Grade 9 Integrated Media-Social Studies Media Resources Star Bulletin.Com one daily paper, online -- check out the "back issues" also The Honolulu Advertiser.Com the second major Honolulu daily Constitution Newswire news from the National Constitution Center--good source for your CCE assignments! Today's Front Pages links to front pages of newspapers from all over the world! First Amendment Center first amendment--in the news--another good source for CCEs First Amendment--Topics from the same folks who bring you the link above--great stuff on one of our most treasured liberties Modern History of Hawaii Timeline -- by the MeneMAC Class of 2007 National Budget Simulation Behind the Scenes at CNN: Case Study Iraq "From ENG to SNG" Poynter Organization: TV Technology for Covering the Conflict in Iraq "Iraq Coverage Resources" Poynter Organization: a wealth of information about media and the war War Stories from the Nuseum: What it's like being a journalist -- from WWII to the Gulf War War Reporting & Technology from the Nuseum: Civil War --> Bosnia & Kosovo The Press in Wartime
Citizenship Ben's Guide to Citizenship great general background on US citizenship, its rights and responsiilities Why Vote? one of citizenship's most sacred rights and responsibilities the U.S. Census History of the US Census US Naturalization Self Test Would you qualify for US citizenship? US Foreign Born Population--Slide Show Characteristics about the immigrant population in the US for the year 2000 Pop Quiz Do you know the profile of US immigrants? Flash Interactive Program US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services now under the Department of Homeland Security--what is the significance of this?
an essay about name changes among immigrants to the US--this, too, is no longer linked from the site The Constitution: Background and Issues National Constitution Center great resource on our living constitution! Ben's Guide to the US Government
great source for the background research in your CCE assignments Famous Trials in History or an alternate site from the same site at the University of Missouri--great reading for all you future legal beagles, uh, eagles! The Freedom Forum The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms, newsroom diversity and world press freedom. Supreme Court Briefing Guide info on the legal process Cross Burning Cross Burning--a Constitutional Right? Oral History Links Why democracy? Why citizenship? Using Oral Histories This lesson presents social history content and topics through the voices of ordinary people. It draws on primary sources from the American Memory Collection, American Life Histories, 1936-1940. Using excerpts from the collection, students study social history topics through interviews that recount the lives of ordinary Americans. Based on these excerpts and further research in the collections, students develop their own research questions. They then plan and conduct oral history interviews with members of their communities. American Memory Collection American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. Center for Oral History This University of Hawaii site is a great resource for your Class Family Album project First Ammendment Rights relating both to Social Studies and Media Communications The Freedom Forum The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms, newsroom diversity and world press freedom. Humanities Interactive Click on "Literature and Our Imaginative Heritage" and then on "Bonfire of the Liberties." The bonfire was a very efficient form of censorship in an age when books were handwritten and existed in very few copies. But in the era of printing and mass markets, censors have had to devise other methods of restricting access to publications. Civil Liberties What are some civil liberties issues that have confronted us as citizens? Haruko's Story--historical fiction on internment camps from a ThinkQuest Junior site by Hawaii students What are some ways we can use media to support our participation in our democracy and to influence change? CIVICS: Taking Action as a Citizen Listen Up! PBS-Youth Media Producers Electric Snow: TV in Our Time deconstruction of PSA "The Closet" |