Resources

Start with your textbook and the provided library books to do your research. Then use our online databases. The next step is to access the following online resources in your quest. While they are reliable sites, always be information literate to look for bias and point of view by the authors.

|Africa|

• Overview of Africa (read this carefully)

• About (also search for your individual nation)

• African Geography

• PBS Listing of Sites

• PBS Explore the Regions

• Africa Geographia

• Country Reports

• African Voices

• DMOZ Directory of Sites

• CIA World Factbook

• Encyclopedia

• ThinkQuest Africa

• BBC: The Story of Africa

• Maps of Africa

• World Atlas

• Africa Travel Info

• African Nation Borders

• Country Reports

• Nationmaster

• South Africa Liberia Egypt Kenya Sudan Morocco

• World Bank International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• Online Newspapers: AllAfrica BBC CNN Mail & Guardian New York Times USA Today

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|How to Fight Poverty & Corruption|

• NPR Podcast Interview Paul Polak

• NPR Podcast Interview Dr. Jeffrey Sachs

• CBS News 60 Minutes Show on “El Sistema”

• Heifer International

• Causes of Poverty

• Disease Prevention & Care

• Strategies for Poverty Reduction (Links to several articles to be scanned for ideas)

• PovertyNet (Links to several resources to be scanned for ideas)

• Corruption and Economics

• Causes of Corruption

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|China|

• CBC

• English People’s Daily

• Asia Media

• Wikipedia

• Economist

• BusinessWeek

• Prospect Magazine

• China Rises

• China Business Interests in Africa

• New York Times (Select the slideshow, video and article to research)

• NPR Podcast Interview of Dr. Jeffrey Sachs

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|Online Databases & Search Engines|

Always make our online databases your main information gathering tool. Once you look through all of the provided resources there and those listed above, use Mahalo where the searches are human researched and Ask.com which gives you a variety of media resources. Tekmom is a directory of student friendly search engines so check it out. You also will find videos online but you will need to be very careful about the topic covered and who created them. As always when searching on the Web, be careful that inappropriate content might show up.

Video Search Sites:

•Google Video Search

•Snagfilms

•Blinkx

Encyclopedias:

•Encarta

•HighBeam Encyclopedia

•Columbia at Yahoo

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|Promotional Videos|

Watch these to get an idea of what a promotional video looks like. Remember to think of questions as you analyze what the director is trying to do. Really critique them as some are better than others. Find what works and doesn’t so that you can create your own. Remember to include examples of your nation’s culture especially the visual (sculpture, painting) and performing (dance, acting) arts!

• An American City

• An American University

• Another American City

• New Zealand

• London Olympics

• Athens Olympics

|Information & Persuasive Speaking (sites & video)|

Use the following resources as you write the script for the narration of your promotional video.

• Expert Village provides a series of short clips on making persuasive speeches

• How to deliver a persuasive speech

• Example of an informative speech

• How to write an informative speech

• Another example to inform you about deer hunting

• BrainPop Public Speaking (Select the “To see the movie, Take a free trial...”. You need to set up an account to watch the video.)

• How to deliver a speech

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