Ms. Miller's Projects
Social Studies
Humanities Civilizations Inquiry Project
RESOURCES
BOOKS:
By clicking on the link COLLECTIONS, you will find many of the books you are working on as well as other websites. By clicking on the book you are using, you will find a link, saying, "Cite this." Copy the citation into your Works Cited list.
VSB DATABASES: Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software ( http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:
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.
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 select "Vancouver Technical Secondary".
- Log in at the upper left using your student number and password.
- Select the "Catalog" tab and specify Vancouver Technical Secondary 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.
- A Works Cited list / Bibliography from a book can be a great source of additional resources.
By clicking on the link COLLECTIONS, you will find many of the books you are working on as well as other websites. By clicking on the book you are using, you will find a link, saying, "Cite this." Copy the citation into your Works Cited list.
VSB DATABASES: Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software ( http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:
- Canadian Encyclopedia
- History Channel
- Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
- KnowBC
- National Geographic Kids
- World Book Student
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.
- Ancient History Encyclopedia
- Ancient History Encyclopedia - Ghana
- Asian Studies (Oxford Research Encyclopedias)
- BBC BiteSize History
- Canada's First Peoples (Goldi Productions LTD)
- Exploring Africa (Michigan State University)
- MrDonnOrg - Index
- Fordham University (primary documents)
- Northwest Coast First Nations Village Project (SFU - Bill Reid Centre)
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia - West Africa - Soninke (founded Ghana Empire)
- Royal BC Museum First Nations in BC
- Story of Africa (BBC World Service)
- ThoughtCo. History and Culture
- ThoughtCo. History and Culture - Sonni Ali (Biography of the Songhai Monarch)
- West African Kingdoms (BBC World Service)
- Who Were the Vikings (BBC BiteSize)
FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789-1799
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:
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.
Secondary Sources:
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:
- EBSCO HOST
- Global Issues in Context
- History Channel
- World Book Student
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.
Secondary Sources:
- Britannica Academic Edition: French Revolution
- History.com: French Revolution
- ThoughtCo.com: French Revolution
- 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)
SLAVE TRADE & ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
(1600's - 1800's)
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:
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 Secondary Sources:
Some Primary Sources:
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
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 Secondary Sources:
- ATLANTIC: Secret History of the Underground Railroad
- BBC: Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- BBC: British Slaves on the Barbary Coast
- Canada Pre-Confederation-Slavery (opentextbc.ca)
- Canadian Encyclopedia: Enslavement of Indigenous People in Canada
- Canadian Museum of History -New France - Slavery
- CBC: The Underground Railroad
- HISTORY.COM: Abolitionist Movement
- PBS: Africans in America (Parts 1 - 4: 1450-1865)
- Transatlantic Slave Trade (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Some Primary Sources:
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights - Story of Slavery in Canadian History (primary and secondary)
- EyeWitness to History (search your topic at the top right)
- Fordham University - Native Americans
- Library and Archives Canada: Black History in Canada
- Library and Archives Canada: Anti-Slavery Movement
- Library of Congress: Born into Slavery
- UK Gov. National Archives (search available)
- New Brunswick Provincial Archives
- Ontario Government Archives (links at bottom of the page)
WORLD EXPLORERS: CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE
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:
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.
PRIMARY SOURCES
SECONDARY SOURCES
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
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.
PRIMARY SOURCES
- EyeWitness to History.com - Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492 (Searchable)
- Fordham University - Internet Medieval Source Book: Exploration and Expansion (Searchable)
SECONDARY SOURCES
- BBC - Historic Figures (search by surname or peruse using alphabet links)
- Encyclopedia Britannica (Zheng He; searchable for other explorers...)
- History.com (15th Century Explorers and searchable for other explorers i.e. Zheng He; Sacagawea....)
- MrDonn.org ( World History - Explorers and Exploration; other useful links )
- PBS.org (Sacagawea; searchable site: ie Zheng He, etc.)
CIVILIZATIONS 700 CE - 1650 CE (Songhai/Songhay Empire; Pala Empire; Song/Sung and Ming Dynasties; Aztec/Mexica Empire)
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RESOURCES
BOOKS:
VSB DATABASES: Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software ( http://library.vsb.bc.ca ). Helpful databases may include:
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.
COMMUNISM AROUND THE WORLD 1920'S - 1960'S |
RESOURCES
BOOKS:
VSB DATABASES: Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software ( http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:
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.
Communist China
Secondary Sources:
Primary Sources:
Communist Cuba
Secondary Sources:
Primary Sources:
Communist Russia
Secondary Sources:
Primary Sources:
Communist Vietnam
Secondary Sources:
Primary Sources:
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 select "Vancouver Technical Secondary". Don't forget to browse our Reference shelves for resources.
- Log in at the upper left using your student number and password.
- Select the "Catalog" tab and specify Vancouver Technical Secondary 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.
- A Works Cited list / Bibliography from a book can be a great source of additional resources
VSB DATABASES: Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software ( http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:
- Curio.ca - newly acquired and an exception to above.... Log in with your vsb email address (....@vsb.bc.ca) - DO NOT LOG OUT - you will need to log in again every 90 days.... The DISCOVER menu: BROWSE DISCOVER SEARCH (changes over time; use limiters on the left). Channels also available: BBC; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC; NEWS IN REVIEW
- EBSCO HOST
- Gale Power Search
- 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.
Communist China
Secondary Sources:
- Countrystudies.us - (searchable site including: The People's Republic of China)
- Encyclopedia Britannica - (searchable site including: The Peoples' Republic (1949) - The Cultural Revolution (1966-)
- History.com - (searchable site including: The Long March)
- Kahn Academy - (searchable site including: The Rise of China)
- Thoughtco.com - (searchable site, including: An Overview of the Communist Party of China)
Primary Sources:
- Fordham University - (searchable site including: China - Communist Rule)
Communist Cuba
Secondary Sources:
- Encyclopedia Britannica - (searchable site including: The Cuban Revolution and the Rise of Castro)
- History.com - (searchable site including: Batista Forced Out by Castro Led Revolution )
- Kahn Academy - (searchable site including: Connecting Decolonization and the Cold War )
- Thoughtco.com - (searchable site including: A Brief History of the Cuban Revolution)
Primary Sources:
- Fordham University - (searchable site including: 20th Century - Latin America - Cuba)
Communist Russia
Secondary Sources:
- Countrystudies.us - (searchable site including: Transformation and Terror )
- Encyclopedia Britannica - (searchable site including: Stalin Era (1928-1953) ; Khrushchev Era (1953-1964)
- History.com - (searchable site including: Soviet Union )
- Kahn Academy - (searchable site including: Communism in the Soviet Union )
- Thoughtco.com - (searchable site including: What was the USSR and Which Countries Were in It?)
Primary Sources:
- Fordham University - (searchable site including: The Russian Revolution - Stalinism)
Communist Vietnam
Secondary Sources:
- Countrystudies.us - (searchable site including: Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Movement )
- Encyclopedia Britannica - (searchable site including: The Rise of Vietnamese Communism.... )
- History.com - (searchable site including: Vietnam War )
- Kahn Academy - (searchable site including: Cold War - An Overview )
- Thoughtco.com - (searchable site including: Causes of the Vietnam War)
Primary Sources:
- Fordham University - (searchable site including: Asia since 1900 - Vietnam)