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Thompson Junior High School

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    Research

    Website Evaluation Exercise

               http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela
     
                
               http://www.ducksters.com/biography/nelson_mandela.php
     
     
     

    Impact of Advertising on Youth


    Impact of media use on children

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792691/



    Children, Adolescents, and Advertising   

    http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/118/6/2563


    Effects of Advertising on Youth

    http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/effects-of-advertising-on-youth-age-group-of-1319-years-age-2165-7912-1000260.php?aid=55059


    Advertising targets, affects teens

    https://www.waterloo.k12.ia.us/schoolsites/thespectator/advertising-targets-affects-teens


    How advertising targets our children

    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/how-advertising-targets-our-children/?_r=0


    The positive effects of advertising

    http://smallbusiness.chron.com/positive-effects-advertising-24688.html



    Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children

    http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/advertising-children.aspx


    Television, Commercials, and Your Child

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/media-spotlight/201307/television-commercials-and-your-child


    Children as Consumers

    http://www.globalissues.org/article/237/children-as-consumers


    Child Nutrition

    http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/child-nutrition/according-experts/television-tv-and-tv-advertisement-influences-childrens-eating


    The effects of ads that target kids shown to linger into adulthood

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/lovable-marketing-icons-retain-their-power-into-adulthood/article17479332/ 
     
     
     

    Famous Speeches about Controversial Issues


    Abraham Lincoln-Gettysburg Address

    https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/gettysburgaddress.htm


    President John F. Kennedy- Cuban Missile Crisis speech

    http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html


    Nelson Mandela- I am prepared to die speech

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/12/05/read-the-most-important-speech-nelson-mandela-ever-gave/


    Mahatma Gandhi- Kashmir issue speech

    http://www.mkgandhi.org/speeches/kashmir_issue.htm


    Malala Yousafzais- United Nations speech

    https://secure.aworldatschool.org/page/content/the-text-of-malala-yousafzais-speech-at-the-united-nations/


    Michelle Obama- Childhood obesity speech

    http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/09/michelle-obama-food-marketing-speech.html


    Ronald Reagan-Berlin wall speech

    http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/reagan-tear-down.htm


    Martin Luther King, Jr.- I Have a Dream speech

    http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm


    Malcolm X-The Ballot or the Bullet speech

    http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html


    President George Bush-War against Iraq speech

    http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/bush-war.htm


    Susan B. Anthony-Women’s right to vote

    http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/anthony.htm


    Gerald R. Ford-A war that is finished (Vietnam war) speech

    http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/ford-tulane.htm


    Patrick Henry-Liberty or Death speech

    http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/henry.htm

    The History Place:  Great Speeches Collection
    http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm 
     

            

    Greek Mythology Project 

    Color Symbolism
     
    The Meaning of Colors 
     
    How 8 Colors Got Their Symbolic Meanings 

     

    Color Symbolism
     
     
     
     
    Greek Gods/Goddesses
     
    The British Museum:  Gods & Goddesses
     
    The Olympian Gods and Goddesses 
     
    Symbols of the Gods and Goddesses 
     
            Meet the Greek Gods 
     
    Greek Mythology:  Olympians 
     

     Greek Gods

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     Ancient Greece for Kids

     

     
     

    Literature

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    Math
     
    Math Practice (must know MAP score and RIT score)
     
     
    Science
     

    Air and Atmosphere Webquest

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    SciLinks

    Science Articles

          

    Mr Donovan`s Matter Webquest

    Measure It!

    Task # 1 - Properties of Matter

    Task # 2 - Matter Pre-test

    Task # 3 - Intro to Matter

    Task # 4 - Fact Monster - Matter

    Task # 5 - States of Matter Chart

    Task # 6 - States of Matter

    Task # 7 - Melting/Heating Experiment

    Task # 8 - Physical/ Chemical Changes

    Task # 9 - Quiz

          When Finished...

    Exploration Quiz Hangman

    Challenge Board
    Rags to Riches

           

    Cells

     

    Alternative Energy

    bullet National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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    bullet How Stuff Works-Fuel Cells
     
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    Elwood-Genetically Engineered Foods

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    Greek and Latin Roots

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    Library Greek and Latin Root Words     

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      Lex Files

Thompson Junior High School

Empowering Students, Engaging, Supporting, Succeeding

440 Boulder Hill Pass Oswego, IL 60543|P: (630) 636-2600|F: (630) 636-2691

440 Boulder Hill Pass Oswego, IL 60543
P: (630) 636-2600|F: (630) 636-2691

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