Handouts from Ms. Proudfoot:

Jan. 2013: Research on Russia Worksheet (docx), Research on Russia Worksheet (doc)

**Fill out this worksheet online, save, then email it to Ms. Proudfoot**

Assessment for this assignment will be a completed Works Cited. It is very important that you have at least 1 video, 2 images and a minimum of 3 websites. Use this sheet to keep track of your sources: Works Cited Worksheet (this is a pdf, so you will need to print it out). Also, there is a lot of great information under the Works Cited tab on the menu above, including a tutorial on Easybib.

Start your research with databases, such as World Book Online and Biography in Context. The Databases are on Webcat (see the link to Webcat on the menu above).  Please ask one of the Teacher Librarians for the username/password for the databases if you need them. There is also a great search engine called Sweet Search; the link is under the Links Library tab in Webcat.

Other sources:

Biography.com: Videos, profiles and photo galleries of Lenin, Marx, Trotsky and more.

The Gulag from the Global Museum of Communism: Videos, photos and interviews from experts on the Russian Gulag

Comparing Histories

Stalin: BBC History , History Channel , PBS

Russian Revolution: On This Day- Russia’s February Revolution Begins, Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Trotsky:  BBC History , Encyclopedia Britannica Online

North Korea:  CIA World Factbook, EBSCO article: North Korea’s politics of longing

Kim Il-Sung: TIME Specials, The New York Times, PBS News Hour

Kim Jong Il: Article from Sweet Search, The New York Times

Current Stories from the Web (some have video, and make sure to check the links that are on each page)

A news article from CNN about Song Byeok, an artist who escaped from North Korea

The Washington Post North Korea invokes Great Leader, Kim Il Sung, in power transfer to Grandson

Video from CNN about Kim Jong Un

CNN Article: In North Korea, a brutal choice

MSN Article: North Korea warns of ‘total war’ over South’s military drills

Article from Reuters: US suspends food aid to North Korea over missile plan

LiNK (Liberty in North Korea): The North Korea Crisis

Spring 2012:Comparing Histories handout,  Animal Farm (chapter questions and vocabulary)   Animal Farm Vocabulary 2012