BHS Research Pathway: Contemporary Global Issues: Classroom-Based Assessment 2
For this Classroom-Based Assessment: In a persuasive paper, you will: 1) Develop a thesis on an historical question that is supported by the analysis of specific artifacts and/or primary sources. 2) Describe three differing published interpretations on the historical question that are relevant to your thesis. 3) Describe the interaction between geographic factors and the social, economic, and cultural aspects of the historical question. Focus on: Africa or The Middle East
Here are some resources both print and electronic from the BHS Library that may help you with this Classroom-Based Assessment:
Ref 300 CQ Researcher
Ref 918 Wor The World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places
Ref 956.707 Persian Gulf War
Ref 956.9405 Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, culture, history, and politics
297 Cla Islam
305.42 Har Women in the Middle East
305.8 East Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa;
333.8 For Foreign Oil Dependence
956.05 Mid Middle East
960 Afr Africa, Opposing Viewpoints
Here are links to the Periodical Databases that will be most useful to you:
Digital Learning Commons http://www.learningcommons.org
Electric Library http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/elib/do/search
Sirs Researcher http://www.proquestk12.com/
Proquest http://www.proquestk12.com/
General regional and country information links:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc Library of Congress Country Studies
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Dept of State Background Notes
http://www.countryreports.org/index.aspx Country Reports
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html CIA World Fact Book
http://countrystudies.us/ Country Studies
http://worldfacts.us/ World Facts
http://www.un.org/english/ United Nations
http://www.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic
http://www.world-affairs.org/ World Affairs
http://www.thehistorynet.com/ History Net
http://www.historychannel.com/home/index.html History Channel Resources
http://www.refdesk.com/history.html History Reference Desk
http://www.historyplace.com/ History Place
http://www.historylink101.com/ History Link 101
http://www.historycentral.com/ History Central
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html Hyper History
http://www.ap.org/ Associated Press
http://www.upi.com/ United Press International
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Here are some links for specific regions, primary sources and citation information:
