JDA CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECT 2019-2020

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DATABASES

1.  Culture Grams
2. GALE Databases
3. CountryReports.org

4. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures, 2012

5. World Book Online
6. Britannica
7. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Food and Recipes of the World
8. CIA World Factbook — Leader of the Country

Direct Links to GALE Database articles

1.   Armenians
2.  Cambodian (Khmer)
3.  Chinese
4.  Cuban
5.  Filipinos
6.  Hawaiian – Polynesians
7.  Hmong
8.  Japanese
9 .  Laotian
9a. Laos
9b. Laotion Americans 
9c. Laotion Americans – 2
10. Mexicans
11. Puerto Ricans
12. Punjabi
12a. Pakistanis
13. Russians
14. Thai
15. South Korean

16. Italians

 

17. Culture Page Research in Context (GALE)

18. Countries and their Cultures

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia also offers students another broad online reference work.

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Books — Reference

  1. The World Book Encyclopedia (22 vols.) REF 030 WOR
  2. People and Places (6 vols.) REF 300.03 PEO
  3. The Newest Americans (5 vols.) REF 304.8 NEW
  4. The Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures (9 vols.) REF 306.03 JUN

Books — General

Social Science

  • 305.XXX — This call number contains several books on the social life of many of the cultures listed.
  • 641.XXX – Cookbooks, Cookbooks, Cookbooks.
  • 900 section covers the history and people of many of the cultures. Some helpful Dewey numbers include: 915.XXX, 959.XXX, 973.XXX, 974.XXX, 996.XXX

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JDA Cross-cultural pathfinder 2011

RESEARCH & CITATION SKILLS — MR. FLORES

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Question: What will be the effect of the Dobbs decision?

Sources:
1. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in landmark abortion decision
2. At least 43 abortion clinics shut in month after Supreme Court overturned Roe, research says, with more likely to close
3. Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe v. Wade Abortion Precedent (3rd source, includes reports from Reuters news agency)
4. Gale article on Abortion (an overview)

Citation Maker — MLA  — Use this resource to help you cite your sources

Questions to consider when looking at source:
1. Who created the message?   2.  Why was the message made?   3.  Whose points of views are being represented in the message (report or article)?  4.  Did the message miss a particular point of view?

Additional Thought Provoking Questions:
Does the message use primary sources?  Does the message come from a particular point of view?  Does the story deal with mainly facts?  Or does the story include facts and opinions?  How do you know the information is reliable?

destiny.fresnounified.org > Terronez

Famous African Americans

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Students, click on the links below to take you to an article on the individual.  If off campus, you must login to the databases first.

Gale: Biography in Context
Cavendish Databases

  1.  Benjamin Banneker — Gale Biography
    1a. Benjamin Banneker — Cavendish Database
  2. Harriet Tubman — Gale Biography
    2a. Harriet Tubman — Cavendish Datatbase
  3. Sojourner Truth — Gale Biography
    3a. Sojourner Truth — Cavendish Database
  4. Kobe Bryant — Gale Biography
  5. Maya Angelou — Gale Biography
    5a. Maya Angelou — Gale Biography — short
  6. Madam C. J. Walker — Gale Biography
  7. Mary Bethune — Gale Biography
  8. Thurgood Marshall — Gale Biography
  9. Langston Hughes — Gale Biography
  10. Marjorie Joyner — Gale Biography
  11. George Washington Carver — Gale Biography
  12. Aretha Franklin — Gale Biography
  13. Elijah McCoy — Gale Biography
  14. Michael Jackson — Gale Biography
  15. Paul Lawrence Dunbar — Britannica
  16. Rosa Parks — Gale Biography
  17. Jackie Robinson — Gale Biography
  18. Frederick Douglass — Gale Biography
  19. Robert L. Carter — Gale Biography
  20. Malcom X — Gale Biography
  21. Alan L. Keyes — Gale Biography
    20a. Alan L. Keyes — Gale Biography
  22. Thomas Sowell — Gale Biography
    21a. Thomas Sowell — Gale Biography
  23. Keisha Lance Bottoms — Gale Biography
  24. Muriel Bowser — Gale Biography
  25. Maxine Waters — Gale Biography
  26. Ben Carson — Gale Biography 
  27. Walter E. Williams — Gale Biography
  28. Robert F. Smith — Gale Biography
  29. Oprah Winfrey — Gale Biography
  30. Kamala Harris — Gale Biography
  31. Stacey Abrams — Gale Biography
  32. LeBron James — Gale Biography
    32a. LeBron James — Gale Biography
  33. Michelle Obama — Gale Biography
  34. Barack Obama — Gale Biography
  35. James Baldwin — Gale Biography
  36. Leontyne Price — Gale Biography
  37. Booker T. Washington — Gale Biography
  38. Oprah Winfrey — Gale Biography
    38a. Oprah Winfrey – 2 – Gale Biography