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South Africa/Apartheid Resources
NON-FICTION
179 LEV Bigotry
303.3 HAN Prejudice in the modern world
303.3 HAT Hatred, biogotry and prejudice
305.8 JEN Southern Africa
305.8 LEN Racism and ethnic discrimination
323.11 LOU The risem fall and legacy of apartheid
323.168 MAR Apartheid in South Africa
916 THE The Africa book
920 100 The 100 most influential world leaders of all time
920 CON, v. 4 Contemporary heroes and heroines
920 ENG v. 2 Activists, rebels and reformers
920 NOB Nobel: a century of prize winners
920 REL Religious leaders of the world
921 MAN BEN Nelson Mandela : the man and the movement
960 AFR Africa, opposing viewpoints.
960 CUL Cultural atlas of Africa
960 MUR Africa
967 VLA African beginnings
968 FIS South Africa:1880 to the present
968 FRA South Africa's diverse population
968 SOU South Africa
968.06 End The end of Apartheid
968.004 MAT Kaffir boy : the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in
986.06 GAI Nelson Mandela and apartheid
REFERENCE
REF 305.8 WOR Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life
REF 323 HUM Human and civil rights
REF 324.2 WOR V.2 World encyclopedia of political systems and parties
REF 390 CUL Culturegrams : The Nations Around Us
REF 390 GRE The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life
REF 903 JUN The junior Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
REF 909 HIS History behind the headlines
REF 909 ROB v. 10 The illustrated history of the world: the new global era
REF 909.82 COO World political almanac
REF 909.82 PAL Dictionary of contemporary world history
REF 910.321 WOR Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
SEARCH TERMS
"South Africa" AND history
"South Africa" AND "Nelson Mandela"
"South Africa" AND culture
"South Africa" AND apartheid
apartheid OR racism
apartheid OR discrimination OR segregation
"Nelson Mandela" AND apartheid
DATABASES
ABC-CLIO Issues Understanding Controversy and Society,
This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy—with authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring and timely issues of the day.
www.issues.abc-clio.com
ABC-CLIO World History:Modern Era
This database offers a comprehensive electronic library of historical reference materials and interactive curricular units, plus tools for enhancing lectures, creating research lists, developing student activities, and addressing different learning styles
www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com
CountryReports
CountryReports provides useful cultural, historical, and statistical country information for teachers and students.
http://www.countryreports.com/
CQ Researcher Online
CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/index.php
eLibrary
eLibrary Curriculum Edition--the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries.
http://www.proquestk12.com
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Britannica Online School Edition: The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school.
www.school.eb.com
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multcaultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. New
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493
WEB SITES
Countries andRegions
Provided by the U.S. Department of State, factual information about countries, though some entries are several years old.
http://www.state.gov/countries/
Country Studies
From the Federal Research division of the Library of Congress, an overview of countries around the world
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc%20
The History Channel
The cable TV station that covers historical events is depth.
www.history.com
The History of Apartheid in South Africa
A short explanation of the history of apartheid in South Africa
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
National Geographic
An online version of the well-respected geographic publication.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
PBS
PBS offers all Americans the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online content.
http://www.pbs.org/
United Nations
The United Nations website covers all aspects of the mission of this international organizatio which is dedicated maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these ends.
http://www.un.org/
World Factbook
Similiar to an almanac, this site gives short factual information about every country of the world
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
SEARCH ENGINES
Academic and Research Index
This is a scholarly academic research engine accessing only webistes previously selected by librarians and teachers, and library and educational consortia.
http://www.academicindex.net/
Ask.com
Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines.
www.ask.com
Infotopia
An acadmeic search engine accessing only trusted websites previouly selected by librarians, teachers and library and educational consortia.
http://www.infotopia.info/

 

 

 

 

 


 
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