Here are links to several sites that can help with researching the setting of Eng 10 books. Scroll down to find the citations for several of the common sources used:
Night, by Elie Wiesel
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html In 1986, Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize. You can read his bio, watch an interview and read his acceptance speech here.
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/ Wiesel founded this organization to bring awareness to all victims of intolerance.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6415 A day-by-day account of history during WWII. This is the link to the day Wiesel was freed; you can navigate to other days, as well.
http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/ A great resource with many features from PBS.
http://www.ushmm.org/education/forstudents/ Overview of the issues surrounding the Holocaust, from the Holocaust Museum. Huge database of pics, stories and historical facts.
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
http://www.exeter.edu/libraries/4513_4621.aspx This page is from Exeter, Knowles’ alma mater. It gives background info and a bio about the author.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ WWII history from the BBC – British Broadcasting Corp.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/homefront/gallery.html Great Library of Congress site with tons of pictures from the homefront during WWII.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html U.S. military recruiting posters … see what persuaded young men to join the war.
http://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home.htm A great resource with many features from PBS.
The Learning Tree, by Gordon Parks
http://gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/parks_g.htm An extensive biography of Parks.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/09/america/obits.web.parks.php Parks’ obituary.
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html Great Kingwood College Library site on the American culture of the 20’s
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=443 Segregation and Jazz Age history. Use the NEXT button to find more pages on the 1920’s.
The Story of My Life, by Farah Ahmedi
http://www.farahsworld.com/ Ahmedi’s personal site
http://www.eyeonbooks.com/ibp.php?ISBN=1416906703 Listen to an interview with the author.
http://www.landminesurvivors.org/documents/LandmineThing.pdf Newsletter by students against landmines … Ahmedi is the spokesperson for this group.
http://www.afghan-network.net/Landmines/ Info on landmines in Afghanistan
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/02/1b4f5a81-277d-4a83-8e4a-579a308c0da6.html News report from Radio Free Europe on the problems with landmines in Afghanistan.
Sample Citations:
Separate Peace:
"John Knowles." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Kevin S. Hile, ed. 49 vols. Detroit : Gale Research, 1993.
"At Home." The War. Sept. 2007. PBS. 10 Mar. 2008. http://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home.htm
Knowles, John. "A Separate Peace." Exeter.edu. 2008. Phillips Exeter Academy. 10 Mar. 2008. http://www.exeter.edu/libraries/4513_4621.aspx
Story of My Life:
"article title." That Landmine Thing.org 2006. That Landmine Thing. 10 Mar. 2008. http://www.landminesurvivors.org/documents/LandmineThing.pdf
"Afghanistan Landmine Facts."Landmines.org 2008. International Campaign to Ban Landmines. 10 Mar. 2008. http://www.afghan-network.net/Landmines/
"Afghanistan: Land Mines From Afghan-Soviet War Leave Bitter Legacy." RFERL.org. 13 Feb. 2004. Radio Free Europe : Radio Liberty. 10 Mar. 2008. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/02/1b4f5a81-277d-4a83-8e4a-579a308c0da6.html
Night:
"Life in Sighet, Romania 1920 - 1939." Elie Wiesel : First Person Singular. 2002. PBS. 10 Mar. 2008. http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/
