Web Links for the Mini-Research Project:  Topics related to The Giver & Animal Farm

Giver Links provided by Mrs. Freeman, Librarian

 

Remember to carefully consider who the author is of each website and whether you think they are a credible source.  Some of this links may have false information or even content that you find objectionable.  Part of doing research is learning how to figure out what information is reliable and what is not.

 

GOOGLE was used as the Search Engine in the following searches

 

Conformity

 

Key Words:             Conformity + people  

www.4familynetwork.org/Conformity.doc

 

http://www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cults/cco.shtml

 

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/waymac/Sociology/A%20Term%202/Asch%20Experiment%20on%20conformity.htm

 

Key Words:            conformity + society

www.mcwilliams.com/books/aint/217.htm

 

Use of Language

 

Key Words:            euphemisms

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/euphemisms.html

 

http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Alkire-Euphemisms.html   (This site has a great list of examples)

 

 

Civil Disobedience

 

Key Words:            civil disobedience” history 

http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/HistoryNV.html

 

http://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/civildisobedience.html

 

Utopian Communities

 

Key Words:            Utopian Communities

http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/amerst/utopia.htm

 

http://www.alcott.net/alcott/home/fruitlands.html

 

http://www.jeonet.com/amanas/educat/index.html

 

http://hancockshakervillage.org/old/shakers.html

 

http://www.ic.org/pnp/cdir/1995/01kozeny.html

 

Utopian Communities – China or USSR

 

Key Words:            China Communism Collectives

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/justice/communism.cfm

 

http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/Notes/Notes_Exam3/China.html

 

Key Words:            USSR  Communism History

http://www.russiannewsnetwork.com/communism-history.html

 

http://wi.essortment.com/communismhistor_rdec.htm

 

Euthanasia

 

Key Words: Euthanasia

http://www.finalexit.org/more.html

 

http://www.religioustolerance.org/euth1.htm

 

Censorship

 

Key Words: “book banning” censorship

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challeng.html

 

 

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/links/book_ban.htm

 

 

Family Structures

 

Key Words: “arranged marriages” history

http://www.debatabase.org/debatabase/details.asp?topicID=179

 

http://www.nettally.com/palmk/FamilyTies.html

 

Key Words: families and society

http://ifs.sc.edu/sof.asp

 

 

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION LINKS/ INFO

 

Historical Summary:  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/rusrev.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook39.html

 

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/russianrevolution/

 

History of Russian Revolution

http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/rev1917.html

 

Events leading to the Russian Revolution:  http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoplease.com%2Fce6%2Fpeople%2FA0859997.html

 

http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/rusrev.html

 

Czar Nicholas II & His family:  http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abamedia.com%2Frao%2Fgallery%2Fromanoff%2Findex.html

 

Romanov Photographs

http://www.angelfire.com/biz5/romanovs/album2.html

 

Empress—first hand account http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexanderpalace.org%2Fhanbury%2Ftoc.html

 

Nicholas II

http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexanderpalace.org%2Fpalace%2FAlexPalaceNRbio.html

 

Trotsky explains the October Revolution (primary source)

www.historyguide.org%2Feurope%2Flecture5.html

 

Questions & Answers about the Russian Revolution

http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barnsdle.demon.co.uk%2Fruss%2Frfaq.html

 

Biographical Info on Trotsky

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/

 

Biographical Info on Stalin

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/

 

You can also try e-library using the same “keywords”

 

e-library  is a subscription to a  full text newspapers and magazine database.

 

To access  e-library at school

Click on the e-library icon on the desktop user name: SUBCARME92024   password: get the password from the librarian

 

To access  e-library at home

http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/remote   user name: CARMVALREMOTE   password: get the password from the librarian