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1 WHERE CAN I FIND INFO ON MY TOPIC? This is a work in progress, children. Keep looking on my website for the PDF of this document and I ll keep adding topics, sites, and books! HOMER clio.com/search/display/575662?terms=homer and- oral- poetry- in- ancient- greece.html Past students have found good info on Homer in these books from our library: Ancient Greeks: Creating the Classical Tradition by Rosalie F. and Charles F. Baker pp excellent source Ancient Civilizations Vol. 1 ed. by Don Nardo pp And about 8 zillion other books we have on Ancient Greece. THE TROJAN WAR clio.com/search/display/633961?terms=homer And about 8 zillion other books we have on Ancient Greece. GREEK WOMEN (ATHENIAN) clio.com/search/display/575694?terms=women Scope out all the books we have on Ancient Greece. Use the index! ******************************************************************** GLOBE THEATER 1. Scope out one of our library s data bases, ELM, which stands for Electronic Library for Minnesota. Click on the data base link; choose History and Social Studies in the Search a Topic box; click on the first link, which is Student Resources in Context ; in the search box, type Elizabethan and click on Elizabethan England when it drops down; scroll down to Reference for Elizabethan England. Print out or read article called The Globe Theater. The article is kind of complex, but you should be able to find good facts buried in there, and they show you how to cite the source, so that s cool! Also, cool graphics on links below the article. clio.com/search/display/421354?terms=shakespeare+theater shakespeare/shakespeares- globe- theater shakespeare.info/william- shakespeare- old- globe- theatre- history- timeline.htm Good info on the Globe in the following books from our library: The Age of Shakespeare by Frank Kermode lots of info! Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and Asia by John A. Wagner (see index under Shakespeare) Elizabethan World: Almanac ed. Sonia Benson (Ref Ben) p Elizabethan World: Primary Sources edited by Elizabeth Shostack (Ref Sho) Elizabethan England by William W. Lace (see index)

2 ************************************************************************************ THEATER IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND (SHAKESPEARE S TIME) Scope out one of our library s data bases, ELM, which stands for Electronic Library for Minnesota. Click on the data base link; choose History and Social Studies in the Search a Topic box; click on the first link, which is Student Resources in Context ; in the search box, type Elizabethan and click on Elizabethan England when it drops down; scroll down to Reference for Elizabethan England. Print out or read article called The Elizabethan Theater. bandwidth=high era.org.uk/history- of- the- elizabethan- theatre.htm clio.com/search/display/523655?terms=shakespeare%20theater (one paragraph; good general intro) (brief overview) SHAKESPEARE S SCHOOLING online.com/biography/shakespeareeducation.html n- age ( more general info about children s education you may have to broaden your topic to include the typical education of an Elizabethan boy or girl.) shakespeare.org.uk/education- of- william- shakespeare.htm THE BLACK DEATH/GREAT PLAGUE/BUBONIC PLAGUE clio.com/topics/display/ (good overview) clio.com/search/display/309715?terms=plague (brief overview) shakespeare.info/william- shakespeare- bubonic- plague- black- death.htm Past students have found good information on the plague in these books in our library: 1603 by Christopher Lee ( a book about the end of the Elizabethan era with a whole chapter on the plague) Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and Asia by John A. Wagner p The Age of Shakespeare by Frank Kermode There is a book on the Black Death that is excellent. I think it s just called The Black Death, or something similar.

3 QUEEN ELIZABETH S WARDROBE Scope out the book Behind the Mask: Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas 971 ELI (See index for Queen Elizabeth and jewelry of; hair and wigs of) and- ships/in- depth/elizabeth/the- queen%27s- court/body- and- dress/*/viewpage/ (go to Home to find citing info) ELIZABETHAN FASHION/CLOTHING Scope out any of the books we have on Elizabethan England; there are also some reference books on Fashion. clio.com/search/display/309353?terms=shakespeare%20theater VANCE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=mnklakevilleshs&tabID =T003&searchId=R3&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&sear chtype=basicsearchform&currentposition=1&contentset=gale%7ccx &&docId=GALE CX &docType=GALE&role= VANCE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=mnklakevilleshs&tabID =T003&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&sear chtype=basicsearchform&currentposition=5&contentset=gale%7ccx &&docId=GALE CX &docType=GALE&role QUEEN ELIZABETH S EARLY YEARS (scattered facts, but interesting ones!) are+theater ( one paragraph about her mid- teens) era.org.uk/childhood- of- queen- elizabeth- i.htm QUEEN ELIZABETH S COURT Scope out the book Elizabethan World: Biography p. 89 has a section on Elizabeth s court.a good overview to get you started! (click on Queen Elizabeth, then Court Life) Other book sources: The Life of Queen Elizabeth by Allison Weir (difficult, but good. See index for Queen Elizabeth court.) Elizabethan World Biography p. 89 ELIZABETHAN WOMEN click on sub- topic; note it shows how to cite site! era.org.uk/elizabethan- women.htm ELIZABETHAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS bandwidth=high

4 clio.com/topics/display/ HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN ELIZABETHAN TIMES articles/medicine- in- elizabethan- england html era.org.uk/elizabethan- medicine- and- illnesses.htm Also, be sure to look in the indexes of the books we have on the Elizabethan era. There will be a lot of good info there! WOMEN IN ELIZABETHAN TIMES p?bandwidth=high ( (short but interesting info on women s roles) era.org.uk/elizabethan- women.htm nd Be sure to use the books we have in the library on this time period. Check the index of each one for women or roles of women. SANITATION AND HYGIENE IN ELIZABETHAN TIMES: Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Forgeng This site looks OK: p?bandwidth=high PERSONAL- HYGIENE- AND- COSMETICS- IN- THE- RENAISSANCE- UPPER- CLASSES.html see 4th paragraph interesting info on the sewage system or lack thereof! QUEEN ELIZABETH AND MARRIAGE: (scroll down!) Scope out these books Behind the Mask: Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas 971 ELI Elizabethan World Biography p. 88 (talks about the question of who would succeed her on the throne) The Life of Queen Elizabeth by Allison Weir (difficult, but good. See index for Queen Elizabeth marriage.) ********************************************************************************** WOMEN IN VICTORIAN TIMES:

5 (someone s research, with a bibliography.but that s OK.it s well- written!) (back to home page! Good BBC site) (working women) (working women) andrews.ac.uk/~city19c/viccity/women.html THE VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN (from an old list of proper etiquette.some references to gentlemen) victorian- dress- code.asp HEALTH AND HYGIENE IN VICTORIAN TIMES and- medicine- in- the- 19th- century/ hygiene- in- nineteenth- century- england Infant mortality facts on some different sites, and in one book: hood_07.shtml Below is a link to a Google preiview of a book called Health, Medicine, and Society in Victorian England by Mary Wilson Carpenter. It s kind of cheating, but if you type infant mortality into the search box on the google books page, it will take you to pages ;also pages 8 and 25 there is some good stuff there! n+england+infant+mortality&source=bl&ots=7heuoslrjp&sig=kkax_- c25bdd4dtbwjbrliye4ye&hl=en&sa=x&ei=hwaet7aeippmtgfeq8yidq&ved=0ce oq6aewbzgk#v=onepage&q=infant%20mortality&f=false (see paragraph that explains the allusion brought up by hand in Great Expectations) **Be sure to scope out the book we have three copies of: Daily Life in Victorian England. The chapter on Health and Medicine (p. 189 is very helpful. There is info on p on infant mortality. FACTORY LIFE IN 19 TH CENTURY ENGLAD clio.com/topics/display/ conditions- 19th- century html?cat=37 CHILD LABOR IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

6 clio.com/topics/display/ ?sid=309339&cid=26&oid=309339&usec oncept=false At- Work:- - Looking- at- Child- Labor- in- the- Victorian- Age&id= Past students have found info on child labor in the following books in our library: Industrial Revolution (almanac two copies) Ref Industrial Revolution (primary sources) The Industrial Revolution by Stewart Ross Ros Daily Life in Victorian England (child labor) THE BOUND APPRENTICE apprentice.htm (from an old source) e_indenture/index.html On this site, scroll down to Apprenticeships. Not all the info is useful, but some is. THE WORKHOUSE DEBTOR S PRISON In Daily Life in Victorian England, there is a paragraph or so on debtor s prison, in a chapter on child labor, I think? Or somewhere. Anyway, this can count as your book source. see last paragraph scroll to Great Britain CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN VICTORIAN TIMES Whole chapter on this in Daily Life in Victorian England. Links: PRISON SYSTEM IN VICTORIAN TIMES NEWGATE PRISON There s a paragraph or two in Daily Life in Victorian England, so that can count as your book source. Websites:

7 conditions- 19th- century html?cat= /Newgate- Prison- A- History- of- Infamy.aspx (scroll down to N section!) THE HULKS No books in our library on Victorian England except the one we have 4 copies of: Daily Life in Victorian England. However, no mention of the Hulks in that book! So your research must be all online. - hulks- on- the- River- Thames.html UPPER CLASS LIFE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND society.asp (short note about the rich at the bottom of page but it s something!) (paragraph about the kind of servants upper class people had; this whole site seems to be about a particular town, Hastings, but some of the info is more general.) children.asp ( upper class children) LOWER CLASS LIFE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND society.asp (not much here, but a little.site seems to be about a particular town, Hastings, but some of the info is more general) children.asp ( lower class children) andrews.ac.uk/~city19c/viccity/houshealth.html in- victorian- times.asp ( poverty) SERVANT LIFE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND (short reference) VICTORIAN MOURNING CUSTOMS allen- mccullough.suite101.com/the- victorian- funeral- a funerals- and- mourning.html **********************************************************************************

8 PROHIBITION Scope out books on the 1930 s and check the indexes! Also, we have a book called Prohibition and Repeal LYNCHING The above link is to a book for sale online; however, it appears that you can actually see a lot of, if not all of, the text when you click on Google Preview! That s kind of cheating, but oh, well! Scope out the index sections of some of the many books in our library on civil rights or the Klan, and you should be able to find some info. One that I know of for sure: Race, Crime, and Punishment by Delores D. Jones- Brown JON THE KU KLUX KLAN Good reference book (short but good overview): Encyclopedia of Racism clio.com/search/display/311977?terms=ku+klux+klan LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=kkk klux- klan Past students have found info on the Klan in the following books but they contain a huge amount of information, which actually makes it hard to figure out what to do with it all! Still, to have one book source, you could find a little info from one of them, and rely on good internet sites for the rest of your info: Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan by David M. Chalmers CHA The Fiery Cross by Wyn Craig Wade WAD **Also, check the indexes of library reference books on civil rights. The info there will be briefer but easier to get an overview! JIM CROW LAWS ?query=jim%20crow%20laws&ct (from ELM database.high school Brittanica) Also, check the index section of most any book/reference book on civil rights in America. SCOTTSBORO CASE: Victoria Price SCOTTSBORO CASE: Clarence Norris

9 norris- the- last- survivor- of- scottsboro- boys- dies- at- 76.html larence%20norris These books in our library may have some facts you can use, but it may be that they are too detailed to be of a lot of help! Scope them out and see: Great American Trials REF GRE West s Encyclopedia of American Law FRE Vol 8 Po- San Race, Crime, and Punishment by Delores D. Jones- Brown JON MOB PSYCHOLOGY the- mob- mentality aspx power- of- the- group- beyond- mob- rule.htm this site looks like someone s blog.technically not really an appropriate source, but it s very well- written, and describes numerous interesting psychological experiments in mob mentality. HARPER LEE lee- sister- alice- finch?newsfeed=true ee Past students have found info on Harper Lee in the following books in our library: Merriam-Webster s Dictionary of American Writers REF Notable American Novelists REF NOT vol 2 Great Amercian Writers Twentieth Century Vol 6 ed. By R. Baird Shuman REF920.GRE Vo

-- a bit about Shakespeare's early schooling

-- a bit about Shakespeare's early schooling Elizabethan Research -- 1 Let s do some research about Shakespeare and his time. The Elizabethan era was a time of great intellectual and commercial growth. Exciting things were happening in exploration,