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YRDSB Regional 2009-2010 Secondary School Calendars
WCI 2009-2010 Course Selection Guide / Course Calendar

Dept. Head : Mr. V Vaccarelli

BOOKS IN WCI LIBRARY
- type topic under General Keyword
eg./ roaring twenties
(note:
- broaden topic if original search found nothing: eg/  1920s OR twenties
- check subject headings of items found for other search terms as needed
- add another term if necessary to narrow search: eg/ 1920s OR twenties NOT fiction
eg./ explor* and canad* and video*

Browse:
930s - 980s - History and Culture (of various countries and regions)

United Streaming Videos - History
United Streaming Videos - Chronologies
VAUGHAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES (Books / Videos)
  • use KEYWORD search
  • use WCI search as example
  • use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
  • sort results if necessary

WCI eBooks Collection

Infotrac / Gale eBooks password required
or select from below given titles and then go to WITHIN THIS PUBLICATION
 

ANCIENT
LINKS - Ancient Civilizations Page
(sub-divided into general and specific civilization groups)

MEDIEVAL
LINKS - Middle Ages Page

THE EXPLORERS
About's Age of Exploration
Mariner's Museum Age of Exploration

European Voyages of Exploration
Discoverers Web
John Cabot (1455?-1498?)

 

CANADIAN
100 Great Events in Canadian History
Canadian History Resources
Early Canadiana
The Canadian West
The History of Canada and Canadians
Canadian Constitutional History Page
Riel : Dumont : 1885 Rebellion
Virtual Museum of New France
Canadian Genealogy & History
Canadian Chronologies

see also: Canadian History page

THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE GREAT DEPRESSION

PHILOSOPHY

JEWISH STUDIES
Holocaust Page

LIFE STYLES  &  TIMELINES IN HISTORY
Lifestyles Page - Decade by Decade
Timelines & Chronologies Page

INVENTIONS
Inventions Page (includes Industrial Revolution)

WORLD WAR
World War Page - WWI and WWII

GENERAL HISTORY
Best of the History Sites (Prehistoric to 20th Century including Art History and Maps)
HyperHistory - World History

Histor eSearch.com
Early Modern Resources
World Civilizations
World Civilization Virtual Library
The History Channel - UK
The History Net
The History Place
History Departments and Historical Associations
Internet History SourceBook

History : It’s Happening!

NOVA Online

SPECIFIC TOPICS IN HISTORY
Historical Documents (Canadian & International)
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century (People, Events, etc.)
American Revolution
U.S. History Resources
War and Military History Resources
Military Heritage

The British Empire
About French Revolution - Revolutionary France
Exploring the French Revolution
PBS - Napoleon 1769-1821
Napoleon Bonaparte
Peopling North America
Secrets of Lost Empires
Technology in America - A History
U.S. History Guide
Vikings
Renaissance Magazine

The Archeology Channel

GROUP WORK SUGGESTION
Use a wiki such as Microsoft Office Live for group work from various remote locations

Create and share your work online

  • Edit anytime, from anywhere
  • Pick who can access your documents
  • Share changes in real time
  • Files are stored securely online
  • It's MS Office so files can be resaved to open locally
          on MS Office (without going through the Web)
  • It's FREE!
  • CITING REFERENCES
    Literacy How To's Page
    Easybib.com

    Technology How To's ...


     

    alternately use GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH     

    last updated 09/28/09

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