Kelly Stallard
LIBS 6014
December 7, 2011
Pathfinder for The Decades:
1960s and 1979s
Scope Statement:
This pathfinder consists of both print and non-print materials, it is designed to
assist students at Asheville Middle School compile, review and interpret research for a
project on the 1960s and 1970s decades. The pathfinder also provides sources for
teachers to use in the classroom for supplementary information. Because the audience for
this pathfinder are younger students, it is important to provide useful yet age appropriate
resources. The decade’s pathfinder will assist seventh grade teachers and students achieve
the Competency Goal North Carolina Standard Course of Study for English and
Language Arts. Competency Goal 1: The learner will use language to express individual
perspectives in response to personal, social, cultural, and historical issues. Competency
Goal 2: The learner will synthesize and use information from a variety of sources.
Competency Goal 4: The learner will refine critical thinking skills and create criteria to
evaluate print and non-print materials. A major emphasis is also placed on the Big Six
Research process at AMS, and this project allows students to solidify their research skills,
providing them with a pathfinder expands their ability to use other types of resources.
Introduction:
The pathfinder will offer a variety of resources, with subcategories such as arts,
presidents, Civil Rights, and the Vietnam War. The different resources and subcategories
will allow students to get a wide range of research while learning how to create a specific
topic using different techniques. The teachers are excited to have some new materials for
their students, especially the online resources. This assignment provides students with a
challenging yet engaging project. Typically during this project students grab a book with
the title 1970s for their print resource requirement. This will be a great tool for students
to use, since for many is their first experience with conducting research and are not
familiar with the process. This pathfinder will also show the teachers and students other
ways of gathering information on the Internet besides the popular Google search. These
resources will encourage them to be excited and learn new techniques about research,
while also expanding their knowledge on the history of our country.
Classification numbers:
The Library contains many different types of resources for your research project.
Use the library’s Catalog and search the general library for your topic. Think about the
topic or person in the researching. If they are an athlete, musician, or politician, look for
books that have biographies, if the topic is focused on a war or movement spend time
with the history books. If you are researching music, fashion, or art look at resources
about pop culture of the time. Knowing the Dewey Decimal Call Numbers will make
searching much easier. The Dewey categories are as follows:
000-099.99 – General information and lists
100-199.99 – Philosophy and Psychology
200-299.99 – Religion
300-399.99 – Social Sciences
400-499.99 – Language
500-599.99 – Science
600-699.99– Technology and applied science
700-799.99 – Arts and Recreation
800-899.99 – Literature
900-999.99 – History and Geography
Examples of Dewey decimal classification numbers to browse:
300s for Civil Rights
620s for Space
780s for Music
790 for Sports
920s for Biographies,
950s for Vietnam War
Subject Headings and Keywords:
Students will not use the Library of Congress classification to find resources;
instead they with search within the Dewey Decimal and using keywords. Keywords to
use while researching online resources, in the library catalog, and in the indexes include:
Vietnam, JFK, Civil Rights, Apollo 11 & 13, Nixon, Beatles, Hippies, Woodstock, MLK,
Muhammad Ali.
Reference Sources:
Bibliographies
Jackson, R. (2003). The 1960s: A bibliography. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Retrieved from http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjackson/webbibl.html
This website offers a wealth of resources, with subcategories such as arts, JFK, drugs,
and the Vietnam War. This will be a great tool for students that wish to dig deeper into
the research process, however some of the topics in this bibliography will not be age
appropriate.
Andy Warhol Museum. (2011). A very, very brief bibliography for Andy
Warhol. Retrieved from http://www.warhol.org/collection/
aboutandy/bibliography/
Many students are interested in the work of Andy Warhol. This website offers a wealth of
information. The Museum created an annotated bibliography for additional research. This
is a great tool for students to use a bibliography on an entertaining topic.
Biographical Sources
The Presidents. (1996). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/
collections/presidents/
The main page of this website offers links to individual pages of the US Presidents during
the decades, John F. Kennedy (1961-1963), Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969), and
Richard Nixon (1969- 1974). The website includes an overview of the President’s career,
video clips, teacher resources, and a great selection of primary sources.
Spitz, B. (2007). Yeah! yeah! yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the music that
changed the world. New York, NY: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
The Beatles are among the top items researched for this project. This book provides an in
depth biography of the Beatles, from how they met, to the height of their success. There
are also a lot of images and facts the students will find helpful.
Bobek, M. (2005). 1960s (decades of the 20th century). Pittsburgh, PA: Eldorado Ink.
Bobek, M. (2005). 1970s (decades of the 20th century). Pittsburgh, PA: Eldorado Ink.
The decade’s books are a perfect resource for middle school grades. They offer short
biographies of the most influential people during the time, as well as highlight major
events such a political scandals and sports.
Fitzgerald, B. (2006). Fighting the Vietnam War. Chicago, IL: Heinemann-Raintree.
This book is a good resource for lower reading level students or those that struggle with
non-print research. Students who are conducting research on the Vietnam War can use
this book to discover information about the battles and daily life in Vietnam from
personal accounts of the soldiers.
Dictionaries
Dictionary.com. (2011). Lexico Publishing Group. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Dictionary.com will give students a research tool they are already familiar using, to give
basic definition and starting points for students research. Dictionary.com is also a
valuable resource for novice researchers.
Purvis, E. (1997). A dictionary of American history. New York, NY: Blackwell
Publishing.
In the Dictionary of American History allow students to looks up terms related to their
research projects. For example students researching the hippie movement would find:
During the 1960s, the term hippie was applied to college students or associated dropouts
who were alienated from US society and created a counterculture involving drug use,
rejection of materialism, free love, support for the Vietnam Antiwar movement, and
“flower power” .
Encyclopedias
1960-69 world history. (2007). In Infoplease. Available from
http://www.infoplease.com/.
1970-79 world history. (2007). In Infoplease. Available from
http://www.infoplease.com/.
The Infoplease encyclopedia website has a great year-by-year history of the 1960s and
1970s. It also has quizzes and links that provide an interactive environment for students.
Encyclopedia of American history. (2006). Digital History. Retrieved from
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.cfm
This online encyclopedia allows students to search their topic, and find additional
information by suggested links from the Reader's Companion to American History. This
Digital History also offers reference resources such as a biographical directory,
glossaries, interactive timelines and annotated guides to history resources on the World
Wide Web.
The World Book encyclopedia. (2011). Chicago, IL: World Book.
World Book encyclopedia will allow students that are struggling researching an
opportunity to use a print version encyclopedia they are already familiar with. World
Book provides solid information about people and events during the decades, and is a
source useful to students without exemplary research skills.
Geographical Sources:
Vietnam online. (1995). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/
Vietnam Online is a supplementary website to the PBS series, which premiered in 1983.
The map portion of this site will give students a visual of where Vietnam is, and allow
them to explore maps of Vietnam from early years to the end of the Vietnam War. This
site also provides additional resources such as timeline, a "Who's Who" of the war, and
primary sources.
U.S. National Park Service. (2011). We shall overcome [Map]. Retrieved from
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/mainmap.htm
This map represents important sites of the civil rights movement from Alabama to New
York. The students can click on each of the dots to learn more and better understand the
time period and which states were involved in the movement.
Government Sources
Digital vault. (2011). U.S. National Archives. Retrieved from
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
The National Archives Digital Vault is an excellent website that students of all levels can
search using keywords or by searching tags. Students can also create a poster or movie
using the files on this site.
Indexes and Abstracts
Batchelor, B. (2011). Introduction to the 1960s. Pop culture universe: Icons, Idols,
Ideas. Retrieved from http://popculture2.abc-clio.com/
This Pop culture universe database offers a wide range of information about the 1960s
and the 1970s, including media, articles, and a timeline. This index is easy to use and the
information reflects the materials the seventh graders will be interested in researching.
Laughead, G. (2010). WWW-VL: History 1960-1969. Retrieved from
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1960s.html
Laughead, G. (2009). WWW-VL: History 1970-1979. Retrieved from
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1970s.html
This website offers links to sites focusing on American history in the 1960's and 1970s.
The website provides a timeline of key events, photographs, and information divided by
topics ranging from pop culture to politics. Students will use either the History 19601969 or 1970-1979 sites depending on their topic.
Lindop, E. (2009). America in the 1960s (1st ed.). Decades of twentieth-century America.
Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books.
Richards, M. (2009). America in the 1970s (1st ed.). Decades of twentieth-century
America. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books.
Using the index in these books will allow students to find out more information on
specific topics, from Betty Friedan to Motown. Students will understand how to properly
use an index, rather than searching through the entire in reference book. This book also
offers a timeline and a bibliography for students wishing to do further research.
Depending upon their topic students will use either American in the 1960s, or American
in the 1970s.
Ready Reference:
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. (2004). Retrieved from
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference.aspx
The Kennedy’s are synonymous with the 1960s and 1970s. The JFK Library offers a
great Ready Reference source with links to quotations, speeches and presidential
milestones. It also offers information on Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
Goodwin, S. & Bradley, B . (1999). 1960-1969. American cultural history.
Lone Star College-Kingwood Library, Kingwood, TX. Retrieved from
http://wwwappskc.lonestar.edu/popculture/decade60.html
Gillis, C. 1970-1979. (2010) American Cultural History. Lone Star College-Kingwood
Library, Kingwood, TX. Retrieved from http://wwwappskc.lonestar.edu/
popculture/decade70.html
The Kingwood College Library, developed a ready reference source on all aspects of
American life during the 1960s and 1970s. The website includes historical events, quick
facts, art, books, and fashion of the time. Students will enjoy this site because it is easy to
navigate, and offers a lot of fun information.
Wide world of sports highlights 1960s. (2001). ABC Sports Online, Retrieved from
http://espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/milestones/1960s.html
Wide world of sports highlights 1970s. (2001). ABC Sports Online, Retrieved from
http://espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/milestones/1970s.html
ESPN compiled a list of all the top sport events from the 1960s and 1970s. Students that
choose to research the sports of the decades can use this site and a starting point to
determine which athletes or specific events to write their report on.