Mill Valley Middle School - Language Arts

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Sixth Grade Historical Fiction Additional Resources

- San Francisco Chronicle article - about the plague in SF
- NIH: Plague in San Francisco 1900
- Mass Escape of Jews from Denmark in WWII
- Article from San Francisco Chronicle on adopted children from Vietnam
- BBC Short History of Vietnam War protests
- Smithsonian article about migrant farm workers during the depression
- BrainPop about Jim Crow laws/ Segregation
- Terracotta Soldiers
- The Cultural Revolution in China
- The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans - Washington Post
- Smithsonian Article about Lusitania Propaganda
- Smithsonian article about tunneling under the Berlin Wall
- National Geographic Hurricane Katrina timeline
- Evacuees in World War II
- London Evacuees
- Lost Year from the National Park Service
- 16th Street Bombing
- Montana and the Great War
- Evacuees article from the BBC
- Evacuees story from NPR
- A look back at Operation Pedro Pan from NPR
- Pedro Pan: A Children's Exodus from Cuba (Smithsonian)
- Critical Media Project - USC/Annenberg School
- New York Times - Search “New York Times Media Stereotypes”
- ABC News - Anti-drug ads study
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Children, Adolescents, Substance Abuse and the Media
- Teaching Tolerance
- The Guardian
- Well-known news videos -
  - Pepsi ad
- Resistance /Oppression Research Guide
- Author Notes (pick from JK Rowling, Dr. Seuss or Suzanne Collins)
- Lewis and Clark - National Geographic
- Lewis and Clark - PBS
- Lewis and Clark - National Park Service
- Buxton, Canada - Museum
- Underground Railroad, Canadian Settlements - PBS
- Underground Railroad (Interactive) - Scholastic
- Civil War - National Park Service
- Time of the Lincolns - PBS American Experience (inc. slave quarters and medical field tent tour)
- Civil War - PBS
- Civil War Medicine Slide Show - CBS News
- Yellow Fever in Philadelphia- Harvard
- Yellow Fever - PBS, Africans in America
- Yellow Fever - PBS American Experience
- Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
- Colonial America: Library of Congress
- Colonial House: PBS (really fun site)
- Evolution of Virgina Colony - Library of Congress
- Historic Jamestowne - Official Site
- American Revolution - Library of Congress
- British Prison Ships - History.com
- Liberty! The American Revolution - PBS
- Our American Revolution - From Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Revolutionary Period - Library of Congress
- Slavery in America - Revolts - PBS
- How Slavery Ended in America - NY Times Magazine
- Slavery and the Making of America - PBS
- International Slave Museum - Liverpool
  - Salem Witch Trials - National Geographic Interactive
  - Salem Witch Trials - University of Missouri Famous Trials
  - Salem Witch Trials - Documents from University of Virginia
  - Salem Witch Trials - PBS Interactive
  - War Death Statistics - All Wars from the Department of Veteran's Affairs
- LISTEN: Teenage Refugees in Germany - Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
- LISTEN: Latest Hunger Games and more movies filmed in Berlin - Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
- LISTEN: American students head to Germany for colleg e - Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
- LISTEN: Anxiety in Kabul - Philip Reeves
- LISTEN: French plan would end homework - Eleanor Beardsley
- READ TRANSCRIPT: Refugee children in Munich schools - Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
- READ TRANSCRIPT: Hostage in Afghanistan becomes teacher to locals - Philip Reeves
- READ TRANSCRIPT: Malala Up Close - Renee Montagne
- READ TRANSCRIPT: Malala to speak at United Nations - Michele Kelemen
- READ TRANSCRIPT: 15-year-old refugee sees little hope - Jason Beaubien
- Tea House 1998
- Kabul in Ruins w/Burkas
- Tanks in Road
- Taliban Fighters
- Refugees Outside of Mazar
- Landmine Victims
- Street Sellers
- Kandahar Female Doctor Office
- Woman with destroyed house
- Market - 2003
- School
- Kabul House Rubble
- Age 13 Boy in Kabul
- Selling peppers age 12
- Teahouse
- Afghanistan before 1978
- Visual Thesaurus
- NEW! KQED story about redesigning cities to withstand a long-term drought
- Government Corruption: Top 10 Corrupt Countries from CheatSheet
- Government Coruption: Transparency - ranks countries by level of corruption
- Conservation: World Wildlife Foundation
- Poaching: African Wildlife Foundation
- Poaching: NPR story
- International Trade: World Trade Organization
- International Trade: New York Times topics
- Safe Drinking Water: Water
- Safe Drinking Water: Natural Resources Defense Council
- Human Rights: Amnesty International
- Human Rights: Human Rights Watch
- Child Soldiers: Child Soldiers International
- Child Soldiers: Amnesty International
- Poverty: Census
- Poverty: World Bank
- Biography
- Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People of 2011
- Multimedia Biographies from Harcourt - includes presidents, environmentalists, etc.