Mr. Birkhimer’s Project
• Apartheid
• Genocide in Sudan
(Darfur)
• Ivory Trade
• Genocide in Rwanda
• Poaching
• AIDS in Africa
• Affects of AIDS on
Children in Africa
• Child Soldiers
• American involvement in
Somalia
• Cost of medications
• Nelson Mandela
• Famous People in African
History
• Blood Diamonds
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Deforestation
• Diseases
Apartheid
• Check Student Resource Center at the
Public Library for the topic You will need a library card
for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username
and password
• Check Librarian’s Index to the Internet
• Ask for the folder on this topic
• Check the World book encyclopedia
Genocide in Sudan (Darfur)
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Ask the librarian for the folder
Look for books the Dewey number is 962.4
Check out the World Book Encyclopedia.
Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Try these web sites. Many have links to other sites.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/820864.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3211002.stm
Yale University
Ivory Trade
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Ask the librarian for the folder of information
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
Check out this site on elephants
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the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• The World Wildlife Fund has information
Genocide in Rwanda
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Ask the librarian for the folder
Look in the Encyclopedia of Genocide
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• using both Rwanda and Genocide as terms
• Try these web sites:
– 10 years later
– Leave none to tell
– Yale University has some databases
– Ghosts of Rwanda is a PBS site
Poaching
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Ask the Librarian for the folder
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
Look in the Encyclopedia of BioEthics
Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Try the World Wildlife Fund’s site
AIDS
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Ask the librarian for the folder
Look for a book on AIDS in Africa
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
Check Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the
Public Library’s web site.
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check out these web sites
– AIDS in Africa
– AIDS information
– Drugs for Africa
Affect of AIDS on Children
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Ask the Librarian for the folder
Check the book cart for books
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
Check the data base Teen Health and Wellness It is
available at the Public Library’s web site
Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
Check out these web sites
Check out these web sites
– Save the Children
– Nickosi Johnson a boy in South Africa
Child Soldiers
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Look in the book Human Rights in Africa
• The library has books on the subject. Check the cart for
them.
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
• Check out these web sites
– Teen experiences in war
– Children of Conflict
American Involvement in Somalia
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Look on the book cart for these books
– Somalia
– Human Rights in Africa
• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic
You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Look at these web sites
African Studies Center
Somalia list of links This site is not maintained so some links
may be broken.
Cost of medications
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Check out the new book AIDS and Health Issues
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
Nelson Mandela
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check out these Web sites
– The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
– A Biography of Nelson Mandela
– Speeches and writings
• Look on the book cart for the biographies
– Mandela
– Nelson Mandela the voice of Freedom
Famous People in History
• Check the OPAC for a biography of your person
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the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
• Check the Encyclopedia of World Biography it is in the
reference section
Blood Diamonds
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Look on the book cart for these books
– The heartless stones
– Blood Diamonds
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the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
Check out these web sites
PBS special
Stop Blood Diamonds
International Terror
Search using the term “Conflict Diamonds”
Female Genital Mutilation
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• From the book cart check these books
– Encyclopedia of Bioethics
– World of health
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check these web sites
– World Health Organization
– Amnesty International has several links if you search it’s site
– Center for Reproductive Rights has some information if you do a
search
Deforestation
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
• Look on the cart for these books
– Encyclopedia of the Biosphere
– Temperate Forests
– Tropical Forests
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check these web sites
– A general site on prevention
– A site on Forest Conservation
Diseases
• Malaria
• Sleeping Sickness
• Ebola
Malaria
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Check the book cart for
– AIDS and Health Issues
– Diseases vol.5
– Sick vol 3
• Try Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the Public Library web
site
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You
will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
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Center for Disease Control
A site dedicated to prevention
A searchable site on diseases in the developing world
The Smithsonian Institute has a searchable database
Sleeping Sickness
• Ask the librarian for the folder
• Check the book cart for
– AIDS and Health Issues
– Volume 3 of Diseases
– Volume 2 of Sick
• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
• Try Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the
Public Library web site
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for
the topic You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Check out these web sites
– Seattle Biomedical Research Institute has an interactive web site
Ebola
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Ask the librarian for the folder
Check out the new book AIDS and Health Issues
Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.
Try these books
– Volume 3 of Diseases
– Volume 2 of Sick
• Try Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the Public Library’s
web site
• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic
You will need a library card for this.
• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password
• Try these web sites
– The CDC has information
– A web quest on Hidden Killers
• If you need more try Hemorrhagic Fever as a search term