Information Sites of the Month
Grade Level Subject Links
At home use your Brooklyn Library Card barcode number
Great source of authoritative websites for students, teachers and parents. Call the BMS Library for log-in help
Check with Mrs. Stellitano for password.
8th Jazz Webquest[1]
8th Grade Jazz Webquest (this is a pdf)
Worksheet for Webquest (pdf)
Resources for Jazz Webquest
http://www.satchmo.net http://redhotjazz.com/louie.html http://www.redhotjazz.com/bechet.html http://www.sidneybechet.org/
http://redhotjazz.com/jellyroll.html http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_morton_jelly_roll.htm
http://www.redhotjazz.com/buddy.html
http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/music/bolden.html http://www.redhotjazz.com/kingo.html http://www.riverwalkjazz.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6923 http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0859011.html http://www.jazzstyles.com/origins.html
http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/music/rhythm/rhythm.htm http://nfo.net/usa/JO.html
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_jim_crow.htm http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/overview.htm
Jamestown Online Adventure http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Washington D.C. n
RResouresReREssn n D.C.
Hip Hop Questions (it's a pdf)
Hip Hop Artifacts pdf
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame http://www.rockhall.com/
National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/
Emplive.org http://www.emplive.org/index.asp
James Brown Video http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/12/25/obituaries/20061225_BROWN_SLIDESHOW_index.html
James Brown Audio http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2006/12/25/arts/20061225_BROWN_AUDIOSS.html
Mrs Dehls' notes #1 (pdf)
Mrs. Dehls' notes #2 (pdf)
Mrs. Dehls' notes #3 (pdf)
Rock and Roll Research http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_index.jsp
American Revolution Trivia http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/history/us_history/american_revolution.html
Reformers of the Early 19th Century
Slave Narratives
"Been Here So Long" Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn00.htm "American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology" http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/index.html "American Memory: Born in Slavery" From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snvoices00.html
"American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology" http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/index.html
Child Labor
Exploitation of Children in the Workplace http://www.earlham.edu/~pols/globalprobs/children/homepage.html Human Rights Watch: Children's Rights http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm
Human Rights Watch: Children's Rights http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm
Tour Ellis Island
Declaration of Independence http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/declaration/main.html
The Statue of Liberty History http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/libertyfacts.htm Symbols http://www.nps.gov/stli/teachercorner/page3.html People http://www.nps.gov/stli/teachercorner/page4.html