1421 Evaluating Internet Resources Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: Hosted by Georgetown University, this site provides criteria and insights in helping students evaluate the usefulness of Internet resources. Aligning well to the 9-10th grade benchmark that encourages students to evaluate the credibility of sources, this website not only provides a framework for students to use in evaluating sources but provides applicable resources for students to... 1422 Brown University Writing Center Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: Serving as a resource teachers can turn to in helping students organize a well-written argument, this resource from Brown University is well aligned with the Ohio Content Standards for Social Studies. In presenting advice for students in the development of both narrative and analytical styles of writing, this resource serves as an informative guide in helping... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The resource, How to Use Evidence, from Indiana University was prepared by the Writing Tutorial Services of Indiana University. It clearly and briefly explains to the student how to use evidence in the writing of a term paper.... 1424 Red Scare (1918-1921) Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The website Red Scare is an image database created by Leo R. Klein, web coordinator and Digital Resources Developer for William and Anita Newman Library at Baruch College.... 1425 The Haitian Revolution and the Forging of America Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: This site, The University of Illinois Press and Others, is very helpful in teaching a geographical concept that is largely ignored in history. When dealing with the age of revolutions, many times the Haitian Revolution is ignored or undervalued in its overall significance to changing American attitudes.... 1426 Industrial Revolution: Migrations Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: This content resource, hosted by the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, is about the Industrial revolution, specifically the migration that it caused, and the effects of that migration. It begins with some background, including demographics, economics, politics, and the effects of these on migration.... 1427 World War I and Post War Society Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The African American Odyssey exhibit is a collection from the Library of Congress. The section of the exhibit entitled WWI and Postwar Society is divided into two sections; the sections are Part I: Fighting at Home and Abroad, and Part II: The Harlem Renaissance and the Flowering of Creativity.... 1428 Early Jazz: 1900-1930 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This content resource, hosted by PBS.org, is a short commentary on the beginnings of jazz music in the first couple of decades of the 20th Century. It begins with a Storyville, a "Red Light" district in New Orleans and home to the only clubs that provide a venue for jazz music.... 1429 Social Causes of the French Revolution Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: This content resource is a very thorough and detailed examination of the how political and economic conditions, resources, geographic locations and cultures have contributed to cooperation and conflict using the French Revolution as the backdrop. The resource Social Causes of the French Revolution, from George Mason University uses numerous first hand accounts and images.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The resource, The New Woman, was prepared by the History Department of the Ohio State University. It contains a variety of sources that look at the role of women in American society in the 1920's.... |