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*Extra Credit Assignment if you’re ready to move on from the project during lab time. See instructions below.

Click on the link below to begin your research. Your objective during our time in the labs are to (1) select your photo (2) Type your written response. Refer to your project handout for each step of the project.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum – Photo Archive

Things to keep in mind:

1. As you browse through the archive of photographs, don’t get frustrated if you can’t find what you want. Try to be creative in what you write on the search engine. Also make sure you meet the requirements stated on the handout (1) Before Nazi Invasion (2) Common theme (3) Photo Information
2. Once you’ve found your picture, copy and paste it on a blank Word document. You can resize the photo to your liking, and don’t forget to save the information that accompanies each photo.  Save Early, Save Often.
3. Spend the time in the computer lab  finding a photo that is just “right.” Once you’ve found your photo, finished answering the questions on the back of the handout, begin the writing of your short essay. Refer to the rubric if you have questions.

Extra Credit Assignment: Due Wednesday

3/4-1 page response to any ONE of the following articles. Your response should include a summary, reactions to the reading, and explain how the events of the article, that are all about WWII, demonstrates how our society is dealing with the war 60 years later and how the events are still important (relevant) today.

Germany Reopens Nazi War Criminal Investigations

Holocaust Opera

Search for lost children from the Holocaust

During your time in the computer lab you will be using online resources to learn more about the ideas of our new unit, the Industrial Revolution.

Step 1 – Visit the Digital library (link below) and choose from any of their paid subscriptions to begin your search (see recommended sites below). You should have one window with the class website and the other to do your research and browsing. I will not answer questions like “What do I do next?” if you don’t have the class website window open.

• Digital Library

This link above will take you to LAUSD’s Digital Library where you will do your research. There are lots of sites you can choose from, the recommended sites are Britannica Online, Gale Cengage, and Facts on File.

Step 2 – You will click on one of the sites and begin searching for the information on each invention to fill out the table in your handout. Don’t forget there’s one last question after you finish your research.

Use the search engines to find the “key words”  for example, you can write the inventor’s name or the invention.

Remember that it takes time to do some research so don’t get frustrated but enjoy exploring and learning!

Visit the following websites in order to find information relating to your top college choices. If don’t have any specific preferences yet for a college, try using the US News College Rankings link below to see what the top currently ranked schools are.

Copy and Paste the websites

US News College Ranking:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings

College View

http://www.collegeview.com/index.jsp

College Prowler

http://collegeprowler.com/

Read over the requirements for the last project of the class. Your goals in our time in the computer labs are to gather information for the historical narratives of your project. Answer the question on the white handout to help you stay on track. Don’t forget about your interview questions that are due Monday.

General:

To start with, visit first LAUSD’s digital library and click on “FACTS ON FILE” Click on the search engine “WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE ONLINE” to find information on the country of your/parent/guardian’s birth. Select a country and click the various tabs on the left to help you learn about the government and history of the country you are researching.

http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,245998&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP

News about what was taking place the day you were born:

www.historyorb.com/today/

HistoryOrb has a calendar where you click on the day you were born and it will give you information about the events that took place on that day. Look for the year you were born (or at least the first 5 years) to learn more about what important events took place.

Current News:

Sources that can help you find information about news today and what’s going on in the world. If you want to find information about the country of your birth/parents/guardians click on the “WORLD” section.

National Public Radio : www.npr.com

CNN News: www.cnn.com

Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com

New York Times: www.nytimes.com

Newsweek: www.newsweek.com

Time Magazine: www.time.com/time/

Other sources of news:

Onlinenewspapers is a source of newspapers published around the world. Click on the region you want to read and learn about and choose from the various different websites. Be aware that some information is published in the primary language of the country.

www.onlinenewspapers.com

Copy and paste the link below to begin you research (open a new window to copy link). Refer to your handout for directions to begin your search. As you browse through the archive of photographs, make sure you meet the requirements stated on the handout. Once you’ve found your picture, copy and paste it on a blank Word document. You can resize the photo to your liking, and don’t forget to save the information that accompanies each photo. Spend the time in the computer lab  finding a photo and writing up the short essay that is required.

http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/photo/

Copy and paste the following links to help you navigate to the correct websites while answering questions on the handout.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/trenches.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

Today during the computer lab you will spend some time exploring topics of your interest to include in the last section of the French Revolution and Napoleon flipbook. I have decided to change the due date for THURSDAY, March 17th in case you have questions you’ll be able to ask me tomorrow. Spend the time today in the computer lab to also look for images that you want to include in your flip book. Once you’re done, you’ll start your search for new inventions for our next chapter: The Industrial Revolution. Wednesday we’ll be in the computer lab again to continue our search for new inventions during the Industrial Revolution.

Copy and paste the link to LAUSD’s digital library

http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,245998&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP

Recommended sites to begin your search is: Britannica Online and Facts on File. These are reputable sites that LAUSD pays for students to use, so you can trust them!

Here’s a list (though its not the ultimate list because you can choose something outside of this list) that you can choose from for your interest section of the flipbook:

King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat, Robespierre, Jacobins, sanculottes, Palace of Versailles, The Storming of the Bastille, The Reign of Terror, Guillotine, Tennis Court Oath, Artist during the Revolution:Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Women: Olympe de Gouges, Women’s March to Versailles, Battle of Waterloo,

If you have any questions feel free to email me! mrsmadrigal01@gmail.com

Good luck

COPY and PASTE the link below to help you start your research:

http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/photo/

The following is a copy of your handout, good luck!

Step 1:

Choose a photo from the archives:

http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/photo/

Click on “Search Online Catalog” and on the search engine (using search terms like “family” or “birthday”) begin looking for just the right photo that meets the following requirements:

REQUIREMENTS FOR PHOTO

ü  Common theme: If you have a baby picture in your personal collections than you need to find a baby picture in the archives. In the examples above, (left hand side) the common theme is children in a park and (right hand side) the common theme is grandparents/the elderly.

ü  Before German Occupation: You are looking at how life was for the Jews before the Nazis invaded and conquered the territory of your selected photo.

ü  Photo Information: You need to find a photo that meets the above requirements and has enough information to write about. You will find that some photos have little information about the people in the photograph- try to avoid these pictures because it will make it more difficult for you for Step 2.

ü  Final Arrangement: Once you’ve selected your photo from the archive and your personal photo that meets the all the requirements, you will arrange both photos so that they are side-by-side on a blank sheet of paper.

**Helpful Hint** You may want to copy and paste your selected archive photo on a word document and change the size and align it to your liking.

STEP 2:

REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN RESPONSE

ü  Answer the questions on the back, “Holocaust Photo Analysis Sheet”

ü  On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions with the help of notes from the back:

Before the war, how were the lives of Jews “normal”? Explain how Jewish life can be viewed as ordinary and how their lives were changed after Nazi occupation.

ü  1 pg, double-spaced, 12 font, Times Roman – or – 1 ¾ page, neatly written, double-spaced, ink

Holocaust Photo Analysis Sheet

a.       Where is or was that town/city located? When was the photo taken?

b.      Who is in the photograph? Give background information on the people in the picture and why you think the photo might have been taken.

c.       Based on your selected photo, what can you infer about the life/culture of the town/city prior to the German invasion? In other words, how do you think life was for the Jews before the German invasion?

d.      When and how did the town/city come under Nazi rule (timeline)?

e.      For your selected photo, what was the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust? How were the subjects of your photograph affected by the anti-Semitic laws established by Hitler?

During your time in the computer lab you will be using online resources to learn more about the ideas of our new unit, the Industrial Revolution.

Step 1 –On your window go to “File” –> “New” –> “Window.” You should have one window with the class website and the other to do your research and browsing. I will not answer questions like “What do I do next?” if you don’t have the class website window open.

Step 2 -Copy and paste the link onto the new window’s browser: http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,245998&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP

This link will take you to LAUSD’s Digital Library where you will do your research. There are lots of site you can choose from, the recommended sites are Britannica Online, Gale Cengage, Facts on File, and Ebsco. You will click on one of the sites and begin searching for the information on each invention to fill out the table in your handout. Don’t forget there’s one last question after you finish your research.

Use the search engines to find the “key words”  for example, you can write the inventor’s name or the invention.

Remember that it takes time to do some research so don’t get frustrated but enjoy exploring and learning!