Performance Task Resources
ELA Grade 9: Researching a Topic

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Online Writing Assistant

  Writing Skills
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills2a.html/
--help in writing essays from infoplease.com.

Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Default.htm
this site has great links to web sites categorized by Hot Paper Topics, Resources by Major, and  Alphabetical Index. Links to information on topics such as gun control, smoking issues, drugs, censorship, child abuse, serial killing, and welfare reform can be found here.

Internet Public Library: Citing Electronic Resources 
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/netciteFARQ.html
Links to recommended electronic information citation guides.

Internet Research Starting Points  

  Internet Research: Starting Points 
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/tools/research.html
Links to search engines and subject area indexes from OWL.

A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
This site from Internet Public library provides information on how to write a research paper and how to find information on your selected topic.

Ask An Expert Page
http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html
Ask an Expert Page provides links to experts in a number of different categories.

  Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com/
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters,  narratives, oral histories and more

Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTOR
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
-- by the Teaching Library Internet Workshops University of California, Berkeley.

Writing and Presenting Information:   [top]

The Virtual Presentation Assistant
http://www.ku.edu/~coms/virtual_assistant/vpa/vpa.htm
-- is an online tutorial for improving your public speaking skills. Topics include selecting and researching your topic, analyzing your audience, supporting your points, using visual aids, public speaking Web links, and more.


The Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org/
This site helps students think about how to conceive a writing project. The site contains sections on deciding on what to write, organizing, revising and editing your writing, various types of essays, including thesis/support, argumentative, exploratory, and informal, and documenting sources. Each section is accompanied by activities, which help the student to incorporate the concepts.

Famous Trials and Related Topics Research  
For Mrs. Radko  Eng 9H   

Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Picturing Justice, the Online Journal of Law and Popular Culture
http://www.usfca.edu/pj/index.html

Jane’s Security 
http://www.janes.com/security/
– a source of current information vital to understanding global defense, aerospace and transportation

Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/

CNS Website – Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page
http://www.cns.miis.edu/

War on Terrorism
http://www.findlaw.com

Center for Strategic & International Studies
http://www.csis.org/

The following search engines may be very helpful:

Enter your keyword(s) such as:  famous trials, global terrorism, NYFD, NYPD, search and rescue dogs, etc., and you will access a wealth of information.  Just make sure the information is from a reputable source. 

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