helpful new research link...

History web
password: welcome
*click on elibray curriculum edition---then, click on the box (to the right)that is labeled history

The last of the videos....for now.

"Alone" by Maya Angelou

Gary Earl Ross--Our Writer in Residence

Today, we will have Mr. Gary Earl Ross from Just Buffalo Literary Center working with us...helping to give our creative minds a little tune-up. For some additional information on him and his writing, here his link on angelfire.com

This site seems to be great for those who are struggling with the research paper:
A Research Guide for Students. It basically gives you a step-by-step process to follow.

Remember, work hard and diligently--it will make up a great deal of your grade.
Hang in there, we are almost done!

Your Great Depression Topics (from Mr. Marciniak)

Choose one of the following topics to write (a min. 4 pages, double-spaced, 1 inch margin) historical/content research paper:
1. The hardships endured by the families during the Great Depression
2. Effects of the Depression on cities (Buffalo?)
3. Explanation of Hoover's plan for economic recovery and citizen reactions
4. Support or opposition to the election of FDR
5. Ways in which families (different types of people) are helped or hurt by New Deal legislation (slightly revised)
*see either him or Mr. Hughes for more specific sub-topics

Your grade will be configured in the following way:50 pts.---computer lab/research/notecards THE RESEARCH PROCESS
50 pts.---the paper itself:content, organization, correct format

*YOUR PAPER MUST INCLUDE: a minimum of 5 different reputable resources
a minimum of 5 correct in-text citations
a bibliography/works cited page

Note-taking in the Computer Lab

After you have organized your essay, you will begin to take notes on the information you find. You will need to take extreme care with this portion of the project.

Option 1: Use notecards

Option 2: Use WORD and a flash drive or GoogleDocs

either way you need to have the following info:
Find:
1. Basic facts
2. Figuring various arguments
3. Gather quotations/citations that will be useful

On each notecard/section
1. Subject of the notecard/section
2. the fact/infor
3. Source info

Research Paper-- Great Depression Era

Test Selections

For those of you who want to pre-read the test selections:

"Those Winter Sundays"
and
"Rachel" by Dorothy West --which I cannot find an online version of. If you want to gain some insight on this work do a Google search on the author and read some info about her/her mother ("Rachel").

More videos....

"Life in the Poor Lane" by Crystal Holmes

"Feeling Forgotten" (Forget the World)--edited version by Etheridge Knight

"Touched by an Angel" by Maya Angelou

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes

One-shot videos (so far...) of African-American Poetry

These are our first attempts at video...so don't be too hard on yourselves.
"Cross" by Langston Hughes

"Good Times" by Lucille Clifton

"Flounder" by Natasha Trethewey

"Cotton-Candy on a Rainy Day" by Nikki Giovanni