World History

Age of Exploration

Assignment Sheet:

Mr. Johnson

below are resources to assist you with your research project

Some of our electronic library resources may need these Creek login credentials

Step One: Issues and Controversies Database Article

Pick one of these topics. Read the article carefully and cite it in NoodleTools. This is the starting point for your research and the bulk of your evidence for your paper will come from this article.

European Witch Trials: Motivated Mainly by Religion or by Gender?
Columbus's Voyages to the Americas: How Should His Legacy Be Assessed?
Printing and the Protestant Reformation: Would the Reformation Have Occurred Without the Invention of the Printing Press?
Transatlantic Slave Trade: An Inhumane Practice to Be Banned or a Source of Economic Strength to Be Tolerated?
Roanoke "Lost Colony: "What Happened to the Colonists?

Step Two: Print Books, eBooks, Additional Databases

CCHS Library Catalog - Search the library catalog for print resources on the library shelves.

Think of keywords related to your research topic when you are searching for books.

(Example: Women's Suffrage, Suffragists, Women's Right to Vote, 19th Amendment, National Woman Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, etc.)

Browse:

- The History collection
- Find your topic in the Great Events from History and Great Lives from History series - (also available as physical print books in the reference area)
  - - - Use a Ctrl F search to navigate the eBook set on the Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600

First Peoples of the Americas and European Age of Exploration

Exploration in the Age of Empire, 1750-1953

Events That Formed the Modern World: From the European Renaissance through the War on Terror

Resources for Additional Help

- - - Cherry Creek Library Citation Help Page
      - In-Text Citations
        Video: Finding Your Focus: How to Craft an Arguable Thesis
        Tips for writing your thesis statement
        OWL Purdue Example MLA Paper
    - See the Cherry Creek High School Library Website for more help

Contact a teacher-librarian for further assistance:

Ms. Gray

Ms. Kramer

Mrs. Mahoney