7th ELA: Mystery & Suspense Project
Research Tips
The Encyclopedia Britannica Online will have an article for most of the topics on this list. It's a great place to begin your research!
You can find your topic easily in the list below by using the ctrl-f search function!
Use ctrl-f on websites and documents to find keywords within the text
General Resources
There are many resources in the library you can use for this project, including the following databases and encyclopedias:
Online Databases
(Having problems accessing the Gale databases? Use "patriot" as the password.)
Print Encyclopedias
Unexplained Mysteries of Mind, Space, and Time: R 031.02 Mys
Man, Myth & Magic: REF 133.03 Man
Encyclopedic Websites
These websites have information on many topics:
Webcams
...for hunting UFOs, Nessie, and other mysterious phenomena can be found at Mysterious Universe.
Mysterious Places
Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda Triangle (History.com)
Bermuda Triangle (NOAA)
Stonehenge
History & Stories: Stonehenge (English Heritage)
Stonehenge (British Museum)
Stonehenge (History.com)
Egyptian Pyramids
Egyptian Pyramids (History.com)
Pyramid Fields (UNESCO)
Atlantis
Top 6 Theories About Atlantis (History.com)
The Lost Continent: Atlantis (UnMuseum)
Alcatraz
Alcatraz Escape (FBI)
Alcatraz Island (Nat'l Park Service)
The Rock (Fed. Bureau of Prisons)
Camelot
Camelot, Court of King Arthur (Historic UK)
Camelot (Mythology.net)
Easter Island Websites (IPL2)
Mystery of Easter Island (Smithsonian)
Secret of Easter Island (PBS/NOVA)
Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China (History.com)
Great Wall of China (National Geographic Education)
The Great Wall (UNESCO)
Nazca Lines
Nazca Lines (History.com)
Nazca Lines (LiveScience)
See also Mysterious Places (sacred sites & ancient civilizations)
Mysterious Illnesses
Black Death, 1348
Black Death (Eyewitness to History)
Black Death (History Today)
Black Death (History.com)
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever (WebMD)
Yellow Fever (Eyewitness to History)
Yellow Fever Breaks Out in Philadelphia (History.com)
The Great Fever (PBS)
Typhoid Fever
Frightening Legacy of Typhoid Mary (Smithsonian)
Typhoid: the Most Dangerous Woman in America (NOVA/PBS)
10 Things You Might Not Know About Typhoid Mary (History.com)
Typhoid (WHO)
Typhoid Fever (Mayo Clinic)
Frostbite
Assassinations
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (US History.org)
Lincoln's Assassination (Ford's Theatre)
John F. Kennedy Assassination
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection (National Archives)
JFK Assassination (FBI History)
See also the FBI History : Famous Cases & Criminals pages.
Mysterious Creatures
Yeti / Abominable Snowman / Bigfoot
Bigfoot (Skeptic's Dictionary)
Yeti and Bigfoot: are they real? (Re:wild.org)
Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness Monster (History.com)
The Beast of Loch Ness (PBS.org)
Vampires / Dracula
Vampires: fact, fiction, and folklore (Livescience.com)
The Bloody Truth About Vampires (National Geographic)
Vlad the Impaler: the read Dracula (Livescience.com)
Disappearances & Kidnappings
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart (PBS.org)
Amelia Earhart (National Geographic Kids)
Charles Lindbergh's Baby
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. Kidnapping, March 1, 1932 (CharlesLindbergh.com)
Lindbergh Kidnapping (FBI History)
D.B. Cooper
D.B. Cooper Hijacking (FBI)
Who was DB Cooper? (History.com)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft
The Theft (Gardner Museum)
What to know about the Gardner Museum heist (Smithsonian Magazine)
See also the FBI History : Famous Cases & Criminals pages.
Famous Trials
Sacco & Vanzetti
The Case of Sacco & Vanzetti (The Atlantic)
Sacco & Vanzetti: Justice on Trial (Mass.gov)
Nuremberg Trials
Nuremburg Trials (USHMM)
Nuremburg Trials (Nat'l WWII Museum)
Nuremburg Trials (History.com)
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (History.com)
Joan of Arc (Nat'l Geographic)
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials (History.com)
Salem Witch Trials (Internet Public Library)
See also the FBI History : Famous Cases & Criminals pages.
Format a Bibliography
in Google Docs
Click here to create your own citations for your bibliography
Either do the following before starting your bibliography or highlight the entire text of your bibliography to get started.
Go to “Format” in the menu
Select “align & indent”
Choose “indentation options”
Select “hanging” from the "special indent" dropdown menu (leave at .5)
Leave left & right indent at 0
Assorted Other Topics
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Nat'l Geographic)
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (History.com)
7 Wonders of the Modern World
New Seven Wonders (7wonders)
Al Capone
Al Capone (FBI.gov)
Area 51 (HSW)
Area 51 (How Stuff Works)
Area 51: What is it and what goes on there? (Science.com)
Codes & Ciphers
The Secret Language (Exploratorium)
How to create secret codes and ciphers (Wikihow)
The top 10 codes, keys, and ciphers (Guardian)
ESP
How ESP Works (HowStuffWorks)
What is ESP (LiveScience)
Forensic Science
What is Forensic Science? (Amer. Academy of Forensic Sciences)
Types of Forensic Science (National University)
Galileo (pbs.org)
Galileo Galilei (Space.net)
Galileo's place in science (PBS/NOVA)
Ghost Ships
10 Ghost ship mysteries that can't be explained (Reader's Digest)
Forget the Flying Dutchman... (History UK)
Ghosts & Hauntings
30 Most haunted places in the world (Travel & Leisure)
Hindenburg Disaster
What really felled the Hindenburg? (Smithsonian)
Hindenburg Disaster (Airships.net)
Houdini
Harry Houdini (PBS)
Escape Artist Harry Houdini was... (Smithsonian)
Leonardo da Vinci (mos.org)
Da Vinci -- the Genius (Museum of Science)
Secret of Leonardo da Vinci (UnMuseum)
Mummies
Mummies (AMNH)
Ice Mummies of the Inca (NOVA/PBS)
Egyptian Mummies (Smithsonian)
Navajo Code Talkers
Code Talkers (NMAI)
American Indian Code Talkers (Nat'l WWII Museum)
Nostradamus
Nostradamus (History.com)
Nostradamus: Predictions of things past (LiveScience)
Paranormal Activity
Pirates
Pirates! Fact & Legend (piratesinfo.com)
Pirates Facts for Kids (DKFindOut)
Pirates 101 (NPR)
Robert Ripley
The Iconic Mr. Ripley (Ripleys.com)
Roswell
Roswell (History.com)
What really happened at Roswell? (History.com)
Spies
Evolution of Espionage in America (INTEL.gov)
Spies (History.com)
Terracotta Army
5 Things about the Terracotta Army (History.com)
Terracotta Army (World History Encyclopedia)
UFOs
History of UFOs (History.com)