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Academy of Notre Dame Research Pathfinder - 1945 to present 11th Grade - U.S. History - Mrs. Turner

Topics of Interest :
 * Korean War || Vietnam War || The Cold War ||
 * Gulf War || War in Afghanistan || Iraq War ||
 * Kennedy Assassination || King Assassination || Roe v. Wade ||
 * Cuban Missile Crisis || Civil Rights Act || McCarthyism ||
 * Iran Contra Affair || Polio Vaccine || Apollo Mission ||
 * Brown v. Board of Education || Space Shuttle Mission || Nixon/Watergate ||
 * Three Mile Island || Woodstock || Columbine ||
 * MTV || PC's and the Internet || AIDS ||
 * Oklahoma City Bombing || 2000 Presidential Election || 9/11 ||
 * Title IX || Hurricane Katrina || TET Offensive ||

PRINT Non-fiction and Reference books will be on reserve in the library. Books containing primary sources will also be available.

ELECTRONIC

DATABASES [|Biography in Context] - use if you are researching a person

[|Electric Library] - enter event in search box or follow this path: Topic Tab - History - US History - History by Period - 1945 to present

[|Issues and Controversies] - use if you are researching a controversial issue

[|Nettrekker] - enter event in search box or follow this path: Social Studies - US History - The Cold War Era (1947-1989) **__ or __** The Upheaval of a Nation (1960-1975) **__ or __** Contemporary America (1974-present)

[|Pop Culture Universe] - enter event in search box or select "Decades" for a breakdown of the time period

[|Student Resources in Context] - enter event in search box or follow this path: US History Link - US History 1945-present

[|World Book Encyclopedia Online] - great for general event information

[|Milestone Documents in American History] - enter event in search box for primary source documents

INTERNET [|American Memory Collection: America's Story: Modern Era (1946-present)] - scroll down for more stories about the modern era

[|American Cultural History] - information on the culture and history of the United States in the 20th century

[|A Biography of America] - scroll down to: - The Fifties - The Sixties - Contemporary History - The Redemptive Imagination

[|Country Studies - US History] - scroll down to: - Postwar America - Decades of Change - Toward the 21st Century

[|About.com: Decade by Decade]

[|Picturing the Century] Galleries - Postwar America **__or__** Centuries End

Additional Primary Sources - Includes definitions and examples of primary and secondary sources as well as links to primary sources

CITATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY [|NoodleTools] - use NoodleBib to create Works Cited/Works Consulted in MLA or APA format.

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