8th Grade Research: 8th Grade History Research

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See this slidedeck for possible topic ideas. I've compiled several names and events that many people don't know. Some of these have links to sites, books, and other resources as examples to help you.

Zinn Education Project is a great resource for finding people and events in history that are lesser known/not memorialized. 

Disability Social History Project is a site that celebrates disability heroes, many of them are lesser known and haven't been memorialized. 

• Think about your search, what do you really need/want to know? Narrow it down. 
• Open your results, don't just skim the snippets that appear. Check for an author and a date. Use Contol + F or Command + F to search within the article you open to find your search terms. 
• Use advanced search options, limit by time, date, file type, language, exact phrases
• Try these:
  • Google Scholar
  • Google Books
  • Google Newspapers
• Try another search engine: Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ask.com