General+Resources

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• Connection to ICONN Database media type="custom" key="9902415"

• American Memory: A resource for finding a vast quantity of Social Studies images, documents, sound recordings etc.

media type="custom" key="9926951"

"Online Resources to Support Big 6 Information Skills." Big 6. June. 2009. web. 2 July 2011. [] This is a helpful site that provides numerous resources to be used while conducting research.

"ALA: Using Primary Sources on the Web." American Library Association. 10 Jan. 2008. Web. 30 June 2011. < [] >.


 * Provides:**
 * Explanation of what are Primary Sources
 * Explanation for how to evaluate Primary Sources

"Net.TUTOR: Evaluating Web Sites." OSU Libraries Instruction Site. The Ohio State University, 25 June 2008. Web. 30, June 2011. <[]/>


 * Description**: This site provides the key details one must consider when analyzing a website. Two of its subtopics: Bias, and Coverage, could also be applied to analyzing specific resources. The definitions/explanations are also succinct, and suitable for most middle school readers.

"History of the American West 1860-1920." American Memory. Library of Congress. Web. 02 July 2011. <[]>.


 * Description**: A viewable collection of 30,000 photographs taken during the 1860s – 1920s depicting the history of the 'American West'. It also includes pictures of over 40 different Native American tribes.

Utilized ICONN – Searching Individual Resources – U.S. History in Context "Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion." U.S. History in Context. Gale. Web. 03 July 2011. .


 * Provides materials on 'Westward Expansion' in the following formats:**
 * Images
 * Primary Resources
 * Reference Documents
 * Magazine Articles
 * Journal Articles
 * News Articles

Utilized the OPAC at SCSU Stefoff, Rebecca. //The Opening of the West.// M. Cavendish, New York: Benchmark Books. 2003. Print

Here is a persistent link to the record: [|http://www.consuls.org:80/record=b2713749~S16]


 * Description**: This resource may be too young because it was in the juvenile section, but it is 105 pages, so it may be suitable for a middle school audience. It includes such topics as the frontier, explorers, overland trails, woman and children, living and working on the land, building the new west, and the fate of Native Americans. It also seems to have been constructed from excerpts of primary resources.