Southwestern High School Library

2012-02-14T14:53:00.001-05:00

VOTE

for SW Elementary School to get the WGRZ Andy Parker Weather Machine:

http://www.wgrz.com/weather/AndysWxMachine/default.aspx

Each day there is a clue word you need to use when you vote.

Wednesday's word is: snizzle

2012-02-10T08:00:00.009-05:00

Ms. Beichner's To Kill A Mockingbird newspaper project

These are some recommended sites to use for locating the information you need:

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=to+-371

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/century/1930s.htm Highlights from the 1930's

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpaintro/exinterv.html The Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s recorded more than 10,000 life stories of men and woman from a variety of occupations and ethnic groups. This site is a sampling of these interviews.

http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/girl.html Interview: Growing Up White in the South in the 1930s

The Great Depression and the New Deal http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpaintro/intro01.html

Read about the Federal Works Progress Administration started by the federal government during the Depression.

Pictures from the American Memory Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/

SWHS databases: teachingbooks.net, General OneFile, World Book Advanced

2012-02-08T07:58:00.003-05:00

Mrs. Tilaro's Infectious Diseases class research sites:

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/V/Viruses.html
http://epidemic.org/theFacts/viruses/
http://www.medicinenet.com/hepatitis_c/article.htm
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/

2012-02-02T09:25:00.000-05:00

Click this link if you are taking the Accuplacer tests in the Computer Lab this week:

https://www.accuplacer.org/cat/

Mrs. Maines or your teacher will give you the login information after you get to the home page.

2012-01-23T09:07:00.001-05:00

Mrs. Eimiller's ELA students:
In addition to using Opposing Viewpointsw (link from the Online data base page)
**http://www.debatepedia.org
and
**http://www.procon.org

2011-12-21T09:36:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Krakowiak's class

http://www.geogebra.org/cms/

2011-12-19T09:52:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Lindquist's Chemistry Class Gas Laws Webquest

for January 6, 2012

http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/gas/
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/gases/ideal/terms.html
http://eppe.tripod.com/gaslaws.htm
http://iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/gases/charleslaw.html
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/aboyle.html

2011-12-19T08:21:00.000-05:00

Make a snowflake!

If you want to cut out snowflakes without all the messy bits of paper everywhere, try http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/

2011-12-01T09:53:00.002-05:00

http://pics.tech4learning.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/

2011-12-01T09:01:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Mazzone

Family History project

You'll be using Microsoft's PhotoStory 3 program to create your family history video.

It is a free program, available online at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

You may want to download it at home.

To incorporate background music into your class productions (this one and any others), we'd like to suggest that you use these online sources, rather than using commercial cds for which you don't have re-use licenses:

http://www.soundzabound.com/

***ask at the library desk for the UserID and password for this database***

and

http://incompetech.com/

2011-11-29T08:40:00.002-05:00

Ms. Tilaro's classes for Blocks 2 & 3 will need to use this URL:

https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin

2011-11-10T08:18:00.000-05:00

Classes with Mrs. Moore, School Counselor

Here is the link to the survey on bullying that you will be taking in the Computer Labs:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SouthwesternHighSchool

2011-10-25T09:09:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Cybart's' Living Environment class:

research project on cell organelles

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/animcell.htm
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/13-cells.htm
http://people.usd.edu/~bgoodman/Membrane.htm
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP11604
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookCELL2.html#The%20Cell%20wall

2011-10-21T08:12:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Tilaro's Infectious DIseases class:

http://www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu/images/images.html
http://www.bacteriainphotos.com/bacteria%20photo%20gallery.html

http://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/gallery.htm

http://www.microbelibrary.org/library/gram-stain/2864-gram-stain-gram-positive-rods
http://www.microbelibrary.org/library/gram-stain/2864-gram-stain-gram-positive-rods

2011-10-20T10:24:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Lindquist's biochemistry webquest

Start at:

http://bhs.smuhsd.org/bhsnew/academicprog/science/biology1_2/bhsbiounits/biochem.html

Part 2: Periodic table
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html

Part 3: Chemical elements quiz
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-elements.cfm

Part 4: Why do atoms react?
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbioac/biochem/react.htm

Part 5: Chemical bonds
http://www2.nl.edu/jste/bonds.htm

Part 6: Hydrogen bonding animation
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/water/water.swf

Part 7: The chemistry of life
http://www.biocab.org/Biology.html-anchor_13156

Part 8: Organic molecules lab
http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/biologylabs/Documents/Organic%20Compounds/Organic%20Compounds.htm

Part 9: ProteinStructure Animation
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/proteins/protein%20structure.swf

2011-10-12T09:12:00.000-04:00

Mr. Brown's Budget project for Economics class:

Careercruising: http://careercruising.com/
NY Health Insurance: http://www.ins.state.ny.us/ihmoindx.htm
Wages by area and occupation: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#NY
Cost of living calculator: http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=35000&city1=27460&2=20620

Tax calculator: http://www.paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp

Groceries: create your list for shopping: http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomepageView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&clear=true

CraigsList: http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

__________________________
Try this exercise for an idea of the real costs associated with living on your own:
Reality Check: http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/start.htm

2011-10-12T09:08:00.000-04:00

Mr. Brown's Economics Class:

The Stock Market Game!

http://www.stockmarketgame.org/
log in with your team log-in and password

Other sites to use for information on stocks and investing:
http://www.stockwatch.com/    provides information without any ads
http://money.cnn.com/      massive amounts of information on all aspects of the markets
http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/contents.html      online version of the investment magazine
http://finance.yahoo.com/         free stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources

2011-09-30T10:34:00.000-04:00

Ms. Beichner's English 9 students:

Use the database sheets for ID & password info.

Click on the link to the left for the page with direct links to databases

2011-09-30T10:23:00.000-04:00

Looking for a book?

Access our library catalog Alexandria Researcher online:

Alexandria Researcher

2011-07-08T09:35:00.000-04:00

Here's the link to the summer reading blog:

http://www.swhssummer.blogspot.com/

Sorry--I thought I had listed it before the end of school!

2011-06-06T14:30:00.000-04:00

Hear ye hear ye....

School is almost over...

Summer vacation is almost here...

All library books are due...

..........(Technically, they're overdue)

so we need for you to return all your library books today.

Thank you!

2011-06-06T14:24:00.000-04:00

Summertime, and the readin' is easy...

YAY!! we're doing summer check-out again this year!

Who: any student or staff member who doesn't have any non-returned library materials
What: summer checkout!
When: begins Thursday, June 9
Books are due Thursday September 8
Where: High School Library
Why: because you love to read!!!

Watch for info on the summer reading blog (and maybe some extra credit for summer reading?)

2011-05-05T09:47:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Eimiller's 11-Advanced class

Research paper!!!

Database searches are going to be your primary resources;

Please look @ the back of your database sheet...

These are some of the (library-related) things college professors

wish their freshmen students knew...

2011-05-03T09:31:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Burlingame's 10th Grade

Ten (20th Century) Events that Changed the World: http://www.biographyonline.net/events/changed-world.html

100 People Who Changed the World, compiled by : http://www.biographyonline.net/people/people-who-changed-world.html

The 100 Greatest Heroes, from the book by the same name, by H. Paul Jeffers: http://www.adherents.com/people/100_heroes.html

Can one person change the world? We considered this question in our Freshman Inquiry class at Portland State University. At this site, you will find the stories of people who have changed the world so dramatically that they have ended up in the history books. They come from different places, times, and backgrounds. Read about them, and think: What do each of their life stories teach us about changing the world?

World Changers: http://www.wc.pdx.edu/

Women Who Changed the World: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html

2011-04-05T16:38:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Lindquist's Chemistry Class Gas Laws Webquest

http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/gas/

http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/gases/ideal/terms.html

http://eppe.tripod.com/gaslaws.htm

http://iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/gases/charleslaw.html

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/aboyle.html

2011-03-31T16:05:00.002-04:00

MS. Tilaro's Emerging Infectious Diseases class:

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-mono-ess.html

http://www.nttimes.com/health/guides/diseases/mononucleosis/overview

Recommended resources for your Photo Story project on infectious mononucleosis:

1. Photo Story 3 is a free Microsoft program: you could download it at home to work on this project or to do other "Show-and-Tell" projects for yourself. Check it out at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

2. Clip art and possibly photographs. You need to use images that are royalty-free (so you don't have to pay to use them) and you need to cite them so you give proper credit to the people who own them.
http://search.creativecommons.org/ Best access to images for projects
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/ Extensive--but sometimes confusing--list of copyright friendly sites for music, pictures, quotes, etc.
Best-of-the-best:

3. Music and sound effects: to incorporate background music into your class productions (this one and any others), we'd like to suggest that you use these online sources, rather than using commercial cds for which you don't have re-use licenses:

http://www.soundzabound.com/ ask at the library desk for the UserID and password for this great database. Use the menu on the left side: click on >category for the best access.
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

2011-03-29T16:11:00.000-04:00

2011-03-16T21:09:00.005-04:00

Mrs. Tilaro's Living Environment

Digestive System online scavenger hunt:
Digestive system facts http://www.nexiumresearch.com/digestive_system_facts.html
What is spit?: http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/spit.html
Kidshealth http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/taste_buds.html
The Epiglottis: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/epiglottitis/article_em.htm
Esophagus http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd
The digestive system http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/digestivesystem.html
Yuckiest site on the internet 1: http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/yuckystuff/gurgle/js.index.html
Yuckiest site on the internet 2: http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/yuckystuff/vomit/js.index.html
Pancreas: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/pancreas.aspx#1E1-pancreas
Liver: http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/liver/bile.html
Small intestine: http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/digestive_system.html
Large intestine: http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/digestive_system.html
The human digestive system: http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Why do we poop?: http://www.medfriendly.com/feces.html
The real deal on the digestive system: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html
Why do I burp?: http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/burp.html

2011-03-15T15:37:00.000-04:00

Mr. Beckerink's Holocaust and Human Rights class:

"Torture? But This Is Different!" an interesting article on building a culture of genocide. When you read this you can see how it builds step-by-step. http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/WoolfHulsizerTorturef05.pdf

United States Holocause Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/
Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/
Yale University's Introduction to the Cambodian Genocide Program: http://www.yale.edu/cgp/
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: many great sources for information: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/

2011-03-15T14:06:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Carnes' class:

These are the sites to use:
How Cells Divide: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divi_flash.html
Biology in Motion: http://biologyinmotion.com/
Cell Cycle & Mitosis: http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
Animal Cell Mitosis: http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm

2011-03-11T08:35:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Lindquist's Chemistry class:

"Famous Chemists" project

For a Gale PowerSearch:
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=nysl_we_swhs

2011-03-10T09:56:00.001-05:00

Mrs. Brown's Studio Art class:

Sites for quotes for your projects:
Art quotes: http://www.quoteland.com/topic/Art-Quotes/11/
Motivational quotes: http://www.quoteland.com/topic/Motivational-Quotes/232/
also, http://www.lightafire.com/
Sports quotes (on this page there are links to pages for specific sports): http://www.quoteland.com/topic/Sports-Quotes/224/
The Quote Garden: this page has all kinds of quotes (index at the bottom of the page)
http://www.quotegarden.com/index.html

2011-03-10T08:56:00.001-05:00

Mrs. Tilaro's classes on Thursday:

These are the sites you will need to use:

http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/glycolysis.html
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/krebs.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olc/dl/120071/bio11.swf
http://homepage.mac.com/penobscotriver/CellularRespiration/Site/Fermentation.html

Spread the Word to End the Word

2011-03-02T09:50:00.005-05:00

Find out why the "R" word hurts so much
and pledge today to change the way you think & speak...

Visit the site.

Sign the pledge today either online or at school
and proudly wear the "R-espect" sticker!!

2011-03-01T15:57:00.000-05:00

Mr. Yeskey's (Ms. Tilaro's) Emerging Infections Diseases class

Newsletter assignment: antibiotics

**Microsoft Publisher icon should be on your desktop.

**Open your student network folder so you can save your work as you go.

Recommended online resources for the newsletter

Images: please remember that you need to have permission to use images you find on the internet. Providing a citation is often not enough.

Image Quest: http://www.quest.eb.com/ This database provides easy access to more than 2 million Rights-cleared images. Mrs. Kane will give you the Username & password in the library

Pics 4 Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/

Creative Commons: http://search.creativecommons.org/ search for images that provide license for you to use.

Information on your product: please remember that all-things-Google are not dependable and authoratative. Here are some approved sources:

Center For Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/ Loads of good information

WAIT!!! ...adding more...!!!

2011-02-27T10:13:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Imfeld's Gourmet Classes:

Start at http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Each student will create a personalized plan, using the activity logs and food intake logs available through the mypyramid site.

2011-02-24T10:40:00.002-05:00

Ms. Carnes' class:

http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_07/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit2bio_ch04_0104_ab_photosyn.html

2011-02-18T10:05:00.004-05:00

Mr. Brown's Economics Class:

The Stock Market Game!

http://www.stockmarketgame.org/
log in with your team log-in and password

Other sites to use for information on stocks and investing:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/default.htm USA Today Money
http://www.stockwatch.com/ providesinformation without any ads

http://money.cnn.com/ massive amounts of information on all aspects of the markets

http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/contents.html online version of the investment magazine

http://finance.yahoo.com/ free stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources

2011-02-16T09:17:00.011-05:00

Ms. Tilaro's/Mr. Yeskey's class:

Cell webquest:
1) http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/bactcell.htm
2) http://web.fccj.org/~dbyres/bacteria.html

3) http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/ecoli.html
4) http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4054-antibiotic-ban-cuts-drug-resistant-bugs.html
5) http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/STDfact-chlamydia.htm

6) http://web.fccj.org/~dbyres/monsanto.html

7) http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/gedanger.htm

2011-02-16T08:40:00.006-05:00

Mr. Brown's Budget project for Economics class:

Careercruising: http://careercruising.com/

NY Health Insurance: http://www.ins.state.ny.us/ihmoindx.htm
Wages by area and occupation: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#NY
Cost of living calculator: http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=35000&city1=27460&2=20620
Tax calculator: http://www.paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp

Groceries: create your list for shopping http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomepageView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&clear=true

CraigsList: http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

Try this exercise for an idea of the real costs associated with living on your own:
Reality Check: http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/start.htm

2011-02-04T07:36:00.003-05:00

Did you know:
-tickets for the 1st Super Bowl in 1967 cost between $6 and $12
-tickets for Sunday's game between the Steelers and Packers are still available...$2648 to $11865

2011-02-01T10:05:00.001-05:00

Ms. Tilaro's Emerging Infectious Diseases class:
Dr. Carter's Scientific Method

2011-01-18T10:23:00.002-05:00

Mrs. Young & Mrs. Cresanti

JCC English final exam readings:

htttp://www.sunyjcc.edu/library

Look in the left-hand sidebar for "Course Readings Online" for your link to the readings.

2011-01-11T14:54:00.011-05:00

English 11, Mrs. Cresanti & Mrs. Sirianni

Information for your research/writing project

The pre-assigned topic is "Social Networking: is it improving communication?"

Everyone will report on the same topic, but that does not mean that any of you will necessarily have the same thesis statement. You will not be using exactly the same resources, nor writing the same paper.

We have done a pre-search of the literature on the topic in both Opposing Viewpoints in Context and in Academic OneFile databases. This is a link to the library's del.ico.us site where we've stored a hotlist of recommended resources: http://www.delicious.com/bhkane

The first steps of the research process have already been done: you are responsible for choosing the best resources from this list. You will need to choose both pro- and con- articles, read them to understand the issue(s) and write the annotations and MLA citations for them. This is for our first day in class, due at the beginning of class on Thursday.

After you have some basic ideas, you should then choose more resources and begin to formulate a thesis: the thesis is whatever point you're trying to make. When you know what you are presenting as an argument you should collect the information to justify your position from the articles in the deli.cio.us bibliography.

MySpace and Other Social Networking Web Sites Should Not Be Banned." Should Social Networking Websites Be Banned? Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. At Issue. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 12 Jan. 2011.

"MySpace and Other Social Networking Web Sites Should Be Banned." Should Social Networking Websites Be Banned? Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. At Issue. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 12 Jan. 2011.

2010-12-13T08:42:00.005-05:00

Mrs. Lindquist
Redox Webquest
December 14, Block 1

Part 1:

http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/oxstate.html

http://chemistry.about.com/od/generalchemistry/a/oxidationno.htm

http://www.occc.edu/kmbailey/chem1115tutorials/oxidation_numbers.htm

Part 2:

http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Analytical_Chemistry/Electrochemistry/Basics_of_Electrochemistry

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/electrochem.html

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0031622.html

Part 3:

http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/external/chemistry/redox_title.html

2010-12-10T08:08:00.003-05:00

Mrs. Mazzone, French I

Family History Project

You'll be using Microsoft's PhotoStory 3 program to create your family history video.
It is a free program, available online at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
You may want to download it at home.

To incorporate background music into your class productions (this one and any others), we'd like to suggest that you use
these online sources, rather than using commercial cds for which you don't have re-use licenses:

http://www.soundzabound.com
***ask at the library desk for the UserID and password for this database***
and
http://incompetech.com

2010-11-15T08:26:00.008-05:00

Mrs. Young & Mrs. Burlingame

10th Grade English Research project:

Ten (20th Century) Events that Changed the World: http://www.biographyonline.net/events/changed-world.html

100 People Who Changed the World, compiled by : http://www.biographyonline.net/people/people-who-changed-world.html
The 100 Greatest Heroes, from the book by the same name, by H. Paul Jeffers: http://www.adherents.com/people/100_heroes.html
Can one person change the world? We considered this question in our Freshman Inquiry class at Portland State University. At this site, you will find the stories of people who have changed the world so dramatically that they have ended up in the history books. They come from different places, times, and backgrounds. Read about them, and think: What do each of their life stories teach us about changing the world?
World Changers: http://www.wc.pdx.edu/
Women Who Changed the World: http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html

Here are some online history timelines that may guide you to names, places and events:
http://www.hyperhistory.com/
http://www.camelotintl.com/world/index.html
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001196.html

2010-11-09T08:33:00.004-05:00

Ms. Hulton's Health class

Newspaper article project

*Chosing an article from print sources:
USA Today
Jamestown Post Journal

Buffalo News

*Choosing an online article:
Teen Health and Wellness
Opposing Viewpoints
Yahoo health

http://www.realage.com/
http://webmd.com/

-----The big questions you need to address
1) you need to verify the facts to decide whether or not the article is truthful.
2) Is it sensational, or basing its claims on reliable studies?

Where to check? You already know the information indexed in the databases is considered authoritative, so consider doing a check in one of them:
Teen Health & Wellness, OneFile, Opposing Viewpoints, World Book Advanced

2010-11-04T13:37:00.001-04:00

Ms Albano's & Mrs. Lindquist's

Chemistry Class Gas Laws Webquest

http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/gas/
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/gases/ideal/terms.html
http://eppe.tripod.com/gaslaws.htm
http://iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/gases/charleslaw.html http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/aboyle.html

2010-11-02T08:17:00.000-04:00

If you have an iphone & use the library databases for research, you might want to try this:

Gale * Apps * AccessMyLibrary - School Edition iPhone App * Home School Students
http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/aml/SchoolStudent/

2010-10-28T10:39:00.001-04:00

Mrs. Carnes class:

Photosynthesis: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookps.html

2010-10-25T07:48:00.002-04:00

Mrs. Young's English 12

Sites for comparing political positions of your candidates:

http://www.opensecrets.org/

http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm

http://www.votesmart.org/

2010-10-19T10:57:00.006-04:00

Mrs. Carnes' Environmental Study class

Endangered Species project

recommended sources:

Online information sources:

Databases:

Environmental Studies and Policy: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_we_swhs?db=PPES

Opposing Viewpoints: http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/start.doprodId=OVRC&userGroupName=nysl_we_swms

Websites:

http://www.endangeredspecie.com/
http://www.earthsendangered.com/index_s.asp
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

2010-10-14T15:11:00.003-04:00

Mrs. Carnes' Living Environment class:

research project on cell organelles

2010-10-14T08:07:00.002-04:00

Mr. Sirianni's Economics class:

Career sites:

Online resources available in the library and at home:
1. Career Cruising: www.careercruising.com
2. CareerPath: a GREAT college & career site established by JCC
http://www.sunyjcc.edu
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: What Interests You? http://www.bls.gov/k12
Includes job descriptions, requirements, pay, and future prospects. Has an alphabetical listing
of careers.
4. Occupational Outlook Handbook: www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm US government site with
complete 2010 information.
5. Career Voyages, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and Education: contains links to many
other career sites. http:// www.careervoyages.gov
6. Career Zone, produced by the NY State Dep’t of Labor. http://www.nycareerzone.org
It’s the place learn about your skills and talents, and to explore many careers in New York State.
7. O*NET Online: http://online.onetcenter.org/ up-to-date information on salary, job outlook, and
working conditions.

2010-10-04T11:06:00.007-04:00

Mrs. Young's English 10:

A Separate Peace, by John Knowles

"Envy: is it Hurting or...Helping You?" by Julie Taylor

Various poems: "Pole vault", by Shiro Murano, "The Passer", by George Abbe, "A Snapshot for Miss Bricka", by Robert Wallace

"A Separate Peace: A Teenager Experiences World War II" a webquest:
http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/shursey/separatepeace/webquest.htm

2010-09-27T09:05:00.009-04:00

Mrs. Carnes' Environmental Science class:
Research project on "Invasive Species"

Recommended: NOT to use Google for searching.

Instead use http://www.yippy.com/

****Your research will be more successful if you decide on a specific species or a specific type of problem early. To search for information using the generic term"invasive species" will lead you to mkillions of hits & lots of frustration.

New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse
National Invasive Species Information Center

Southwestern HS online reference (our databases)

1. Gale databases: Opposing Viewpoints & Environmental Policy Collection

2. Newspaper & magazine articles: OneFile

2010-09-20T13:57:00.003-04:00

Mrs. Young's English 12, Block 1

SAT test info

Are you taking the SAT or ACT exams this year?

Your library has many resources that will be useful in helping you get the best possible score.

Online resources: there are many many sites devoted to SAT help. Most of them want to sell you a book, a computer program or some kind of tutoring or lessons.

These are free:
**** this is the BEST one: Testing & Education Reference Center
http://www.satexamprep.com/
http://www.english-test.net/sat/
Smart Online Study

Interesting news story about the SAT college board exam:
Secrets of the SAT: Frontline news story from PBS

2010-09-16T08:29:00.008-04:00

Mr. Houser's Global II

Age of Enlightenment Museum project

Online resources--there's a LOT of material on the internet...but no guarantees as to the veracity of that information. For a dependable search use this search engine:

http://www.yippy.com/

Yes, that's right... : )

"Yippy.com" indexes sites that are more dependable than Google.

These are the sites Mr. Houser has recommended:

United States Holocaust Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/

The Louvre: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en

The british Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

Research Web Sites:

http://www.teacheroz.com/Enlightenment.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook10.html

http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/the_enlightenment.htm

Also:

you can search this library blog for "renaissance"

and find the lists of previous class resources.

2010-09-09T10:26:00.008-04:00

Mrs. Young's 10th grade classes:

reading The Alchemist

online resources available through the HS Library...

many new "Gale" databases for 2010...

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_we_swhs

Within Gale, you may want to search:

a) General OneFile (magazine articles)

b) World History Collection (magazine articles and reference info)

2010-09-02T12:25:00.013-04:00

Mr. Houser's Global I and Global II classes:

biographical sources for information on your "person of interest"

** it will be REALLY REALLY REALLY counter-productive to just Google the name...you'll get too much useless stuff. Instead...

try:

I. Useful databases:
World Book Advanced

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

II. Other online sources:
Biography.com
s9.com Biographical Dictionary
infoplease biography almanac

2010-09-02T12:18:00.002-04:00

WELCOME BACK

for the 2010-2011 school year!

We're so glad to have you here.

2010-05-27T11:25:00.004-04:00

Mr. Krenzer's Health classes:

Drug Newsletter assignment

**Please note: most of the sites you try to access from a Google search on these topics are going to be blocked by the school's internet filters (and besides, you really want to use authoratative info, don't you??).

S-O-O-O-O...
Here are my recommendations for the most useful databases

(click on the SWHS online databases link to go to the database page)
Teen Health and Wellness database will have easy-to-understand info and might have links to (non-blocked) websites
Proquest Platinum database will have magazine & newspaper articles with the most up-to-date information: statistics and (maybe) photographs/diagrams
Opposing Viewpoints database will probably have articles, statistics, interviews, and more links to (non-blocked) sites

2010-05-25T09:33:00.005-04:00

Mr. Beckerink's Holocaust class

Sites on genocide:

Use Opposing Viewpoints to begin researching genocide; Proquest Platinum will have current news and magazine articles on the country or world situation you are researching.

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/holocaust.html extensive list of links to holocaustsites and genocide sites about Armenia, Bosnia, Burma, Cambodia, EastTimor, Rwanda, the Sudan and the Ukraine

http://www.yale.edu/cgp/ Cambodian Genocide Program - introduction to the Cambodian genocideincluding maps and photographs

http://www.cilicia.com/armo10.html Armenian Genocide - history of the Armenian genocide

http://www.remember.org/Facts.root.final.html

www.preventgenocide.org/ multiple resources on incidents of genocide programs worldwide

2010-05-24T08:46:00.001-04:00

Mrs. Tilaro Living Environment

for today

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/

2010-05-18T12:17:00.004-04:00

Ms. Cybart's Biology

Genetic Disorders

SWHS Databases:

Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale PowerSearch for specific disorder)

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_we_swhs

Teen Health & Wellness: search for specific disorders

http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/

Site listing multiple online resources:
http://www.tcps.k12.md.us/uploads/EHSMC/gen.html

Merck Manuals Online Medical Library http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis.

March of Dimes http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/4439.asp
The mission of the March of Dimes is to prevent birth defects. This web page is a portal to and alphabetical list of birth defects and genetic conditions, as well as links to infomration about genetics and genetic counseling.

PBS Glossary of Genetic Terms http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/glossary.html
A specialized glossary to help you understand scientific terminiology in your reading.

Teens Health http://kidshealth.org/teen/
Use the search box on the upper left-hand side. You may type in a specific condition or the term "genetic disorders."

University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/index.cfm
Some great animations, text, and activities to help you understand genes and DNA.

University of Kansas Medical Center http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/
An alphabetical listing of genetic conditions, with links to information and support groups around the world.

National Health Information Center Database http://www.health.gov/nhic/NewSrch.htm
Similar to the University of Kansas site, this is a searchable database of genetic conditions, providing links to information and support groups around the world.

Your Genes Your Health http://yourgenesyourhealth.org/
A multimedia guide to genetic disorders. Includes an animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity.
CSHL is a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics and a broad educational mission.

2010-04-29T12:27:00.000-04:00

Ms. Albano's Biology class:

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/heart-article.html

2010-04-29T09:22:00.002-04:00

Mr. Sirianni's Participation in Government class:

Block 3, Friday

Online resources for cystic fibrosis research

1. Our databases (access from the SWHS database page)
-----Teen health and Wellness
-----Health and Wellness Resource Center
-----Proquest Platinum for periodical (magazine) articles

2. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation http://www.cff.org/

2010-04-09T11:29:00.001-04:00

Mrs. Burlingame's class: Resources to help choose historical topics

PEOPLE
100 People Who Changed the World http://www.biographyonline.net/people/people-who-changed-world.html
50 Women Who Changed the World http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html
Forbes: 15 People Who Changed the World (since 1950) http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/23/people-changed-world-tech-07rev_cz_tb_0524changers.html
People of the Renaissance Who Changed the World: http://weuropeanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/movers_and_shakers_of_the_renaissance<>
Inventors Who Changed our World http://www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=owd9000
100 remarkable people who changed the world during the last 100 years, for better and worse: http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/archive99/week23/index.htm

EVENTS:
Events That Changed Our World: a BBC poll: http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/big-ideas/change-events.html
100 Humanist Events That Changed the World http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/100_humanist_20.2.htm
10 Musical Events That Changed the World http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/TenWays/popup?id=3593410&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=1
Encarta’s 10 Events That Changed the World http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/lists/?article=WorldEvents

2010-04-06T08:36:00.002-04:00

Mrs. Lindquist's Regents Chemistry Class

Gas Laws Webquest

http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/gas/
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/gases/ideal/terms.html
http://eppe.tripod.com/gaslaws.htm
http://iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/gases/charleslaw.html

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/aboyle.html

2010-04-05T08:59:00.009-04:00

Ms. Albano's Chemistry Class

Chemistry webquest is at:

http://www.brownmiddleschool.org/6-1/documents/matterwebquest2010.doc

Task #1 http://www.quia.com/custom/2202gate.html
Task #2 http://www.vtaide.com/png/matter.html
>Click on "Interactive Assessment worksheets"

>Scroll down to "Science"

>Click on "All About Matter"

Task #3 http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html

Task #4 http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0832242.html

Task #5 http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html

Task #6 http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html

Task #7 http://nobel.scas.bcit.ca/chem0010/unit2/2.3_changes.htm#

Task #8 http://www.quia.com/quiz/303980.html

2010-04-05T08:55:00.001-04:00

Ms. Albano's Living Environment class:

Cell Respiration: http://www.biosci.uga.edu/metabolism/overview1.html
Photosynthesis: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_07/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit2/bio_ch04_0104_ab_photosyn.html
Carbon transfer through snails and elodea: virtual lab http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_07/resources/htmls/virtual_labs/virtualLabs.html
Waterweed lab: http://www.saddleworth.oldham.sch.uk/science/simulations/waterweed.htm

2010-03-30T09:58:00.004-04:00

Need $$ for college?

If you are a senior & interested in scholarships,

here's the link to the Chautauqua Foundation site:

http://www.crcfonline.org/

Also, you might want to check out one or more of the library's new finaicial aid books.

**You have 24/7 access to the Gale practice test database:

the Testing and Education Resource Center

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_we_swhs?db=TERC

ask at the library for login info

2010-03-30T08:53:00.007-04:00

Mrs. Tilaro's Living Environment

Digestive System online scavenger hunt:

Digestive system facts http://www.nexiumresearch.com/digestive_system_facts.html

What is spit?: http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/spit.html

Kidshealth http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/taste_buds.html

The Epiglottis: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/epiglottitis/article_em.htm

Esophagus http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd

The digestive system http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/digestivesystem.html

Yuckiest site on the internet 1: http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/yuckystuff/gurgle/js.index.html

Yuckiest site on the internet 2: http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/yuckystuff/vomit/js.index.html

Pancreas: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/pancreas.aspx#1E1-pancreas

Liver: http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/liver/bile.html

Small intestine: http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/digestive_system.html

Large intestine: http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/digestive_system.html

The human digestive system: http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

Why do we poop?: http://www.medfriendly.com/feces.html

The real deal on the digestive system: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html

Why do I burp?: http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/burp.html

2010-03-18T10:43:00.004-04:00

Beauty & the Beast

Southwestern's High school musical, 2010

Thursday 7:30

Friday 7:30

Saturday 2:00 & 7:30

2010-03-12T10:20:00.001-05:00

For Mrs. Young's senior writers:

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/eng207-td/Logic%20and%20Analysis/most_common_logical_fallacies.htm

http://www.aphilosopher.net/InformalFallaciesList.htm

2010-03-11T08:12:00.004-05:00

Mrs. Tilaro's Living Environment class:

Cell Respiration: http://www.biosci.uga.edu/metabolism/overview1.html
Photosynthesis: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_07/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit2/bio_ch04_0104_ab_photosyn.html

Carbon transfer through snails and elodea: virtual lab
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_07/resources/htmls/virtual_labs/virtualLabs.html

Waterweed lab: http://www.saddleworth.oldham.sch.uk/science/simulations/waterweed.htm

2010-03-03T13:15:00.003-05:00

Mrs. Tilaro's Living Environment

Enzymes webquest

Ms. Hite's class

http://web.fccj.edu/~dbyres/enzyme1.html

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookEnzym.html#Enzymes

http://www.genetics.com.au/pdf/factSheets/FS35.pdf

http://www.rialto.com/g6pd/

2010-03-02T13:57:00.002-05:00

Mrs. Burlingame's English 10

Civil Rights webquest: the link below will take you to the

American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html

2010-03-01T13:29:00.003-05:00

Taking the March SAT Exam??

Aceing that exam isn't all about luck:

you need to know what you're doing!

Practice for free at the SAT and ACT practice database

"Testing & Education Reference Center"

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_we_swhs

ask at the HS Library for your password

(or look at the database sheet you got for your ENglish project!)

2010-02-21T17:07:00.002-05:00

Mr. Brown's Economics Class:

Economics Budget: use the following sites to locate pertinent info for your personal budget.

Career Cruising:http://careercruising.com/
Wages by Area and Occupation: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#NY
Cost of Living Calculator: http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=35000&city1=27460&2=20620
Tax Calculator: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Features/TAXcalculator/
Craig's List : http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

2010-02-21T17:02:00.003-05:00

Mr. Brown's Economics Class:
The Stock Market Game!
http://www.stockmarketgame.org/
log in with your team log-in and password

Other sites to use for information on stocks and investing:
http://www.stockwatch.com/ provides information without any ads
http://money.cnn.com/ massive amounts of information on all aspects of the markets
http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/contents.html online version of the investment magazine
http://finance.yahoo.com/ free stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources

2010-02-16T10:08:00.005-05:00

Mrs. Cresanti's class: Resources to help choose historical topics
PEOPLE

100 People Who Changed the World http://www.biographyonline.net/people/people-who-changed-world.html
50 Women Who Changed the World http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html
Forbes: 15 People Who Changed the World (since 1950) http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/23/people-changed-world-tech-07rev_cz_tb_0524changers.html
People of the Renaissance Who Changed the World: http://weuropeanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/movers_and_shakers_of_the_renaissance<>
Inventors Who Changed our World http://www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=owd9000
100 remarkable people who changed the world during the last 100 years, for better and worse: http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/archive99/week23/index.htm

EVENTS:

Events That Changed Our World: a BBC poll: http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/big-ideas/change-events.html
100 Humanist Events That Changed the World http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/100_humanist_20.2.htm
10 Musical Events That Changed the World http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/TenWays/popup?id=3593410&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=1
Encarta’s 10 Events That Changed the World http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/lists/?article=WorldEvents

2010-02-10T13:31:00.002-05:00

Mrs. Lovecchio's webquest:

http://www.ballgame.org/

2010-02-10T08:20:00.006-05:00

Mrs. Sirianni's historical fiction project:

Events That Changed Our World: a BBC poll: http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/big-ideas/change-events.html

100 Humanist Events That Changed the World http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/100_humanist_20.2.htm

Encarta’s 10 Events That Changed the World http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/lists/?article=WorldEvents

Some online timelines that might be useful:

American History Timeline: http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html
Infoplease: US History Timeline http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0902416.html

Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson Bay Company (from 1490 to 2000)http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/chrono/chrono_e.html
Timeline by Chronology http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/century.html

Fact Monster Homework Center http://www.factmonster.com/homework/dayinhistfaq2.html
Fact Monster World History (from 1-999) http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001209.html
History for Kids (from ancient to recent history) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids

Timeline of British History http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/timeline.html
Women's History Milestones http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/whm/0,8805,101045,00.html
History of Inventions in pictures www.cbc.ca/.webloc

2010-02-10T07:46:00.002-05:00

Hmmmmm.....

...wonder why the polar bear is endangered?
or what the newest dinosaaur is called..
or why tattoos may be a sign of good health?

check out this site for interesting information on real-life connections with science:
http://www.scienceoxfordonline.com/

2010-02-02T15:08:00.001-05:00

Mrs. Burlingame's English 10:

will be using

Jim Burke's Weekly Reader site

2010-02-02T11:09:00.001-05:00

Welcome Back!!

Hope your 2nd semester is great!

2010-01-21T09:14:00.001-05:00

Mr. Brown's Participation in Government class, Friday:

Use the following link to find out who your elected officials are, and how to contact them.

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

2010-01-18T20:07:00.007-05:00

Mrs. Young's English 1510 Final:

http://www.sunyjcc.edu/node/194

for Friday

THE ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER
Your Audience. For what kind of reader are you writing the paper? Your teacher? Classmates? The general public? It matters, because different audiences call for different approaches, for different amounts of background information and detail to be provided, and the like. If in doubt, ask your teachers about who you should consider your target audience to be.

The Main Ingredients of an Argumentative Paper
The argumentative paper involves five main ingredients: 1) thesis [claim, proposition, main idea]; 2) context [background, framework, setting]; 3) reasons [support, evidence]; 4) counter-arguments [objections, contrary considerations]; and 5) responses [refutations, answers to objections]. These ingredients can be put together or organized in a good many different ways. In a very short, very simple argumentative paper, the last two may not appear at all; so the absolute minimum ingredients are: thesis, context, and supporting reasons; and the thesis should appear prior to the reasons (it will also usually be restated after the reasons). As you plan and write your argumentative paper, keep these things circulating in your head!

Thesis - Context - Reasons - Objections - Responses
Thesis. Without a good thesis, you cannot have a good argumentative paper. Typical characteristics of a good thesis: specific (not overly general), accurate (not vague), and arguable. "Arguable" means that the thesis is a statement that a reasonable person might disagree with – or at least, might disagree with prior to reading your brilliant defense of it! A good thesis is not merely descriptive, is not merely factual. It may be highly debatable, even surprising – a "risky" thesis. (A good defense of a risky thesis makes an impressive paper.) After doing a full draft of your paper and reflecting what you've said overall, you'll usually need to revise or "polish up" your thesis.

Context. You need to provide your readers with some background about the issues your paper deals with. The needed context will vary depending on your target audience. In a very short, simple argumentative paper this can sometimes be given in the introductory paragraph, prior to your thesis statement; but typically you will need one or more context paragraphs after your thesis paragraph, sometimes before your reasons and counter-argument paragraphs, sometimes interspersed among them.

Reasons. Your reasons plus your thesis form an argument with the thesis as the argument's conclusion (hence, an argumentative paper). But reasons can also be conclusions – there can be reasons for reasons! Arguments within arguments! If X is a reason for Y, and Y is a reason for Z, that makes Y both a reason (in relation to Z) and a conclusion (in relation to X). So Y would be a "subconclusion" or a "subthesis" or an "intermediate reason." Typical supporting paragraph structure goes like this: topic sentence, which is a reason for your thesis or for a subconclusion; then the rest of the paragraph consists largely of reasons for or elaborations of the topic sentence. Remember to make liberal use of inference indicators so it will be clear what is a reason for what!

Counter-arguments (objections). Imaginatively put yourself in the place of those who might disagree with your thesis, or disagree with some of your supporting reasons. Play devil's advocate against yourself in an internal dialogue. Then articulate the strongest objections you can think of to your thesis or to some of your reasons. Impressive papers present strong objections – and then respond to them convincingly! It's often very helpful to get someone else to look over your draft and suggest counter-arguments. Be aware that considering counter-arguments can have unexpected consequences: you may discover that you don't have effective responses! In other words, you may find that a counter-argument is better than your own initial argument! Then you'll need to make some significant revisions or add some qualifications to your own thesis, subconclusions, or reasons.

Responses (to counter-arguments). These are your answers to, or refutations of, the objections you've presented to your thesis (or to some of your reasons). There are various ways to respond effectively. One is straightforward refutation: explain why a counter-argument's reasons are false (or at least, suspect), or that it's reasons, even if true, do not adequately support it's conclusion. Another, more subtle, approach is to concede that a counter-argument does have some merit, but then you explain why it doesn't really undermine your own arguments – it only appears to do so at first glance. For example, suppose your paper's thesis is that U. S. Grant was an outstanding military commander. A counter-argument might be that he was an alcoholic (supported by several eyewitness accounts of his drunkenness), and how can an alcoholic be an outstanding commander? Your response might be that, yes, he did have a bit of an alcohol problem – but only during periods of military inactivity, so it didn't affect his generalship.

As you plan and write your argumentative paper, keep these things circulating in your head!

Thesis – Context – Reasons – Counter-arguments – Responses

2010-01-05T14:17:00.003-05:00

Mrs. Burlingame

English 11 Webquest: Of Mice and Men

http://huron2.aaps.k12.mi.us/mediacenter/site/LanguageArts.html

When you get to the Library Media Center's Language Arts page,

click on "Of Mice and Men" to go to the webquest.

2010-01-04T12:35:00.001-05:00

Mrs. Lindquist Chemistry Class
Gas Laws Webquest
http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/gas/

http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/gases/ideal/terms.html

http://eppe.tripod.com/gaslaws.htm