8th Grade
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Works Consulted:
- Minimum of TWO information sources required
- One of those sources must be the YOUCAT
Elizabethan Project
Works Consulted:
- Minimum of TWO information sources required
- Please use only the resources listed below (do not use Google to find more information)
Books and Images:
- Books will be available in the library bag, but feel free to also search on the online library catalog for anything you need.
- Formal citations for images are NOT necessary
- Instead, include a list of image URLs at the end of your slideshow/last page of your Google Doc
- Images used need to have Creative Commons liceneses:
- From your search on Google Images, choose Tools → Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses
- Picryl and Photos for Class are other great options
Websites:
- Amusements and Pastimes in Elizabethan England
- Daily Life in Elizabethan England: The Contrasting Lives of Rich, Middling and Poor
- Courtship and Marriage
- The Elizabethan Court
- Elizabethan Education
- Food in Elizabethan England
- The Four Humors: Eating in the Renaissance
- Shakespeare's Theater
- Shakespeare's Life and World
- The Social Structure in Elizabethan England
Civil War Project
Project Guidelines:
- PROJECT DUE DATES: 8-1 / 8-2 / 8-3
- Sample notecards
- Sample Essay (with in-text citations)
- Style Sheet (this will answer most of your how-to questions about parenthetical citations)
- Common Errors with in-text citations
Project Resources:
- Keep track of your sources AS YOU FIND THEM using NoodleTools.
- NOTE: If you find your own website using a search engine, you must fill out a website evaluation questionnaire. Make sure to leave ample time to have Ms. Molina review it! (Remember that you cannot use websites until you have found three secondary sources and one primary source from the databases.)
- Print Resources
- There are 90+ print resources available, including primary sources. To find them, search the library catalog or ask Ms. Molina for recommendations.
Databases shown in class:
- African-American History (Primary, Secondary)
- American Women’s History (Primary, Secondary)
- Daily Life Through History (Primary, Secondary)
- Gale eBooks (Secondary)
- Gilder Lehrman: American History, 1493-1945 (Primary)
- Issues & Controversies in History (Primary, Secondary)
- Smithsonian Primary Sources (Primary)
Additional databases:
- EBSCOhost (secondary)
- Oxford Reference (secondary)
- Gale OneFile: U.S. History (secondary)
- Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism (secondary)
Encyclopedias:
Websites*:
*cannot use until you have found three secondary sources and one primary source from the databases
Morality Project
Works Consulted
- You must have eight sources for this project. Keep track of your sources AS YOU FIND THEM using NoodleTools
Images
- Creative Commons
- Google Image search with Tools set to Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses
- Photos for Class
- Picryl
Databases
Websites
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Bar Association
- American Psychological Association
- Bible Gateway
- When citing an online edition of the Bible, cite it as a website (on NoodleTools, choose website → book). Make sure to choose the option "print publication information provided." Include the URL, and use the bible publication information that is listed below the passage. See Ms. Molina if you are unsure about how to do this.
- National Geographic
- Nature Magazine
- Official Website of the City of New York
- US Conference of Catholic Bishops: Morality
Conscience Formation Tools Project
Works Consulted
- Must have at least FOUR informational sources
Images
- Creative Commons
- Google Image search with Tools set to Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses
- Photos for Class
- Picryl
Bible
- Bible Gateway
- NOTE: cite this as a website (on NoodleTools, choose website→book). Make sure to include the URL, and use the bible publication information that is listed below the passage. See Ms. Molina if you are unsure about how to do this.
Church
- Call to Faith: Morality — NOTE: cite this as you would a basic book.
- US Conference of Catholic Bishops: Morality
- YOUCAT — NOTE: cite this as you would a basic book. Full title is YOUCAT: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Science (databases)
Society
- Official Website of the City of New York
- Convent of the Sacred Heart
- Student handbook — NOTE: cite this as you would a basic book. Author group is Convent of the Sacred Heart. Look for publication information on the title page.
Saints Project
Works Consulted:
- Minimum of FOUR sources (two informational and two image)
- Databases and encyclopedias only (no websites)
Images
- Creative Commons
- Google Image search with Tools set to Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses
- Photos for Class
- Picryl
Databases:
Encyclopedias:
Books:
- Books will be available on the cart, but feel free to also search on the online library catalog for anything you need