Resources for Researching
20th Century
DECADES

and Grade 8 Social Studies ORAL HISTORY Project

ALL RESOURCES are available through the DESTINY portal:

• From school: Click on the DESTINY icon
• From home: http://destiny.bcps.org > click on our school

To Access LINKS on this Resource document:

• From a school computer: Destiny > GJSMS Website > Library Media Center > 20th Century Decades Oral History Project Resources
• From home computer: http://destiny.bcps.org > GJSMS Website > Library Media Center > 20th Century Decades/Oral History Project Resources

Cite your Sources: Paper copies available in the Library & Library Lab; links available on the Library page of our school website.

• SOURCE CARD WORKSHEETS:
  Book Encyclopedia Article Website Digital Image Magazine/Newspaper Film Blog/Podcast Interview
• How to Use EasyBib to Compose a Bibliography
  

Print Resources: DESTINY > Catalog

• Nonfiction and Reference Books are on reserve on the study carrels in the Library; a list of these books is in the DESTINY Catalog under Resource Lists > Public Lists > 20th Century Decades
• Do a KEYWORD SEARCH in the Destiny Catalog to locate books about a specific topic; write down the CALL # to find books on the shelf.

Online Database: DESTINY > Databases > SIRS Decades

• Logins are needed f or Home Access. Use the handout available on paper in the Library, or the link on the Library page of the school website.

Websites:
American Cultural History: The 20th Century
Writer's Dream Tools: Decades (includes events, slang, and more)
20th Century History by the Decades
Timeline: Selected Events from the 20th and 21st Centuries
A Century in Review
Web Generation 
Decades of the 20th Century
People's Century: 1900-1999  
Fashion Through the Decades  
News of the 20th Century Webquest (use the links under Resources)
Decades in 20th Century America
The 1900's: Headlines and Audio from 1900-1999 (includes sound files)
Timeline of the 20th Century
Biography of America Timeline: 1876-1999
Writer's Dream Tools: Decades (includes events, slang, and more)
Fifties Web (AVOID the ADS!)
Fifties and Sixties Fashion (AVOID the ADS!)
Surviving the Dustbowl
(1930's; includes a timeline and articles about the drought and the Great Depression, under People and Events)
America in the 1930's
Vietnam Online

SEARCH for Additional Websites:

• DESTINY > Databases > netTrekker (Log-in required for home access)
• DESTINY > Catalog > WebPath Express > Visual Search > Social Studies > History > United States or Oral History

Video or Interview:

• View the episode about your decade from the video series The Century: Decades of Change.  (Films for Humanities and Sciences, 1999)
• Interview someone you know about their memories and experiences.