Warwick Middle School

8th Grade Research Resources

8th Grade Opinion Research Resources

1. Newsela

2. ProCon

3. AllSides

4. Research in Context

5. World Book

6. Proquest Sirs Discover

1950s

• Online Book

         The Fifties in America

• This is an online textbook with many topics. You might want to start with this resource first.

• Databases: 

  • US History In Context

    • This resource is located in your Portal in your links. If you use this resource at home you will need to use the username and password listed below.

     Username:  warwick       Password:  research

• Websites:
  
  

  • People:   Biography Web Site
    
    

  • Everything Fifties

  • The People History 1950 http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1950s.html

  • The People History 1960  http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html

  • History of Hot Rollers

  • Teen Dances of the 1960s

  • Best Athletes of the 1950s

  • Television of the 1950s

  • 1950s Horror Films

  • The Birds Movie

  • Teen Dances of the 1950s

  • Fast Food in the 1950s

  • Food Timeline 1950s and 60s

  • Teen Dances of the 1950s

  • History of the Curling Iron

  • Cars of the 1950s

  • Fashion, Hair, Makeup

  • Hairstyles

  • Movies

  • Slang

  • More Slang

  • The Inflation Calculator