MS. BIGHORN'S PROJECTS

ENGLISH 11-COMPARATIVE ESSAY PROJECT

ESSAY OUTLINE

• Essay Map (Use this online tool to complete your outline.  Once finished, print out a copy to hand in.)

WORKS CITED (BIBLIOGRAPHY)

• Easy Bib

SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Have a look at the books provided.  Many will be extremely useful for your topics.

Numerous databases will help you with your research:

• Biography in Context
• World Book Encyclopedia

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ENGLISH 9--SPEECH PROJECT

The library has many BOOKS on how to debate and write speeches.  Check these out:

• Sharpen your debate and speech writing skills / Jennifer Rozines Roy and Johannah Haney, 2011 (808.5 ROY)
• Effective speeches / Valerie Bodden (808.5 BOD)
• Words that ring through time: from Moses and Pericles to Obama : fifty-one of the most important speeches in history and how they changed out world / Terry Golway, 2009 (808.85 GOL)
• Attention please!  : making assignments presentable, enjoyable, and memorable for all, 2009 (371.3028 LUN)
• Speeches that changed the world : the stories and transcripts of speeches that changed history, 2007 (808.85 SPE)
• Extraordinary oral presentations / Margaret Ryan, 2005 (808.51 RYA)
• NuSpeak : become a powerful speaker / Geoffrey Lane, 1999 (808.5 LAN)
• How to give a speech / Margaret Ryan, 1994 (808.5 RYA)
• Speaking for success : the Canadian guide / Anthony Lieb, 1993 (808.5 LIE)
• Speaking with confidence : a guide for public speakers / Wanda Vasallo, 1990 (808.5 VAS)

The library also has great BOOKS ON POPULAR SPEECH TOPICS.  Use Webcat to help you find these titles, and don't be shy about asking for help if you can't find what you're looking for. 
For debate topics, search Webcat for the following SERIES:

• At Issue
• Contemporary World Issues
• Current Controversies
• Current Issues
• Issues in Focus
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Teen Issues
• Understanding Global Issues

ONLINE SOURCES
Sites about how to write speeches and/or prepare for debates:

• Better Public Speaking
• Debate Central
• A Guide to Public Speaking
• How to Give a Good Speech

The following DATABASES and WEB SITES will provide a great deal of material for most of your speech/debate topics. Ask in the library if you've forgotten the Van Tech ID and password for the databases.  Here are some of the most useful sources for this project:

• Global Issues in Context (great for information on current world issues, e.g. Syria, global warming,  child labour/labor,fracking. etc.)
• EBSCOHost (contains newspaper and magazine articles on almost every topic)
• Canada in Context
• World Book Encyclopedia and The Canadian Encyclopedia provide basic information on a vast number of topics.
• Statistics Canada
• The Tyee
• CBC News
• BBC News

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FIRST NATIONS 12--BC FIRST NATIONS AND ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT

Picture: Ryan Bushby. Wawadit'la, also known as Mungo Martin House, a Kwakwaka'wakw "big house", with heraldic pole. Built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953. Located at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia.Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

• FOR YOUR LIST OF WORKS CITED, USE EASYBIB

​General Sites:

• Indigenous Peoples--The Canadian Encyclopedia (Click on "Groups and Peoples" and "Regions" for information about various nations' ways of life.)
• First Nations in BC Knowledge Network (includes links to the official web sites of many BC first nations)
• First People's Language Map of BC (also has links to BC first nations web sites)
• Welcome to the First Nations Profiles Interactive Map (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)
• Northwest Coastal People (Canada's First Peoples)
• Northwest Coast Village Project (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)

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​Coast Salish

• Coast Salish (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Coast Salish Architecture (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Faces of Vancouver: Coast Salish Plank Houses
• Indigenous Food Systems on Vancouver Island
• Coast Salish House (Canadian Museum of History)
• Our Story (Musqueam: A Living Culture)  Watch the video on this page.
• A Salish Feast: Ancient Roots and Modern Applications

Nuu-chah-nulth

• Nuu-chah-nulth
• Nuu-chah-nulth (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Nuu-chah-nulth Architecture (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Nuu-chah-nulth House (Canadian Museum of History)
• Indigenous Food Systems on Vancouver Island
• Traditional Nuu-Chah-Nulth Food Harvesting and Preparation

Nuxalk

• Nuxalk (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Nuxalk (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
• Nuxalk Architecture (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• The Nuxalk Food and Nutrition Program for Health Revisited (Contains information about the traditional diet)
• [Nuxalk Food] Nuxalk Smayusta: Preserving Our Way of Life
• Nuxalk Smayusta

Okanagan

• The Syilx People (Okanagan Nation Alliance)
• Descriptions and Uses of Plant Foods by Indigenous Peoples (Use CTRL "F" and search for the key word "Okanagan")
• Interior Salish (Canadian Encyclopedia)
• Okanagan First Peoples
• People of the Interior
• The Plateau People​​

Tsimshian

• The Allied Tribes Tsimshian of North Coastal British Columbia: Social Organization, Economy and Trade
• Comprehensive Look at the Northwest Pacific Coast [Tsimshian]
• Reconstructing Houses: Early Village Social Organization in Prince Rupert Harbour, British Columbia
• Social Organization [Tsimshian]
• Tsimshian (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Tsimshian (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
• [Tsimshian Food] Tsimshian Society and Culture (Canadian Museum of History)
• Tsimshian Society and Culture: Men's Activities: Fishing (Canadian Museum of History)
• Tsimshian Society and Culture: Men's Activities: Hunting (Canadian Museum of History)
• Tsimshian, Gitxsan, and Nisga'a Architecture (The Bill Reid Centre, SFU)
• Tsimshian House (Canadian Museum of History)
• Tsimshian Peoples: Southern Tsimshian, Coastal Tsimshian, Nishga and Gitksan
• Tsimshian Society and Culture  and Tsimshian Villages(Canadian Museum of History)

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FIRST NATIONS 12--CULTURAL APPROPRIATION

DATABASES:​​ (Use Van Tech's ID and passwords to log in)

• Canadian Newspapers--a very rich source of articles. Log in through The Province (with Van Tech's unique ID and password) and get access to all of Post Media's Canadian newspapers.  Type "cultural appropriation" into the search box on the top right-hand side of the screen.
• EBSCOHost
• ​GIC (Global Issues in Context)--do a search for "cultural appropriation".  Note:  Make sure to check the newspaper article section after searching for this topic.

WEB SITES/PAGES:

• Google  News Use quotation marks for good results:  "cultural appropriation"
• Windspeaker (Use the search box--results will appear in the right-hand column.)
• Think Before You Appropriate (SFU)
• ​Any of the following news sites and online newspapers will have ar ticles on cultural appropriation:  The Tyee, The Los Angeles Times, New York Times,  BBC News,  The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, 
• The kimono is big - and not just in Japan. But where is the line between appropriation and appreciation?
• ​Dear white people with dreadlocks: Some things to consider
• To the new culture cops, everything is appropriation (Washington Post)

SLAVE TRADE (AFRICAN / ATLANTIC / PACIFIC);
​PLANTATION LIFE

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
• EBSCO HOST
• 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.  

• BBC: Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• BBC: British Slaves on the Barbary Coast
• Enslavement of Indigenous People in Canada (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
• History of Slavery far​ from Black-and-White  (Georgia Straight)
• PBS: Africans in America  (Parts 1 - 4: 1450-​1865)
• Transatlantic Slave Trade  (Encyclopedia Britannica)​​

​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 MLA8 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as,  easybib.com , BibMe , Citation Machine or C​itefast.com . 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