Mr. Birkhimer’s Project

• Apartheid• Genocide in Sudan (Darf

ur)• Ivory Trade• Genocide in Rwanda• Poaching• AIDS in Africa• Affects of AIDS on Childr

en in Africa• Child Soldiers

• American involvement in Somalia

• Cost of medications• Nelson Mandela• Famous People in African

History• Blood Diamonds• Female Genital Mutilation• Deforestation• Diseases

Apartheid

• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check Librarian’s Index to the Internet

• Ask for the folder on this topic

• Check the World book encyclopedia

Genocide in Sudan (Darfur)

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Look for books the Dewey number is 962.4• Check out the World Book Encyclopedia.• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Try these web sites. Many have links to other sites.– http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm– http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/820864.stm– http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3211002.stm – Yale University

Ivory Trade

• Ask the librarian for the folder of information• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check out this site on elephants• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• The World Wildlife Fund has information

Genocide in Rwanda

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Look in the Encyclopedia of Genocide• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• using both Rwanda and Genocide as terms• Try these web sites:

– 10 years later– Leave none to tell– Yale University has some databases– Ghosts of Rwanda is a PBS site

Poaching

• Ask the Librarian for the folder• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Look in the Encyclopedia of BioEthics• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Try the World Wildlife Fund’s site

AIDS

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Look for a book on AIDS in Africa • Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the

Public Library’s web site.• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check out these web sites– AIDS in Africa– AIDS information– Drugs for Africa

Affect of AIDS on Children

• Ask the Librarian for the folder• Check the book cart for books• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check the data base Teen Health and Wellness It is

available at the Public Library’s web site• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check out these web sites• Check out these web sites

– Save the Children– Nickosi Johnson a boy in South Africa

Child Soldiers

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Look in the book Human Rights in Africa• The library has books on the subject. Check the cart for

them.• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check out these web sites

– Teen experiences in war– Children of Conflict

American Involvement in Somalia

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Look on the book cart for these books

– Somalia– Human Rights in Africa

• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic

You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Look at these web sitesAfrican Studies CenterSomalia list of links This site is not maintained so some links may be broken.

Cost of medications

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Check out the new book AIDS and Health Issues• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

Nelson Mandela

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check out these Web sites– The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela– A Biography of Nelson Mandela– Speeches and writings

• Look on the book cart for the biographies– Mandela– Nelson Mandela the voice of Freedom

Famous People in History

• Check the OPAC for a biography of your person• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Check the Encyclopedia of World Biography it is in the

reference section

Blood Diamonds

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Look on the book cart for these books

– The heartless stones– Blood Diamonds

• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

Check out these web sitesPBS specialStop Blood DiamondsInternational Terror

Search using the term “Conflict Diamonds”

Female Genital Mutilation

• Ask the librarian for the folder• From the book cart check these books

– Encyclopedia of Bioethics– World of health

• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check these web sites– World Health Organization– Amnesty International has several links if you search it’s site– Center for Reproductive Rights has some information if you do a

search

Deforestation

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Look on the cart for these books

– Encyclopedia of the Biosphere– Temperate Forests– Tropical Forests

• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check these web sites– A general site on prevention– A site on Forest Conservation

Diseases

• Malaria

• Sleeping Sickness

• Ebola

Malaria• Ask the librarian for the folder• Check the book cart for

– AIDS and Health Issues– Diseases vol.5– Sick vol 3

• Try Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the Public Library web site

• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Here are some web sites

– Center for Disease Control– A site dedicated to prevention– A searchable site on diseases in the developing world– The Smithsonian Institute has a searchable database

Sleeping Sickness

• Ask the librarian for the folder• Check the book cart for

– AIDS and Health Issues– Volume 3 of Diseases– Volume 2 of Sick

• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Try Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the

Public Library web site• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for

the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Check out these web sites– Seattle Biomedical Research Institute has an interactive web site

Ebola• Ask the librarian for the folder• Check out the new book AIDS and Health Issues• Check out World Book Encyclopedia in print.• Try these books

– Volume 3 of Diseases– Volume 2 of Sick

• Try Teen Health and Wellness It is available at the Public Library’s web site

• Check Student Resource Center at the Public Library for the topic You will need a library card for this.

• Check ELibrary and SIRS Please ask for the username and password

• Try these web sites– The CDC has information– A web quest on Hidden Killers

• If you need more try Hemorrhagic Fever as a search term