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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| GENERAL COURSEWORK | ENGLISH, WORLD LANGUAGES, WRITING TOOLS | MATHEMATICS & SCIENCES |
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Hot Topics & Current Events
Crash Course in...
Tutor.com
BrainFuse HelpNow
Dictionaries & Thesauri
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Homework Help for English
Homework Help for World Languages
Homework Help for Journalism
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Homework Help for Mathematics
Homework Help for Science
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| RELIGION / THEOLOGY | SOCIAL STUDIES | MISC COURSES |
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Homework Help for Religion/Theology
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Homework Help for Social Studies
COURSES
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Fine Arts
Media (Broadcasting & Journalism)
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GENERAL HOMEWORK HELP:
MANY CLASSES WILL USE THESE TOOLS
HOT TOPICS & CURRENT EVENTS: Stossel's In the Classroom
Teachers and Students: Sign up for your very own FREE account for the best access to video clips and printed information about current events in the USA and around the world. Want to know ALL sides of the issue? Have a debate or a speech to write? Need to give a persuasive argument for a class? Check here for the latest!
HOT TOPICS & CURRENT EVENTS: The Flipside Newsletter
See both sides of important issues— in 5 minutes a day. In a free daily email, get the most thoughtful points from the left, right, and in-between—across 30+ news sources. No clickbait. No trolls. We do the research. You decide.
VIDEO HELPS: Crash Course In...
At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free! Subscribe for weekly videos from our current courses!
The Crash Course team has produced more than 45 courses on a wide variety of subjects, including
Biology Organic Chemistry Ecology Literature
Theater Philosophy World History Many More!
TUTORING SITES: Tutor.com
Is currently available with your Library Card through Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library in their Databases. (Go to Research-->Databases-->All Databases-->Tutor.com
At Tutor.com and The Princeton Review, we are dedicated to expanding academic opportunity for all students by providing learner-focused support—anytime, anywhere.
We support students by helping them achieve their goals.
We support teachers by extending instructional moments and reinforcing learning.
We support schools by prompting just-in-time interventions and increasing persistence.
We support parents in English and Spanish with guidance for tutoring, test prep, and college admissions.
TUTORING SITES: BrainFuse HelpNow & VetNow
Brain Fuse--HelpNow and VetNow
I'm not certain what the difference between these is, but these are currently only available with your public library card.
The California State Library provides free online tutoring for California K-12 students, available through public libraries. Through HelpNow, live real-time homework assistance is available 24 hours a day from qualified tutors using state curriculum and standards.
Tutors can provide a virtual whiteboard, conduct live audio interactions with students, and work with learners on a wide range of concepts. Students are expected to work through the content and learn from the feedback. Tutors do NOT provide answers--they DO provide guidance and help. Tutoring sessions may be monitored for completeness and pedagogical effectiveness. All tutors have passed background checks and possess, at a minimum, a bachelors degree.
- 24/7 assistance is available in English and Spanish for Language Arts and Mathematics
- Homework Help Interact with live tutors in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, PSAT/SAT, ACT, AP and state standardized tests.
- Skills-Building Choose your topic to receive real-time help.
- Personalized eLearning Tools My File Sharing, My Session Replay, My Tutoring Archive, My Tests Archive, and more!
- 24-Hour Writing Lab Submit essays and other forms of writing for constructive feedback.
- Homework Send Question Submit homework questions for expert guidance.
- Adult Learning Center Access a library of rich adult learning content (GED) and live, professional assistance in resume/cover letter writing, U.S. citizenship prep, MS Office Essential Skills Series, and more!
- Foreign Language Lab /Spanish-Speaking Support
- Every day between 10:00 am and 10:00 pm, assistance is available in core K-12 subjects in the following languages: English Spanish Mandarin Cantonese Vietnamese Tagalog
- To start, visit the HelpNow login page. The average wait time is 23 seconds.
Is currently available with your Library Card through Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library in their Databases. (Go to Research-->Databases-->All Databases-->Tutor.com
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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Online Dictionaries
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Online Thesauri
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HOMEWORK HELP 4 ENGLISH
9th GRADE ENGLISH
SLIDESHOWS
- Library Rules
- How to Print
- How to Access & Navigate the Library Portal
TOOLS
- For Pro/Con papers, we have a variety of print books (largely in the 300s section. Ask Mrs. Crow for assistance if you need help finding your specific title. She will need the Title and the Call #.)
- Stossel's IN THE CLASSROOM
- The FlipSide Newsletter
- The Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library has a database called Points of View Reference Center. It is published by EBSCO and is an excellent resource.
- Other libraries (that use GALE as a publisher) have a database called Opposing Viewpoints. It is also an excellent resource.
BOOK LIST
- Animal Farm by Orwell, George
- Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
- Glencoe Lit—Reader’s Choice
- Lord of the Flies by Golding, William
- The Pearl by Steinbeck, John (Summer Reading)
10th GRADE ENGLISH
California Career Zone (website)
Create your own FREE account in order to research careers and/or find new jobs!
Book List
- The Alchemist by Coelho, Paulo
- Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William
- Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric
- Long Way Gone by Beah, Ishmael
- Night by Wiesel, Elie
- Of Mice of Men by Steinbeck, John
- Three Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Dialectical Journal CheckLists for 10th Grade
11th GRADE ENGLISH
- American Lit
- Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F Scott
- Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, John
- Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot, Rebecca
12th GRADE ENGLISH
Book List
- 1984 by Orwell, George
- Brave New World by Huxley, Aldous (Summer Read)
- Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Haddon, Mark
- Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary
- Hamlet by Shakespeare, William=AP12
- Lit & Comp: Reading, Writing, Thinking
- Macbeth by Shakespeare, William
- The Stranger (Translation: Ward, Matthew)
- This book will be replaced by Pride & Prejudice by in 2024-24
- The Odyssey by Homer= Not needed, it is in our textbook
GALE & SALEM eBOOKS: Literary Criticism
eBooks
- Gale eBooks (Literary Criticism)
- Drama for Students
- Novels for Students
- Shakespeare for Students
- Short Stories for Students
- Banned Books
- Islamic Literature
- Salem Press eBooks (Literary Criticism)
- Critical Insights-Authors
- Critical Insights-Theme
- Critical Insights-Works
TOOLS 4 WRITING PERSUASIVE ESSAYS
Teachers and Students: Sign up for your very own FREE account for the best access to video clips and printed information about current events in the USA and around the world. Want to know ALL sides of the issue? Have a debate or a speech to write? Need to give a persuasive argument for a class? Check here for the latest!
See both sides of important issues— in 5 minutes a day. In a free daily email, get the most thoughtful points from the left, right, and in-between—across 30+ news sources. No clickbait. No trolls. We do the research. You decide.
PINK MONKEY STUDY GUIDES
- Monkey Notes
- Barron's Book Notes
- Printable Notes
- Study Guides
- Study Smart
- Parents Tips/Parent Central
- College Planning
- Test Prep by State
- How to Cite Your Sources
SPARKS NOTES STUDY GUIDES
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- Study Guides
- Free Full Texts
- William Shakespeare's Life & Times SparksNotes Blog
HOMEWORK HELP 4 MATHEMATICS
GREAT WEBSITES 4 LEARNING MATH
Websites
* As of late June 2021, the Ask Dr. Math archives can be found at https://www.nctm.org/archives/dr.math/, which requires a free NCTM account. (If you are not a teacher, just pretend you are when you create the account.)
Until we change links on our site to the new locations, you can manually change an address like
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/59206.html
to
https://www.nctm.org/archives/library/drmath/view/59206.html
in order to access it. That is, replace http://mathforum.org in the address bar with https://www.nctm.org/archives
Unfortunately, it appears that there is currently no way to search the archives.
YOUTUBE SITES 4 LEARNING MATH
MATHEMATICS HOMEWORK HELP
YouTube Math
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- Statistics
- Economics
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Linguistics
HOMEWORK HELP 4 RELIGION / THEOLOGY
CATHOLIC WEBSITES & APPS
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- The Holy Bible
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
Father Mike Schmitz (YouTube)
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- About Mass
- About Confession
- Topics for Teens
Christopher West (YouTube)
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- Theology of the Body
Hallow (Prayer App--paid subscription, not paid for by SMHS)
Pray Your Way. Choose from a vast library of prayers, meditations, and music. Personalize the by changing length, guide, background music, and more.
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- Prayers
- Lenten Prayers, Thoughts, Study
RELIGION/THEOLOGY DATABASES
RELIGION/THEOLOGY DATABASES
- New Catholic Encyclopedia (Gale eBooks)
- World Religions (Gale eBooks)
Many of these were purchased for Social Studies & Art as they deal with other World Religions that have historical and/or artistic impact.
ISLAM
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- The Foundations of Islam and Islamic Thought
- Islamic Art and Architecture
- Islamic Literature
- The Islamic World to 1041
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WORLD MYTHOLOGY
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- Crash Course in Mythology (YouTube)
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HOMEWORK HELP 4
SCIENCE & APPLIED SCIENCES (TECHNOLOGY)
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE (Ag & FFA)
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ANATOMY
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ASTRONOMY
BIOLOGY
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CHEMISTRY
- PHET Interactive Simulations from U Colorado Boulder (contains Chemistry & Physics)
- The Physics Classroom (contains Chemistry & Physics)
COMPUTER SCIENCES (Coding) & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
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EARTH SCIENCES
Is the Earth a Plane (flat) or a Sphere (round)?
- Popular Science: 10 scientific experiments
- NASA's What is Earth?: views from Space; things to consider
- Arizona State University's Ask an Earth & Space Scientist How Do We Know the Earth is Round?
- UCL: Is the Earth Flat, or a Circle? a university in London, England.
- YouTube: How I Proved the Earth is Round: measure angles of sunlight/shadow to determines the circumference of the Earth
- YouTube Science with Grammarsaurus Cartoon of Aristotle's questions about the curvature of the Earth
- YouTube Mystery Science "Are teachers, scientists, and astronauts trying to trick us when they say the Earth is round? It looks totally flat to me!"
- YouTube: Top 10 Reasons We Know the Earth is Round : 10 reasons why the Earth is spherical.
ENGINEERING
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PHYSICS
- PHET Interactive Simulations from U Colorado Boulder (contains Chemistry & Physics)
- The Physics Classroom (Contains Physics & Chemistry)
TECHNOLOGY
- Energy & Technology (GALE)
- Environmental Sciences & Technology (GALE)
HOMEWORK HELP 4 SOCIAL STUDIES
GALE & SALEM eBOOKS 4 SOCIAL STUDIES
- Current Events (Social Studies) (GALE)
- History (GALE)
- Multicultural Studies. (GALE)
- Religion in World History (GALE)
- Social Studies (GALE)
- Current Events (Curated Free Content...to Explore CURRENT EVENTS through an Historical Lens);
- Great EVENTS from History;
- Great LIVES from History;
- Milestone Documents;
- Value of the Dollar;
- Working Americans
SOCIAL STUDIES: Family History & Genealogy
- Ancestry.com (AVAILABLE for free @ the SSJCPL/Stockton San Joaquin Libraries)
- Family Search
- Family History / Genealogy Libraries Near Me:
- California Genealogical Society Library (Oakland)
HOMEWORK HELP 4 WORLD LANGUAGES
WORLD LANGUAGES: ASL
ASL LANGUAGE RESOURCES
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ASL DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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OTHER ASL RESOURCES
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WORLD LANGUAGES: ITALIAN
ITALIAN LANGUAGE RESOURCES
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BILINGUAL (ITALIAN-ENGLISH)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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MONOLINGUAL (ITALIAN-ONLY)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
* 501 Italian Verbs (Follett eBook/Book)
* Sapere.it (encyclopedias & more)
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OTHER ITALIAN RESOURCES
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WORLD LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE RESOURCES
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BILINGUAL (PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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MONOLINGUAL (PORTUGUESE-ONLY)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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OTHER PORTUGUESE RESOURCES
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WORLD LANGUAGES: SPANISH
SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES
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BILINGUAL (SPANISH-ENGLISH)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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MONOLINGUAL (SPANISH-ONLY)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
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OTHER SPANISH RESOURCES
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OFF-CAMPUS DIGITAL TOOLS
(mostly paid subscription sites--NOT funded by SMHS)
4 WORLD LANGUAGES
DUOLINGO
is both a paid site and a subscription site.
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Created Languages
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MANGO
is a paid subscription site. Some Public Libraries subscribe to Mango. Check your local public library to see whether it is free with your Library Card.
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World Languages
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Endangered Languages
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ROSETTA STONE
is a paid subscription site. Some Public Libraries subscribe to Rosetta Stone. Check your local public library to see whether it is free with your Library Card.
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