Do video games make kids more violent?
(For Ms. Caldwell’s class)
1. Open Socrative and enter the classroom number on the board.
2. In addition to searching the web, try using the search box above (check Articles & Reference).
Links
Burmese Mountain Dog
Coal Cares
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division (DHMO.org)
World Cities in 1900
Start with these
Swift, Anthony. “World’s Fairs.” Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 5. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006. 2493-2506. World History In Context. Web. 20 Sept. 2013.
Sports in the 19th Century
![George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain](https://www.mvrhs.org/library/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bennett-sisters-217x300.jpg)
Sports, Recreation, & Leisure: Library of Congress Digital Collections
Mostly useful for the history of baseball.
“Sports Through the Nineteenth Century.” Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993. U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
Great overview.
Riess, Steven A. “Sports.” Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 7. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. 507-512. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
Starts at the very beginning of sports in America.
Powell, John. Great Events from History – The Nineteenth Century. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2007.
Powell, John, and Frank N. Magill. Great Lives from History – The Nineteenth Century. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2007.
Use these links to find articles in the online version of this reference source.
Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen. Encyclopedia of World Sport. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print.
Great 4-volume set. Its at 796.03 – unless we have it set aside on a cart.
Christensen, Karen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Pfister. International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. Print.
Great 3-volume set. Its at 796.082 – unless we have it set aside on a cart.
The Nineteenth Century in Print (Library of Congress)
Searchable, large collection of digitized books and magazines published during the nineteenth century.
Amazing 3-D software mimics dancer’s movements
These effects were made using eMotion, an experimental open-source software designed by Paris-based dancers / technologists Adrien M and Claire B. Read more about it at WIRED.
Hakanaï / work in progress from Adrien M / Claire B on Vimeo.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
![--FILE--Chinese farmers drive a reaping machine to harvest rice in their fields in Haian county, Nantong city, east Chinas Jiangsu province, 15 October 2009. China, the worlds biggest grain producer, has approved its first strain of genetically modified rice for commercial production. The approval of the locally-developed rice, as well as Chinas first GMO corn, shifts the global balance of power in food trade and could prompt other countries to follow suit, experts said. China wants to raise grain production 8 percent to 540 million tonnes a year by 2020 and has splashed out on GMO research with $3.5 billion going on rice, corn and wheat.(Imaginechina via AP Images)](https://www.mvrhs.org/library/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gmos-300x200.jpg)
China, the worlds biggest grain producer, has approved its first strain of genetically modified rice for commercial production. The approval of the locally-developed rice, as well as Chinas first GMO corn, shifts the global balance of power in food trade and could prompt other countries to follow suit, experts said. China wants to raise grain production 8 percent to 540 million tonnes a year by 2020 and has splashed out on GMO research with $3.5 billion going on rice, corn and wheat.(Imaginechina via AP Images)
Opposing Viewpoints: Genetically Modified Food
Use this site as a starting point for finding articles, videos, and more on differing opinions.
D’Ambrosio, Dan. “You know what you’re eating?” USA Today 13 June 2013: 06B. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Philpott, Tom. “Longest-running GMO study finds tumors in rats.” Mother Earth News Apr.-May 2013: 13. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Wang, Karen. “Should we promote the widespread consumption of biotech foods?.” Young Scientists Journal July-Dec. 2012: 77. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Priesnitz, Wendy. “What are they doing to our food? And what can we do about it?” Natural Life May-June 2012: 16+. Science In Context. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.