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/
