Ms. Koegel's Literary Paper Assignment - 11R

Based on the three novels read; Dawn by Elie Wiesel, Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, you will choose and research a topic explored in one or more of the novels.
Here is a list of some of the themes

- dealing with death
- PTSD
- war in the world and within oneself
- suicide
- the impact of the 70's
- prevalence of racism
- harms of prejudice
- learning to adapt to a new way of life
- family influence and relationships
- finding one's identity
- perception or role of women within the novel

Searching the Topics:

Many of these topics can be found in Galegroup
This is a database available to Long Beach HS
The password is empirelink
You can research your topic by searching the subject - if you are not getting the information you want try expanding or reducing your search by using the words, "and, or, not" you can also use the symbol "+"
Examples: PTSD and Vietnam War or historical event+Vietnam War

On the side of this Blog are links to many different search engines - you can also research your topic using these. Use the words listed above to help define your search and remember to check your source!!!! As you know, not all information on the internet is accurate.
There is also a link to CQResearcher - this is another database - there is an opposing viewpoints section that may help with some of the themes above.

Additionally, the Internet Public Library has articles available for many literary works as well as information on authors. This site also explains Literary Criticism

Two more good resources for literary criticism are:
Using the web address, http://www.liu.edu/liu_start.html - you can access Long Island Univerisity's CW Post Library link. From this link you can access the databases available through Post.Once entering the database link - choose Literature then from the annotations available choose a database that best describes what you need (example: Criticism) You can use the barcode: 21289001049661 to download articles relevent to your topic.You can also access the Suffolk Library Web and utilize the sources there. Once entering the site, click on E Resources on the left hand side. You will use the barcode: 21248001400456 and password jordan The databases available through this site will also have full length articles and literary critiques

Other places to get information::

Vietnam War Draft Stories

Library of Congress: Women's History

Women's History


http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/survivor.htm

http://remember.org/ - contains tour of Nazi Camps

http://www.holocaustforgotten.com/survivors.htm
Information on non-Jewish Holocaust survivors

http://www.holocaustcenter.org/index.php

http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/

http://isurvived.org/

http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/vhi

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005142
Children of the Holocaust

http://auschwitz.dk/Holocaust1.htm

http://www.oskarschindler.com/

The Kite Runner - Critical Analysis

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Many times, authors write pieces of literature in order to make specific comments about history.

Please utilize the following links as a resource for critiques and information for the research paper.These sources along with the links on the right to different search engines - including Google Scholar will help you formulate and support your Thesis Statement

The Internet Public Library has articles available for many literary works as well as information on authors. This site also explains Literary Criticism
Since this book was written recently, you may need to look several places to find different critiques of this work.

Using the web address, http://www.liu.edu/liu_start.html - you can access Long Island Univerisity's CW Post Library link. From this link you can access the databases available through Post.Once entering the database link - choose Literature then from the annotations available choose a database that best describes what you need (example: Criticism) You can use the barcode: 21289001049661 to download articles relevent to your topic.You can also access the Suffolk Library Web and utilize the sources there. Once entering the site, click on E Resources on the left hand side. You will use the barcode: 21248001400456 and password jordan The databases available through this site will also have full length articles and literary critiques

It may be helpful to also explore the history of Afghanistan and its people. The following links can be utillized to do this:

Afghanistan's Website

National Geographic - Afghanistan

Environmental Problems of the World

You will be researching one of the major environmental problems in the world.
Working in pairs, you will present this information to the class using a Power Point Presentation.

The presentation will include the following:

A definition or explanation of the problem

A list of the causes of thie problem

A list of possible solutions to this problem

Be sure to explain the problem clearly.
This project will count as 3 grades:

- cause and effect essay

- oral presentation of your project

- a chart you complete as your classmates give their presentations

Power Point due: April 12th
Essay due: April 13th

Possible Topics:

Overpopulation
Pollution
Deforestation
Extinction
Global Warming
Overfishing
Hunger
Mining

Resources for your project:

Science Online
Gives definition, causes/effects of problem and possible solutions
Username: lbhs Password: lbhs

CQResearcher
Many journal articles and essays on the problem to choose from
Username: beachhs Password: long

ThinkQuest- Environmental Problems Website

About.com: Geography - Global change and climate issues

**don't forget you can search the internet using the links for different search engines listed on the right of this page**