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US History 11
Economics 12
Participation in Government 12
Worksheets, notes, supplemental packets, maps and other helpful
documents are posted here. Often extra help or notes are included in the
packets. If you lose a particular paper, download the packet and print
another one.
Click left if you do not have the free Adobe Reader.
I've also
included links to good news sources for you to use for current event
assignments. Plus, I've included a few interesting history and news related
web sites. So, look around and see what's here. More will be added from time
to time! Questions or comments?
Email me at:
Quick links:
Prentice
Hall Regents US Review
A great review site - (made by the publishers of our review book).
Take practice tests online and have the web
site correct it for you!
Regentsprep.org
- this site is especially useful to practice questions from a specific
section .
Research:
Note: The
following Penfield library links are broken due to the redesign of the
district site. The links will be updated when the changed content is posted
to the district site.
Our Penfield
HS library has some great resources available to all students.
Important! Citing
the Internet and Copyright Issues
Here are some selected
PHS library links. Some services are subscribed to by PHS and require
passwords. See me or the library for more information if you need a password.
SIRS Knowledge Source
Student Resource Center Broad
database offering resources in literature, cultures, science, history, and
geography. Full-text articles from reference works, primary sources, and
periodicals.
CountryWatch
- Factual and up-to-date information 191 countries.
NOVEL
- New York State Newspapers - 10 major NY newspapers, 150 national and
international
newspapers, national Newspaper Index.
ProQuest - Full-text articles from magazines,
newspapers, encyclopedias, and educational journals.
Full
PHS library online subscription database page
Selected
History Links:
Modern and
General history:
VL
History Network Central Catalogue is a network of indexes to
historical material. It has links to almost all countries of the world and
also by historical era and subject.
Modern
History Sourcebook is a companion project to the Medieval
Sourcebook and covers modern European history and civilization.
The
Holy See Vatican City Library / Secret Archives
Project Gutenberg - Thousands of free e-texts in many subjects.
American Memory Project
from the Library of Congress: Primary source
materials relating to the history and culture of the U.S.
American Cultural
History: The Twentieth Century.
American Cultural
History: The Nineteenth Century.
Decades
in 20th Century America - Designed for American decades
projects by librarians.
Great American Speeches:
80 years of political oratory.
The Library of Congress: America's library.
Ancient and
Medieval history:
Hilandar Research Library has the largest collection of medieval
Slavic manuscripts on microform in the world. The collection includes more
than 4000 Cyrillic manuscripts with over 1,200 manuscripts from different
monasteries on Mount Athos,
Greece, including
the entire Slavic collection of Hilandar Monastery.
Internet
Medieval Sourcebook contains hundred of primary and secondary
source documents related to the study of medieval history. Full length texts,
maps and excerpts and available here. Much of the material from your courses
is obtained from here.
Ancient
History Sourcebook is a companion project to the Medieval
Sourcebook and covers Pre-History, Mesopotamia,
Egypt, Israel, Greece,
and Rome.
Byzantium:
Byzantine Studies on the Internet a collection of links related to
the Byzantine Empire.
ORB
- The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
The Online
Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of
the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.
Bulgaria:
Bulgarian Leaders
- all Bulgarian leaders from A.D. 681 to 1944.
Bulgarian National
History Museum - Nice web site with information about the history
of Bulgaria
and a virtual collection of the museum. Look for the English link at
the bottom if you can't read Bulgarian!
You're invited from foundation "Crown and Cross" to visit
the kingdom of Bulgarian Monasteries!
Български
владетели -
всички
български
владетели
от 681 до 1944 г.
Васил
Левски -
Живота и
делото на
най-светлата
личност в българската
история.
Поканени от фондация
“Корона и
Кръст”, ще
бъдете
почетни
гости в
Царството
на българските
манастири!
История
на
балканите
1878-2000
историческа
и етническа
демография.
Карти
на
балкански
полуостров.
***Although
these Bulgarian ebook titles are written in Latin letters in order to be
indexed by Project Gutenberg, the texts are written in Cyrillic Windows 1251
character set.
Epicheski pesni (Epical Songs) by Slaveikov,
Pencho P.
Epopee To The Forgotten by Vazov, Ivan Minchov,
1850-1921
Olav Van Geldern by Slaveikov, Pencho P.
Poems by Botev, Khristo, 1848-1876
Satirical Prose by Botev, Khristo, 1848-1876
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Other good news sources/search engines:
BBC - news
& info from a good news organization.
CNN.com news
from another good organization.
New York Times
- the newspaper
Washington Post
- the newspaper
Democrat
& Chronicle - Rochester's daily newspaper
About.com
rates and ranks news and information sites. It guides you around the
internet.
Metacrawler -
Search multiple engines all at once. A great time saver.
AltaVista -
web and newsgroup search engine. Plus, language translation from and to
English.
Excite - web
site with great customizable start page.
Lycos -
develops and provides online guides to locate and filter information on the
Internet.
Yahoo -
people selected guide of web sites and search engine.
Fun stuff:
Want to know Mr. Doser's favorite songs
of all time or what he's read recently?
Click here!
Where to find the words & guitar music for popular songs?
Olga.net
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