JDA CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECT 2019-2020
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
- The World Book Encyclopedia (22 vols.) REF 030 WOR
- People and Places (6 vols.) REF 300.03 PEO
- The Newest Americans (5 vols.) REF 304.8 NEW
- 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
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?
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READ ACROSS AMERICAN — MARCH 2, 2021
TERRONEZ BOOK FAIR (order online) OCT 19 to NOV 19
Students, Parents, and Staff:
Terronez Library is having a book fair from October 19 to
November 19, 2020. Please click on the link or graphic below to order your books from Follett — one of the largest book suppliers. Your orders go to help our library. Thank you!
Click here to order
HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY!
Mrs. Washburn & Mr. Barnett are here to help you.
Famous African Americans
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
- Benjamin Banneker — Gale Biography
1a. Benjamin Banneker — Cavendish Database - Harriet Tubman — Gale Biography
2a. Harriet Tubman — Cavendish Datatbase - Sojourner Truth — Gale Biography
3a. Sojourner Truth — Cavendish Database - Kobe Bryant — Gale Biography
- Maya Angelou — Gale Biography
5a. Maya Angelou — Gale Biography — short - Madam C. J. Walker — Gale Biography
- Mary Bethune — Gale Biography
- Thurgood Marshall — Gale Biography
- Langston Hughes — Gale Biography
- Marjorie Joyner — Gale Biography
- George Washington Carver — Gale Biography
- Aretha Franklin — Gale Biography
- Elijah McCoy — Gale Biography
- Michael Jackson — Gale Biography
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar — Britannica
- Rosa Parks — Gale Biography
- Jackie Robinson — Gale Biography
- Frederick Douglass — Gale Biography
- Robert L. Carter — Gale Biography
- Malcom X — Gale Biography
- Alan L. Keyes — Gale Biography
20a. Alan L. Keyes — Gale Biography - Thomas Sowell — Gale Biography
21a. Thomas Sowell — Gale Biography - Keisha Lance Bottoms — Gale Biography
- Muriel Bowser — Gale Biography
- Maxine Waters — Gale Biography
- Ben Carson — Gale Biography
- Walter E. Williams — Gale Biography
- Robert F. Smith — Gale Biography
- Oprah Winfrey — Gale Biography
- Kamala Harris — Gale Biography
- Stacey Abrams — Gale Biography
- LeBron James — Gale Biography
32a. LeBron James — Gale Biography - Michelle Obama — Gale Biography
- Barack Obama — Gale Biography
- James Baldwin — Gale Biography
- Leontyne Price — Gale Biography
- Booker T. Washington — Gale Biography
- Oprah Winfrey — Gale Biography
38a. Oprah Winfrey – 2 – Gale Biography