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GENERAL HOMEWORK HELP
Please go to eResources for tools that are NOT specific to your subject matter. For Subject Specific Material, look below. Subjects are listed in Alphabetical Order by Department. As your teachers ask me to add information, tools, and sources, I will do so.
 
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Computer Science
English
Mathematics
Religion/Theology
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Science & Technology
Social Studies
Visual & Performing Arts
World Languages
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
ENGLISH CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
Online Dictionaries
Online Thesauri
 
 
 
 
 
  • 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
    • Study Guides
    • Free Full Texts
    • William Shakespeare's Life & Times SparksNotes Blog
 
 
 
 
 
LITERARY CRITICISM  e-TOOLS
We also have Print sources of Literary Criticism
  • Drama for Students
  • Novels for Students
  • Shakespeare for Students
  • Short Stories for Students
  • Banned Books
  • Islamic Literature
  • Critical Insights-Authors
  • Critical Insights-Theme
  • Critical Insights-Works
 
 
 
 
TOOLS FOR 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 (no longer 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.
 
Library Orientation
These slides will help you locate, access, and use various Tools in the Library Portal. These tools will help you all throughout high school.
Please contact Mrs. Crow if you need assistance!
FRESHMEN LIBRARY HOMEWORK 
1)  Go to a Stockton San-Joaquin County Public Library
     Get your library card. If you have one already, call the library (209)-937-8221 or (866) 805-7323 to renew your card (or go to your nearest branch).    SSJCPL Website  www.ssjcpl.org
                     Map of Branch Locations
                     Branch Hours
      • If you live North of Stockton (this includes Lodi), your nearest branches are Thornton or Troke
      • If you live East of the County, your nearest branches are Linden or Escalon
      • If you live South of the County, your nearest branches are Escalon or Ripon
      • If you live West of the County, your nearest branches are Mountain House or Tracy.
      • Other County Branches (South of Stockton):       Lathrop       Manteca 
      • Stockton's Main  Branches:    
      • Stockton's Micro Branches (Limited hours, facilities) 
FRESHMEN LIBRARY HOMEWORK (ALSO AVAILABLE IN TUTORIALS)
2) Watch these slideshows. You will probably be tested on Rules & Printing. There will be a game in the library as well that will be dependent upon these slides.

 
FRESHMEN TOOLS
COMPOSITION & SPEECH (WRITING TOOLS)
  • For Pro/Con papers, use Alexandria Researcher (the Library Catalog) to see what print & ebooks we have on various topics. 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 (SSJCPL) has a helpful databases
    • Databases for Students: Look here for the following databases for various grade levels and subject matters.Tutor.com, Mas Ultra School Edition, Middle Search Plus, MasterFile Complete, Points of View Reference Center, Learning Express, World Book (WB Online, WB Student, WB Advanced, WB TimeLines), Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, Britannica School & Britannica Escolar
    • Literary Reference Center Plus (SSJCPL) helps you with finding literary criticism articles.
    • NoveList (SSJCPL) helps you find read-alike books for fun reading
9th Grade Classics Book Lists
Due to chronic mis-use of the checkout policy, these books are only available as reference books. If your English teacher writes you a note saying that you may get a book for class, you may check out.
English 9 Lit (Honors)

Title

Author

ISBN

Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray

978-0-399-50148-7

The Lord of the Flies

Golding, William

978-0-50148-7

The Pearl

(Summer Reading)?

Steinbeck, John

9780140177374
 

English 9CP Lit

Title

Author

ISBN

The Lord of the Flies

Golding, William

978-0-50148-7

The Pearl

(Summer Reading)?

Steinbeck, John

9780140177374
 
English 9 CP Comp

Title

Author

ISBN

Animal Farm

Orwell, George

978-0-451-52634-2

The Lord of the Flies

Golding, William

978-0-50148-7

The Pearl

(Summer Reading)?

Steinbeck, John

9780140177374
Sophomore I-Search Project
These slides will help you locate, access, and use various Tools for your i-Search Project.
Please contact Mrs. Crow if you need assistance!
 
Create your own FREE account in order to research careers and/or find new jobs!
 
10th Grade Classics Book Lists
Due to chronic mis-use of the checkout policy, these books are only available as reference books. If your English teacher writes you a note saying that you may get a book for class, you may check out.

English 10 World Lit (Honors)

Title

Author

ISBN

The Alchemist

Coelho, Paulo

978-0-06-231500-7

Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles

978-0-14-044425-4

Julius Caesar (Folger Edition)

Shakespeare, William

978-0-7434-8274-5

Night

(Summer Reading)

Wiesel, Elie

978-0-374-50001-6

 

English 10 CP World Lit 

Title

Author

ISBN

The Alchemist

Coelho, Paulo

978-0-06-231500-7

Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles

978-0-14-044425-4

Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier

Beah, Ishmael

978-0-374-53126-3

Night

(Summer Reading)

Wiesel, Elie

978-0-374-50001-6

 

Dialectical Journal Checklist: Oedipus the King by Sophocles

Choose from these items as you read Oedipus Rex 

and write your Dialectical Journal assignments.

 

Subjects to Track

      • Fate v Free Will
      • Truth (and the search for it)
      • Ignorance v Wisdom
      • Hubris
      • Stubbornness
      • Power (the abuse of)
      • Anger
      • Guilt and Blame
      • Overdetermination
      • Self-discovery
      • Self-destruction

Literary Devices

      • Irony
      • Metaphors
      • Similes
      • Foreshadowing
      • Symbolism
      • Personification
      Motifs
      • Light/Darkness
      • Eyes / Sight / Blindness
      • Disease / Illness
      • Nautical (Sailing)
Place Holder for 11th Grade Projects,
if applicable
 
 
11th Grade Classics Book Lists
Due to chronic mis-use of the checkout policy, these books are only available as reference books. If your English teacher writes you a note saying that you may get a book for class, you may check out.

11th Grade ? AP English Language & Composition

Title

Author

ISBN

The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

979-8351145013

Of Mice and Men

Steinbeck, John

978-0-14-0177739-8

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

(Summer?)

Skloot, Rebecca

978-1-4000-5218-9

 

English 11 CP American Lit

Title

Author

ISBN

The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

979-8351145013

Of Mice and Men

Steinbeck, John

978-0-14-0177739-8

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

(Summer Reading)

Skloot, Rebecca

978-1-4000-5218-9
Senior Project
These slides will help you locate, access, and use various Tools for your Senior Project. P
lease contact Mrs. Crow if you need assistance!
 
12th Grade Classics Book Lists
Due to chronic mis-use of the checkout policy, these books are only available as reference books. If your English teacher writes you a note saying that you may get a book for class, you may check out.

12th Grade?  AP English Literature & Composition

Title

Author

ISBN

Pride & Prejudice

Austen, Jane

978-0-1414-3951-8

MacBeth

Shakespeare, William

978-1-58663-846-7

Frankenstein

(Summer)

Shelley, Mary

978-0-451-53224-4

Hamlet

Shakespeare, William 

9780743477123

 

English 12 CP English Lit

Title

Author

ISBN

MacBeth

Shakespeare, William

978-1-58663-846-7

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

Haddon, Mark

978-0-451-52493-5

Frankenstein

Shelley, Mary

978-0-451-53224-4

Brave New World

(Summer)

        Huxley, Aldous

978-0-060-77609-1
 
 
 
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
Take a look at Tutor.com or BrainFuse to get tutoring help.
Talk with Mrs. Arevalo (in the library) about becoming a tutor or other tutoring help. She may be able to give you ideas.
 
MATH WEBSITES
 MATH YOUTUBE SITES CRASH COURSE IN...
 
 
 
 
 
 
    • Statistics
    • Economics
    • Engineering 
    • Computer Science
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Linguistics
 
* 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.

RELIGION / THEOLOGY CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
Take a look at the following websites, apps, and databases for all your Catholic Religion research needs.
  • Don't forget to talk with Mr. Casillas, Father Matthew, or a member of our Religion/Theology faculty. 
  • Mrs. Crow can also help you with your research needs for your Religion Classes.
Sources Your Teachers Suggest:
The Holy Bible

 
 
 
 
 
(Calendar with Links) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • About Mass
  • About Confession
  • Topics for Teens
 
 
 
 
  • Theology of the Body
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Prayer App--paid subscription, not paid for by SMHS)
 
  • Prayers
  • Lenten Prayers, Thoughts, Study
  • Meditations
 
  • Verse of the Day
  • Read the Bible
  • Study Tools
 
 
 
 
 
 
SMHS Resources
(Gale eBooks)
(YouTube)
World Religions (Comparative Religions)
(Gale eBooks)
ISLAM
  • The Foundations of Islam and Islamic Thought
  • Islamic Art and Architecture
  • Islamic Literature
  • The Islamic World to 1041
 Many of these eBooks were purchased for Social Studies & Art as they deal with other World Religions that have historical and/or artistic impact. If we ever choose to (re)offer a class on Comparative World Religions, these will be good resources for that class
 
Bible Study Tools, Apps & Other Cool Resources
A Concordance helps you find quotations and topics in the Bible. These Concordances may or may not be from Protestant translations of the Bible.
(Website & App)
This app has several different translations of the Bible that may make your reading easier or that may clarify different meanings.
   
   
   
 
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
 
Resources Your Teachers Recommends:
 
  
   
   
   
 
Cool Resources! 

Crash Course In...
 
SchoolHouse Rock
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
 
 
Sources Your Teachers Recommend:
 
  
   
   
   
 
Cool Resources! 

Crash Course In...
 
SchoolHouse Rock
 
 
   
   
   
 
 
Sources Your Teachers Recommend:
 
(contains Chemistry & Physics)
  
   
   
 
Cool Resources! 

Crash Course In...
 
SchoolHouse Rock
 
   
   
   
 
Sources Your Teachers Recommend:
 
  
 
  
   
   
 
Cool Resources! 
Crash Course In...
  •  
  •  
 
SchoolHouse Rock

 
 
   
   
   
 
Is  the Earth a Plane (flat) or a Sphere (round)?

  •  
  •  
 
 
  • 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!" 
 
 
 (Teachers, please add your go-to Info & Sites) 
Sources Your Teachers Recommend:
   
 
  
   
   
 
SMHS Resources! 
   
 
   
   
 
Cool Resources! 
Crash Course In...
SchoolHouse Rock
   
   
   
SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
 
SMHS Social Studies Resources
GALE eBooks
 
  • 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
 
FAMILY HISTORY, NAMES, & GENEALOGY
Websites/Databases
  • Ancestry.com (AVAILABLE for free @ the SSJCPL/Stockton San Joaquin Libraries AND at a private Family History Library near you.  See the next cell -->)
  • Family Search   
Baby Names Websites
Private Family History / Genealogy Libraries-- No membership required
    • African American Museum & Library @ Oakland (Part of the Oakland PL)
      • The library is on the 1st floor
      • The museum is on the 2nd floor
      • Speak with the guard and let him know you represent SMHS. They would love to have you and are hoping to see you!
 
 
LOCAL HISTORY
San Joaquin County Historical (SJCH)
Society & Museum
California History
Resources Your Teachers Recommend:
(Financial Investment Newspaper)
 
(Stock Market Game)
Look up the following terms: "Finger Trading," "Speculation," and "Laffer Curve."
(Financial Investment Newspaper)
(Economic terms, from “absolute advantage” to “zero-sum game”, explained to you in plain English)
(Financial Investment Newspaper)
Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE)(Great games, Summer Programs,
Economics for Leaders, etc.)
Vanguard 
(This is where you can actually try your hand with REAL stocks.)
(Financial Investment Newspaper)
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
Cool Resources! 
Crash Course In...
SchoolHouse Rock
 
FREE
WITH YOUR SSJCPL.ORG LIBRARY CARD
Universal Class In...
 
1) Click on the link above.
2) Click on "View Catalog"
3) Search for "Stocks"
4) Click on the course
5) Click on Join This Course
  
   
   
 
 
Resources Your Teachers Recommend:
   
   
   
   
Cool Resources!
 
 
 
Canadian Provinces & Capitols
   
   
   
 
Sites Your Teachers Recommend:
(Paid App with Free Trial)
(YouTube)
(Guided Meditation--20 mins)
 College Board: AP Psychology
 
(YouTube)
   
Cool Sites!
Crash Course in
  
 
  
   
   
 
PHILOSOPHY
 
US History & US Government
Sources Your Teachers Recommend:
American Battlefield Trust
 
 
 
  • Lumen: US History
   
 
Other Cool Resources!
VARIOUS FREE CLASSES
YOU CAN TAKE ONLINE,
COURTESY OF YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY (SSJCPL)
 
Crash Course In... 
A great way to get balanced news about elections and what is happening in the Government.
  • Starting Point: Two-minute answers to common questions by elected officials.
  • Daily Points: Quick takes from elected officials on the news of the day.
  • Counterpoints: A discussion between two members from across the aisle
  • Explores: Conversations from behind the scenes that define and demystify politics and key issues
  • Chats: Discussions with lawmakers and other experts on pivotal issues
  • Campus Conversations: Conversations between lawmakers and students
Also:
Contributors,  Election Hub, Register to Vote (18+)
Schoolhouse Rock Government & Civics
 
 
Schoolhouse Rock History
   
   
 
Click the link for Mr. Atienza's Contact a Librarian Project
Sources Your Teachers Recommend
   
   
   
   
 
Other Cool Sources: 
Sources Your Teachers Recommend
   
   
   
   
 
Other Cool Sources: 
Crash Courses In...
 
   
   
   
 
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
WORLD LANGUAGES CLASSES
Teachers, please contact Mrs. Crow to add your go-to Info & Sites
Crash Course in Linguistics
ASL LANGUAGE RESOURCES 
ASL DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
 
 
 
OTHER ASL RESOURCES
  • Coming Soon!
 
 
 
ITALIAN LANGUAGE RESOURCES 
BILINGUAL (ITALIAN-ENGLISH)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
MONOLINGUAL (ITALIAN-ONLY)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
* 501 Italian Verbs (Follett eBook/Book)
* Sapere.it (encyclopedias & more)
 
 
 
 
OTHER ITALIAN RESOURCES
 
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE RESOURCES
BILINGUAL (PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
MONOLINGUAL (PORTUGUESE-ONLY)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
PORTUGUESE NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

 
OTHER PORTUGUESE RESOURCES
 
  • Barron's 501 Portuguese Verbs (Follett Book/eBook)
  • Infopédia:
    • BOM Português
    • Jogos de Palavras
    • Livros e Autores
    • Recursos 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES
 
BILINGUAL (SPANISH-ENGLISH)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
MONOLINGUAL (SPANISH-ONLY)
DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
           SPANISH NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

 
OTHER SPANISH RESOURCES
 
 
 
 
 
DIGITAL TOOLS
4 WORLD LANGUAGES
(Not paid for by SMHS)
DuoLingo
is an app you can get online or on your phone.
It can be free or paid. They have both individual and family subscriptions.
SMHS does NOT pay for this.
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin?)
  • Russian 
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch 
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Latin
  • Navajo
  • Norwegian (Bokmal)
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Ukranian
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Yiddish
  • Zulu
Created Languages
  • Esperanto
  • High Valyrian 
  • Klingon
 
Mango
is a paid subscription site. SMHS does NOT pay for this.
It is available through the SSJCPL.
Some other  Public Libraries subscribe to Mango.
Check your local public library to see whether they offer Mango.
World Languages
  • Arabic (Levantine)
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Mandarin
  • Portuguese (Brazilian)
  • Russian
  • Spanish (Latin American)
 
Endangered Languages
  • Aramaic (Chaldean)
  • Cherokee
  • Dzongkha
  • Hawaiian
  • Irish
  • Potowame
  • Shanghaiese
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Tuvan
  • Yiddish
 
 
Rosetta Stone
is a paid subscription site. SMHS does NOT pay for this.
It is NOT available through the SSJCPL.
Some other  Public Libraries subscribe to Rosetta Stone.
Check your local public library to see whether they offer this.
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Dutch
  • English (American or British)
  • Filipino (Tagalog)
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Persian (Farsi)
  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Russian
  • Spanish (Latin American or Spain)
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese
MISCELLANEOUS CLASSES
OTHER GOOD INFORMATION