20th Century and Beyond Hotlist

20th Century and Beyond
Fifth grade students work in groups to research an important event of the 20th century. Each student will have a specific task to research within that event and create a "documentary." Students should refer to the Task Sheet. Students will use a minimum of 3 print resources and 3 web resources. Every student is required to cite all resources (books, encyclopedias, web sites, etc.) used for information gathering.

The links below are good resources for information about the 20th century on the worldwide web. Students may also use student search engines to locate additional information (first make a list of "keywords" to help in searching).
Very well-organized hotlist with lots of links; created by Mrs. Koehler, GT teacher at Ward Elementary	20th Century Hotlist http://www.nisd.net/ward/Staff/gt_page/20thcentury_hotlist/hotlist_ index.html
Excellent sources divided into decades	Kingwood College Library http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/research.htm
	History of the Twentieth Century http://teachers.westport.k12.ct.us/resource/twentieth_century.htm
	Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century
PBS Timeline with links to Information	The First Measured History http://www.pbs.org/fmc/
Infoplease	Year By Year - 1900-2005 http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
National Museum of American History Access to Smithsonian	http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Important People of the 20th Century	Time Magazine's Most Important People of the 20th Century http://www.time.com/time/time100/
A Biography of America	http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
Digital History	http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
White House History	http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/
History Channel	http://www.historychannel.com/
People/Lifestyles	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/
	http://www.multied.com/Bio/people/
	Famous People of the Twentieth Century http://history1900s.about.com/library/misc/blpeople.htm? PM=ss12_history1900s
Inventions of the 20th Century	Inventor of the Week Archives http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/i-archive-cp.html#top
More about Inventions	U.S. Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/index.html
Fashion History of Costume (1890's - 1970's) click on your decade	Fashion 224 - State University of New York http://employees.oneonta.edu/angellkg/INDEX.HTML
General Info	http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_ Time_Period/ 20th_Century/
Clipart sites	http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/productextras/TIMV50 /clipart.asp
Timeliner	Be sure to check the sample timelines in Timeliner http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/productextras/ TIMV50/slssush.asp
Korean War	http://korea50.army.mil/
Korean War Memorial	http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm

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20th Century and Beyond

The links below are good resources for information about the 20th century on the worldwide web. Students may also use student search engines to locate additional information (first make a list of "keywords" to help in searching).