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RESOURCES: 

BOOKS:  (library.vsb.bc.ca - log in using student # & password – CATALOG tab)   ​

DATABASES:  (library.vsb.bc.ca - log in using student # & password – HOME tab): ​
  • Canadian Encyclopedia 
  • Canada in Context 
  • Global Issues in Context 
 
OTHER WEBSITES:
  • UBC Open Collections  (Over 200,000 digital objects including photographs, maps, videos, books, audio, newspapers, letters, etc. that highlight the early history of British Columbia and Canada.  Objects can be downloaded and manipulated.)
SEARCH TIPS: 
  • Consider using: * to truncate your search term - e.g. Canad* will search Canada Canadian(s);  ? as a wildcard character - e.g. wom?n* will search women, woman, woman's, women's.  This works for most databases--but not all!   
  • Use quotation marks (e.g. "second world war") to search for phrases 
  • Use proximity searches - e.g. N5 will find your terms when the occur within five words of each other and W5 will find your terms within 5 words in the order specified.  Sample search: world war canad* N5 (two or II or second) 
  • Remember to narrow your search down by searching for Full Text articles only 
  • Use the subject headings within your hits to further refine your search. 
  • Use keywords and Works Cited entries from resources above and other hits for additional resources 

Revolution to Confederation:  Canada & US  (~1840's-1870's)
​WHAT  IS  YOUR  IDEA  OF  FREEDOM / LIBERTY?

​RESOURCES

​​BOOKS:  Use the books on the trolley.  You can search for other print resources by going to the library software at http://library.vsb.bc.ca and log in at the upper left using your student number and password.  Select "Vancouver Technical Secondary" from the drop down menu.   Select the "Catalog" tab to search for additional books in our library.  Remember to look for keywords, websites and other possible book resources in the books on the trolley.

​VSB DATABASES:  Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software (  
http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:
​
  • Canadian Encyclopedia (searchable; limiters along left side bar; Timelines category useful for keywords within your date range)​
  • Global Issues in Context
  • History Channel
  • ​World Book Student
​Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

WEBSITES:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able to post them here.  

SOME PRIMARY SOURCES
  • EmersonCentral.com - The Young American - education
  • EyeWitness to History.com - The Trial of Andrew Johnson, 1868 US - slavery, law... (Searchable)
  • ​EyeWitness to History.com - A Slave's Life, 1868 US - slavery, law... (Searchable)
  • Fordham University - On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes, 1840 US (Searchable)
  • Furman University - Secession Era Editorials  (Searchable - notice the dates...)
  • Government of Canada, Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982  (includes Table of Contents)
  • Harvard Library Curiosity Collections - Women Working 1800 -1930 US  (searchable by keyword(s); can limit your searches along the right margin)
  • Harvard University Curiosity Collections - Educational Laws of Virginia, 1854  US
  • JSTOR Understanding Series - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself.  1845 - Boston US
  • JSTOR Understanding Series - United States Constitution
  • National Gallery of Art - 19th Century American Art & Literature

SOME SECONDARY SOURCES​

  • Canadian Encyclopedia - Distribution of Powers, Constitution Act, 1867 - Canada
  • Canadian Encyclopedia - Louis Riel - Red River Rebellion (1869-1870) - Canada
  • Canadian Encyclopedia - Working Class History - Canada
  • Conner Prairie - Indiana State - Women and the Law in the Early 19th Century
  • Cornell Law School - Amistad Revolt - Slavery - US  
  • ​Discrimination in Canada - The Black Experience
  • Government of Canada - History of Indigenous peoples, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and the treaty relationship
  • History.com  - 19th Century America
  • History.com - U.S. Constitution
  • MrDonn.org  - American History
  • UBC First Nations and Indigenous Studies - Residential School System - Canada
  • ​UBC First Nations and Indigenous Studies - Royal Proclamation of 1763 - Aboriginal Title - Canada
  • U.S History Scene 19th Century

​​SS 9: WORLD REVOLUTIONS

RESOURCES

Books:  Some print resources are on the trolley.  You can also use the search icon at the top right of our online catalog to help you find other titles.  Remember to look for keywords, other possible book resources and websites in the books on the trolley.

Online Learning Resources:  Some subscription and non-subscription websites are available on the Learning Resources "ribbon"  once you have logged into the Destiny Discover version of our online catalog.  Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

     Useful online Learning Resources for this project include:

  • CURIO (BBC; CBC; National Geographic)​
  • Global Issues in Context  (GALE)  (i.e. search: Arab Spring; Cedar Revolution; Russian Revolution 1917; Salt march,1930; .... ****ALWAYS check the "Full Text Documents" box***
  • History Channel (searchable site)
  • ​World Book Student / Advanced  (Start by searching for the country you are studying and looking for information about the revolution in the "history" section for that country.  From there, look for links and keywords for further information.​​


Other Online Sources:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able to post them here.  Primary sources, sometimes called "first hand accounts", are artifacts (documents and other objects) from or near the time of the event(s): eye witness accounts, memoirs, diaries, images of artifacts, articles, etc. Secondary sources or "second hand accounts" are resources created looking back at event(s), sometimes with the help of primary sources.  Secondary sources often summarize, analyze, interpret, past event(s) as a way to understand what happened, make connections with the present and predictions about the future. 

​American Revolution  (1775-1783)
​​
Secondary Sources:
  • PBS: Liberty! The American Revolution
  • History.com: American Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  American Revolution
​Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): American Independence

Arab Spring  (2010)
​​
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Arab Spring
  • History.com:  Arab Spring
  • ThoughtCo:  Arab Spring Impact on the Middle East
  • ThoughtCo:  8 Countries That Had Arab Spring Uprisings
  • ThoughtCo:  How the Arab Spring Started Tunisia, the Birthplace of the Arab Spring
  • ThoughtCo:  10 Reasons for the Arab Spring The Root Causes of the Arab Awakening in 2011​


​
Chinese Communist Revolution: (1945-1950)

Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica: Chinese Communist Revolution (1945-1950)
  • Britannica: Chinese Civil War (1945-1950)
  • History.com:  Chiang Kai-shek
  • PBS: Establishment of the People's Republic of China
  • ThoughtCo:  Modern History of China
  • ​ThoughtCo:  An Overview of the Chinese Communist Party

​Primary Sources:
  • Wilson Center:  Chinese Civil War 1945 - 1950

Cuban Revolution: (1956-1959)
Secondary Sources:
  • BBC:  1959: Rebel army drives out Cuban dictator
  • ​PBS: Fidel Castro
  • History.com: Batista Forced Out Castro-Led Revolution
  • Ohio State University: A Postcard From Havana, Cuba
  • ThoughtCo:  A Brief History of the Cuban Revolution
Primary Sources:
  • ​Schaffer Library: Cuba and the Cuban Revolution​​

​Eastern Europe  (1989) (aka Revolutions of 1989; Fall of Communism; Fall of Nations; Autumn of Nations)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • BBC News:  Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world
  • CES:  SOLIDARITY AND OTHER POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF 1989
  • History.com:  Velvet Revolution (Czechoslovakia)​
  • Ohio State University:  Remembering '56: The Hungarian Revolution​
  • Ohio State University:  Poland Takes Charge of Its Own Revolution
  • ​ThoughtCo:  The Downfall of Communism


English Civil War Revolution: (1642-1651)  (aka Great Rebellion, Wars of the Three Kingdoms)
​​Secondary Sources: 
  • Britannica:  English Civil Wars   (searchable site)
  • English Heritage:  THE ENGLISH CIVIL WARS: HISTORY AND STORIES
  • National Army Museum:  British Civil Wars
  • ThoughtCo: English Civil War: An Overview
Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): English Revolution


 Everyone! (you might find some helpful information using these searchable sites)
  • BBC Country Profiles (select your countr(ies) on the map and look for information on the revolution)
  • Country Profiles (US)  (select your countr(ies) and look for information on the revolution)

​French Revolution  (1787-1799)
​​
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica: French Revolution
  • History.com: French Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  The French Revolution: The 1780s Crisis and the Causes of Revolution
Primary Sources:
  • The Execution of Louis XVI  (Eyewitness to History - Henry Edgeworth's Account)
  • Beginning of the French Revolution (Eyewitness to History - Thomas Jefferson's Account)
  • Digital History: The Meaning of the French Revolution   (Thomas Jefferson, 1811)
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): French Revolution
  • The National Archives - French Revolution  (Government of UK)


Haitian Revolution: (1794-1804)
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Haitian Revolution
  • Brown University: Haitian Revolution (PDF)
  • Brown University:  The Other Revolution, Haiti 1794-1804
  • Brown University:  Remember Haiti
  • Ohio State University: A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti 
  • ThoughtCo:  The Haitian Revolution: Successful Revolt by an Enslaved People


Iranian Revolution: (1978-1979)
​
Secondary Sources:
  • BBC In Pictures: The Iranian Revolution
  • Britannica Academic Edition: Iranian Revolution of 1978-79
  • Ohio State University:  Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff
  • Ohio State University: Iran: Still Struggling toward Self-Determination 
  • ThoughtCo:  The Iranian Revolution of 1979
Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): Iranian Revolution​​

Lebanon  (2005)  (aka Cedar Revolution)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • Reuters:  The assassination of Lebanon's Hariri and its aftermath
  • Wilson Center:  Wither the Cedar Revolution: Two Lebanese Deputies Give Their Views

​Nicaraguan Revolution: (1979)

​​Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Sandinista
  • Country Studies: The Sandinista Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  The Nicaraguan Revolution: History and Impact

Red River Resistance (aka Red River Rebellion / Uprising; First Riel Rebellion: (1869-1871)
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Red River Rebellion
  • Canadian Encyclopedia:  Red River Resistance (plain language summary)  searchable site

 ​Russian Revolution(s): (1917)
 Secondary Sources: 
  • Britannica: Russian Revolution of 1917
  • History.com: Russian Revolution
  • History Guide: Lecture on the Russian Revolution
  • Ohio State University:  The February Revolution in Russia
  • Ohio State University:  The October Revolution in Russia
  • ThoughtCo: Russian Revolution of 1917
Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): Russian Revolution   (searchable site)
​
Spanish / Latin American Wars of Independence: (1808-1826)

Secondary Sources:
  • ThoughtCo: Biography of Simon Bolivar, 'Liberator of South America'   (look below articles for other links)
  • ThoughtCo:  Causes of the Latin American Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  The Complete Story of Venezuela's Revolution for Independence
  • ThoughtCo: How Latin America Gained Independence from Spain

Primary Sources:
  • Brown University:  The Spanish American Revolutions - Setting the Stage

​WEBSITE EVALUATION AND WORKS CITED

​Under the HOME tab of this website, go to "Library Links" and use the "Website Evaluation and Searching Tips" section , to help you determine if you can rely on an unknown website. 


WORKS  CITED
There are several possible MLA9 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, mybib.com , oslis.org/mla-secondary-citation ,  easybib.com , BibMe . Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation. format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order  ​