversies
at home, enter a library card number from Fay School
(see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
ONLINE MAGAZINE
CQ
Researcher The Congressional Quarterly (CQ)
Researcher offers complete reporting on the most current
and controversial issues of the day with summaries,
pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
To use CQ Researcher at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
WEB SITES
Election
2008 Lesson plans plus election-related
fun from the New York Times.
Want
Better Research Papers? Here's a Research Timeline and
Checklist in Microsoft Word™ format which you
can download and customize to help your class stay
organized and on track.
Teacher's
Guide to the Holocaust An overview of the people and events
of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art,
music, movies, and literature.
Legacy
of Rosa Parks Lesson plans from Tolerance.org,
a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Historic
Maps in K-12 Classrooms Bring historically significant
map documents into your classroom. These maps illustrate
the geographical dimensions of American history. Each
map is accompanied by lesson plans written for four
grade levels and designed to support a variety of
social studies, history, and geography curricula.
Documents
in Military History Hillsdale (MI) College's collection
of primary sources for military history, focused primarily
on European military history before the twentieth
century.
To use Ancient & Medieval History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. 