This is an alphabetical listing of the teachers who have worked on projects with Ms. Bredemeier in the DMS Media Center.  Please scroll down the page to locate your teacher’s name to find resources for your project.

 

Mrs. Canaday

American Revolution Newspaper Assignment

• Assignment Information Website - http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listamericanjb.html
• american-revolution-citations- Click here to get extra copies of the Citation of Sources handout.

Learning From the Internet:  The Slave Trade
http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/slavery18.html

Using the Net: The Battle for Sullivan’s Island
http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/wire/RevWar/CarolinaDay/bdesc.html

 

Mrs. Hodge

Famous Greeks Project

Use the following links to research information on a famous Greek. These resources are all available through DISCUS, which is a free resource provided by the State of South Carolina.  A username and password are required when used at home.  Students were given the username and password, however, if they have forgotten it, they can get it from the media center or by calling the public library.

Biography Resource Center

Encyclopedia Americana

SIRS Discoverer

Grolier Online Multimedia

New Book of Knowledge

 

Mrs. Stover

Study of Authors and Their Craft

Books and Authors  (DISCUS database – username and password required outside of school and public library)

• This is an excellent database for locating information about authors and their books. 

 

Biography Resource Center  (DISCUS database – username and password required outside of school and public library)

• This is a wonderful database that can be used to locate information on a variety of people.  It will be useful to most of you in your search for information on authors and illustrators.

 

Authors’ and Illustrators’ Websites - Click here for an alphabetical listing of links to Internet resources for recommended authors and illustrators.

 

Important Documents:

Bibliography Worksheet

Calendar of Events

Display Instructions Checklist

Family Letter

Helpful Hints

Important Dates to Remember

Letter

Questions

Research Starter

 

Mrs. Wnek

Evaluating Websites

ABCs of Website Evaluation:  http://members.tripod.com/bcrocke/webeval.html

 

Website examples:

 

Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

 

History of the Fisher-Price Airplane http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/fisher/

 

California’s Velcro Crop
http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html