Novel Study Research - Gr 7

Mrs. Pasquarelli & Mr. Elia

Letters from Rifka

Ellis Island

• Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation
• Timeline of Ellis Island
• Ellis Island History
• Ellis Island - National Park Service
• Child Migrants Have Been Coming to America Alone Since Ellis Island - Mother Jones
• Selected Images of Ellis Island and Immigration, ca. 1880-1920 - Library of Congress
• Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants

Time period 1919-1920

• Who was president of the US?
• 1920s timeline
• 1920s people

The Samurai's Tale

Samurai

• Japan's Way of the Warrior - National Geographic
• Samurai and Bushido - History.com
• Samurai - Japan-Guide.com
• History of the Samurai (timeline) - NOVA/PBS
• Samurai - American Museum of Natural History
• The Last Samurai: Movie Myth or History? - National Geographic

Time Period

• 1500s in Japan
• 1500s in Europe
• Exploration of North America 1492-1700

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Negro League Baseball

• Negro League Baseball
• Negro League Timeline
• Negro Leagues History - Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
• Breaking Gender Barriers in the Negro Leagues - NY Times - In the waning days of the Negro Leagues there were 3 woman who played on teams!
• No league of their own: Barred from all-white leagues, three women found a place to play - MLB

Time Period

• Who was president of the US in 1947?

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Jim Crow

• Jim Crow Laws - Freedom Riders/PBS
• Jim Crow Laws - Separate is Not Equal/Smithsonian
• Jim Crow Laws - Ducksters
• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow - PBS

Time Period

• List of Events (timeline)
• Who was president of the US?
• Great Depression Timeline
• Great Depression People
• Jim Crow timeline

When my Name was Keoko

Japanese Colonization of Korea & 20th Century Korean History

• My Korean Grandmother’s Memories of the Japanese Occupation and the Korean War
• South Korea Struggles With Legacy of Japanese Colonization - WSJ
• History of Korea - 20th Century - Life in Korea
• History of Korea - Korean War - Life in Korea
• Korean History and Political Geography
• Korea - National Geographic Kids (see history section)