Mariemont High School Library

World History II

Handouts

1. Project Description
2. Compare/Contrast Chart
3. Works Cited Example
4. Works Cited/Consulted Help

1. Formatting Works Cited Page (print)
2. Formatting Works Cited Page(audio)

1. Adding Headers in Word (print)
2. Adding Headers in Word (audio)

Resources

Second Quarter Project

Online Articles from Magazines and Reference Books

• Biography Reference Bank

  Articles about more than a half-million people, most in full text, from around the world.

• Biography Resource Center

  Articles from reference books, magazines, and other sources. Just about every person you can think of is covered here!

• Encyclopedia Britannica

  Good place to find general overviews of peoples' lives.

• History Resource Center: World

  Contains loads of articles from books and magazines on important world figures.

• World Book Encyclopedia

  Good place to find general overviews of peoples' lives.

Books

• MHS Online Catalog

  Find a book from our library.

• Cincinnati Public Online Catalog

  Find a book from Cincinnati Public Library.

Websites

• ABC Newsmaker Bios

  A collection of biographies on modern day world leaders.

• BBC Historic Figures

  Quality information on 300 of history's movers and shakers.

• Biography.com

  A collection of biographies on famous people both ancient and modern by the creators of the Biography Channel.

• Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography

  Biographies of scientists throughout history

• Hyperhistory.com

  A timeline of important individuals throughout history--useful for picking your research subjects.

• Infoplease Almanac: Biography

  One-page bios and additional links on 30,000 people

• Joan's Mad Monarch Series

  In depth biographies of history's monarchs with emotional and personality disorders

• PBS Biographies

  Click on the person and then Special Features to learn about various aspects of the person's life.

• Women in World History Biographies

  Biographies of women who became world rulers and helped define the era in which they lived.

Fourth Quarter Project

• Country Comparison Chart
• CIA World Fact Book

  Data on world countries collected by the CIA.

• Culture Grams

  Huge amount of current data on world countries in easy-to-use format.

• History Resource Center: World

  Contains loads of articles from books and magazines on important world figures.

• World Data Analyst

  Provides up-to-date information and statistics on countries and allows you to create charts and graphs comparing the countries of your choice.