New Study Prep Guides

SAT

• Sat prep guide 1600: prep for the perfect score
• SAT prep guide ASAP : the ultimate quick-study guide to mastering the SAT
•    The official SAT study guide
• SAT prep guide : the ultimate guide to mastering the SAT   

ACT

• Peterson’s ACT prep guide ASAP: the ultimate quick study guide

 ELA

•  Cracking the AP English language & composition exam
• Master the AP English language & composition exam   
• Cracking the AP English literature & composition exam
• AP English literature and composition

 Math

• AP calculus AB, 2018
• AP statistics
• Cracking the AP statistics exam
• AP statistics, 2018- 5 Steps to 5 

S.S. - US History

•  AP U.S. history, 2018
• Cracking the AP U.S. history exam 

 S.S. - World History 

• Cracking the AP world history exam

S.S. - Govt/Politics

• AP comparative government and politics study guide
• Cracking the AP U.S. government & politics exam
• AP U.S. government & politics, 2018 

S.S. - Global      

• Barron's regents exams and answers.- Global History 
• Let's review. Global History and Geography  

Science - Biology  

• Cracking the AP Biology exam

Science - Chemistry 

• Cracking the AP chemistry exam 

Science - Environmental

•  AP environmental science 
• Cracking the AP environmental science exam

Science - Physics  

• 500 AP physics 2 questions to know by test day
• Barron's AP physics 1
• Cracking the AP physics 1 exam
• Cracking the AP physics 2 exam  

 

October is Cyber Safety Month

The Power of Words

“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.”    - Yehuda Berg

The Great Gatsby Project

   The purpose of the research is for you to put together necessary and important information that will add to the reading and understanding of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

   
 You will be researching your topics using books, databases, and the internet.  

eBooks Available:  Log in using school username & password. 

• The Roaring Twenties: discover the era of Prohibition, flappers and Jazz (unlimited copies unavailable)
•  The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression 
• The Roaring Twenties
• Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby
• Understanding Women's Rights
• The Feminist Movement 
• Women at War: the Progressive Era, WWI and Women's Suffrage
• Lightbox ~ Great Gatsby

and more ....................search catalog for additional titles

 Print Books: 

• U.S.A Twenties 
• Anything goes: a biography of the roaring twenties by Lucy Moore
• The Roaring Twenties: 1920 to 1929 by Rodney Carlisle
• Roaring '20s Fashions: deco by Susan Langley
• Flappers: Six women of a dangerous generation by Judith Mackrell
• Flappers and the new American woman: perceptions of women 1918 to 1920
• Bootleg: murder, moonshine and the lawless years of prohibition
• Last Call: the rise and fall of prohibition by Daniel Okrent
• The Harlem Renaissance (several titles available) 

    and more.....................Search catalog for additional titles

 Databases: (Look Under History/Geography Section)

•  History Study Center 
• Sirs Decades (See 1920's)
• Issues & Controversies in American History
• ABC-CLIO American History 
• Biography Reference Center

See Dr. Hatcher in the library if you need assistance with any of our resources. 

Welcome back~Library Information Center

A world of information awaits you in our Information Center.  

Mr. Pelosi~ Fake News is Not New

Fake News is Nothing New

“Fake news has long had a presence in America’s media landscape: Since the colonial period, various news outlets have played fast and loose with the truth for commercial or political gain.  A particularly notorious era of journalistic misinformation emerged in the 1890s when competing newspapers owned by rival media titans William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer fought mercilessly for the attention of readers by liberally embellishing stories to sell more papers, a style that became known as yellow journalism.” (Green)

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown

What are potential consequences when fake news goes viral? Do you think you could spot fake news or would you be fooled? Why or why not? 

Quote- Matthew Green, Dec 6, 2016

Chess~Game On!

According to health experts there are many benefits to playing chess.

1. Promotes brain growth
2. Raises your IQ
3. Increases problem solving skills
4. Improves memory

just to name a few......(Health Fitness Revolution)

The following materials are available in the library:

• Bobby Fischer's outrageous chess moves (794.1 PAN PB)
• Chess: from first moves to checkmate (794.1 KIN)
• The Immortal game: a history of chess (791.1.SHE)
• Kasparov's winning chess tactics (791.1 PAN PB)

The Laramie Project- Similar Current Events- Ms. Metrio

Assignment: Research credible sources to find a current event (within 5-10 years).  The current event may deal with hate crimes, discrimination, or denial of civil rights.

Databases:   Username/Password listed on Access sticker or on Lab computers.

Located under Magazine/Newspaper section of Destiny (VRC) databases.

• eLibrary Curriculum Edition 
• Gale Newstand (Infrotrac Newsstand) 
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Note: Choose keywords that will expand or narrow your search.  Also, view related topics.

Example: Hate Crimes (Bias Crime, Racism, Race Relations, etc.)

Be sure to print out a copy of the article that answers your question.  You will be presenting the article to the class.