Resources ~ American History - Resurrection C.S.S.

Below you will find links to online resources that have been chosen by Ms. Martin to help with your assignments.

Sample Works Cited with List of Images Used
To create your Works Cited, use a Citation Maker.
How to Cite Photos:
- if your photo is used to make a point – cite it like you would for a quotation and include it in your Works Cited
- if you’re using for aesthetic purposes (i.e. to make something look nice), create a separate, numbered, List of Images Used. Include the “Name of the photo.” Name of the Web site.
  - OR, save yourself the trouble, and use Britannica ImageQuest – reliable photos AND the citations! (username & password from your teacher or Ms. Martin)
eBooks ~ electronic copies of books – lot of biographies!; also try the Great Lives from History eBooks from Salem (same password as Gale)
Britannica School ~ if you’re using this from home, you’ll need a username & password
Crash Course: US History videos
CRAAP test (evaluating resources to determine if they’re research-worthy)

Specific Assignments:

Black History Month

Presidential Powerpoint assignment

Try a Subject Guide search for your president in the Gale databases (this searches across ALL of the Gale databases and ebooks) – and then use the drop-down Subdivisions to narrow in on the type of information you’re looking for!
Presidents of the United States ~ from The White House
The American Experience: The Presidents ~ includes an overview of each of the presidents; certain presidents have in-depth information and videos; select a president from the drop-down menu
American Presidents: an online reference resource ~ from the Miller Center of Public Affairs; features essays about the President’s life before, during, and after each presidential term
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden ~ from the Smithsonian & the National Museum of American History; scroll through the presidents’ portraits (top of page) to choose

Civil War assignment

Be sure to evaluate where you find your information!! There are a lot of “civil war buffs” out there…but where are they getting their information? Are they really experts in their field? Are they presenting historical “facts” or only presenting one side of the war? (e.g. civilwar.com is a for-profit business)
Apply the CRAAP test to evaluate your sources!

Online Reference Sources (formally published, accessible online)

Gale eBooks ~ Type “United States Civil War” or the name of the person you’re researching (last name, first name) in the search box – and use the same password as InfoTrac.
Gale’s Civil War portal page ~ books, magazine articles, newspaper articles, videos, pictures, etc. AND all the sources include citations for your works cited. Also try World History in Context and search United States Civil War.
American Civil War from Britannica School ~ use the Table of Contents to navigate through the article

Recommended Web Sites

The Civil War~ from PBS; based on the Ken Burns documentary; click on About the Era at the top, or scroll down to the Biographies section
Smithsonian Magazine’s Civil War articles ~ also check out the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 ~ from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Crash Course videos ~ Civil War Part 1, Civil War Part 2, Battles of the Civil War