Africa Powerpoints       

Country Information
Background Notes -- From the U.S. State Department
CIA World Factbook -- Country information from the CIA
Country Studies -- From the Library of Congress
Ethnologue -- Information on languages spoken worldwide
Foreign Government Resources on the Web -- From the Univ. of Michigan
GeographyIQ -- "An online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information."
Portals to the World -- Detailed information and links, from the Library of Congress
World Flag Database

Other sites:  ed1stop to use Grolier's Encyclopedia and Ebscohost for magazine and newspaper articles. (Use soquel_stu/student to login.)
You may also want to go to http://www.santacruzpl.org/online/refdb.php to use your public library card and PIN to access many subscription online databases.

Doing Your PowerPoint
Presentations ETC--Free presentation resources for students & teachers! 20,000+ Backgrounds to choose from.

Using Discovery Streaming--
Start by going to ed1stop .  Use the teacher login (soquel/teacher) to get to Discovery Streaming. Once you have signed in to ed1stop click along the top on Curriculum Support. Scroll down to Discovery Streaming . Search using broad terms. Once you find an appropriate video segment (not a full video), right click on the icon that looks like a floppy disk and Save Target As (or if unavailable use Save Link As). Save your video segment to the desktop.

How to embed video in a PowerPoint presentation

Bibliography Sites
MLA Style
Citation Machine
Citing Sources -- from Oregon School Library Information System
KnightCite -- from Calvin College
MLA Style Guide -- from Capital Community Technical College, Hartford, CT.
Noodle Tools Quick Cite -- from NoodleTools, Inc.
Soquel High School's Citation Guide
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format -- From Purdue Univ.

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