Capital High School

Senior Extended Essay IB or any IB/College-level research project

• College Level Research Guide  - Once logged into your student Google account, make a copy of this so you can edit. 
• College Level Research Guide Round 2  - Again, make a copy of this so you can take notes on it.  

 

Senior IB Chemistry IA

 

• PubChem's Database
• Chemspider from the Royal Society of Chemistry
• NIST Chemistry Webbook
• EPA's Environmental Dataset Gateway

• Harvard's Dataverse

• EMU's collection of dataset websites

• Google's dataset search
• UofA's collection of dataset websites
• Tableau's 7 free dataset websites
• Science.gov's search engine of databases and websites
• Molecule.net's datasets

Don't forget Jstor and the Timberland Regional Library's Science in Context database.  Email Mrs. Bonds if you need help remembering how to get into these.

 

 

Senior CBA "You and the Economy"

• Mrs. Bonds' slideshow to resources

 

Senior Neurological Disorders Project 

• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Email Mrs. Bonds for the password)
• Health and Wellness Resource Center (you must enter your MyTRL info - see the OSD portal page if you don't remember)
• Encyclopedia of Public Health (you must enter your MyTRL info - see the OSD portal page if you don't remember)

 

Junior Social Studies CBA on "Constitutional Issues":

• Landmark Supreme Court Cases
• Justia.com U.S. Supreme Court Center
• FedWorld.gov 
  
• Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Summaries
• Digital History
• Legal Information Institute
• ProCon.org
• AllSides.com
• Screencast of how to use the databases, Google Advanced Search, and cite your sources.

• Review of Mrs. Bonds' research tips slideshow 

 

Junior Social Studies on American Decades:

• The American Memory at the Library of Congress Photos, audio clips and other really cool stuff.
• American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century   Click on the decade
• Vintage Ad Browser  Search by decade (1920s) or year.
• The History Channel  Search by decade (1930s)
• American Decades of the 20th Century  A pathfinder from the Newtown High School Library that's AWESOME for this assignment!
• Picturing the Century
• The Food Timeline

 

Junior Social Studies Congressional Hearing - Life in the Cities - Late 1800's:

• This Is Who We Were: 1880-1899's Ebook ((cite it as a book, then change the tab to ebook file.  Editor is Laura Mars, Greyhouse is the publisher, city is Amenia, year is 2015)  
• This Is Who We Were: In the 1910's Ebook (cite it as a book, then change the tab to ebook file.  Editor is Laura Mars, Greyhouse is the publisher, city is Amenia, year is 2015)
• American Decades and American Decades Primary Sources in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (you will need the password from the red card on the library computer or email [email protected])
• Proquest History Study Center (you will need the username and password from the red card on the library computer or email [email protected].)
• Biography In Context Database (you must enter your public library card # on the next screen to proceed to this database)
• Daily Life Online Database (you must enter your public library card # on the next screen to proceed to this database)
• Rise of Industrial America
• Women Working, 1800-1930

Sophomore Social Studies - Russian Revolution: 

• Image copyright and resources slideshow

Sophomore Social Studies CBA on Rwanda:

• The Impact of Hate Media in Rwanda - BBC
• Frontline: The Triumph of Evil - PBS
• Economic Genocide in Rwanda - Economic and Political Weekly
• Lingering Murder Mystery- BBC
• Killer: Taken Over By Satan - BBC
• Survivor: Living Among the Dead - BBC
• One Hundred Days - BBC
• Background: How the Genocide Happened - BBC
• Human Rights Watch - introduction to the 2009 Human Rights Watch report
• Human Rights Watch 2009 Report by sections
• Ghosts of Rwanda - look for all 12 video

 

Freshman Classes:

• Frosh Orientation Review
• How to write a book review and where to post it!

• Steps to writing a book review
  

• WDYK on Big6 Research Pre-assessment 

• Big 6 Introductory & Essential Question Info

• Essay graphic organizer - open this link, then under "File", scroll down to "Make a copy" so it becomes your own Google drawing.
• Articles for Protecting Online Reputations