WAMS Media Center Research
Grade 7 Cali – Decades Research
Assignment and Objectives
Students will research topics related to American decades from 1900-1970, using print and online resources.
Selected Databases/E-Books
InfoTrac (select Student Edition or GALE Virtual Reference Library)
Marshall Cavendish
EBSCOhost (select Kids Search)
Facts on File (select American History Online)
SIRS Discoverer
Web Links
Lone Star College Library-Kingwood
Click on the appropriate decade from 1900-1990 in the time line at the top of the page. Web pages include information on books, movies, fashions, fads, famous people, etc. of that decade.
Eye Witness to History:
Click on specific event from the 20th century.
Christie’s Fashion Page:
Info on women’s fashions of the 1920s including flapper dresses.
Palatine High School Media Center: American Decades Links:
There are many “dead” links at the top of the page, but scroll down to the links on specific topics of the 20th century for good sites.
Thinkquest-Roaring Twenties
Digital History-early 1900s
Digital History-1920s
Digital History-1930s
Digital History-early 1940s
Digital History-1945-1960
Digital History-1960s
Digital History-Vietnam War
Worksheets/Additional Resources
Database Pathfinder
Works Cited Note-sheet
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