History - Leaders & Legends - Year 10 - CGGS Library at Canberra Girls Grammar School

Leaders & Legends

Databases

Agora - Library Database Logins and Passwords
Login details and passwords for Library databases and subscriptions can be found here.

Britannica This link opens in a new window
Britannica is a fantastic starting point to get a general understanding of a topic.
You will notice that there are 3 options to click from when you first log in.
If you are in Year 7-8 consider starting with the middle level. for Years 9-12 go to the high option.
To access Britannica from home go the the library Canvas page and click on the link Britannica Home Access. If you are prompted for a password these are also on Canvas.
History Today This link opens in a new window
Search History Today's website to access their archive of articles.
We subscribe to the hard copy of this wonderful journal.
Gale in Context: World History This link opens in a new window
From the Ancient World to today's headlines, World History provides primary sources, reliable reference, and multi-media content. This database is useful when looking for a historical understanding of a topic and in History subjects.
Modern World History This link opens in a new window
Explore world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of subject entries including biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines. These resources provide information on people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history.
Ancient and Medieval History This link opens in a new window
Ancient and Medieval History covers world history from prehistory through the mid-1500s, with special Topic Centres on key eras, civilizations, and regions, including the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome; ancient and medieval Africa, Asia, and the Americas; and medieval Europe and the Islamic World. Information format includes videos and slideshows, primary sources, maps and graphs and timelines. It also provides suggested readings, and suggested search terms.
Gale in Context: High School This link opens in a new window
Information resources for assignments, projects, and presentations across all subject areas. An excellent resource to start your search for information for Years 7-12.
National Geographic This link opens in a new window
Search the archive for articles that have been published by National Geographic in the past. Use the login details found on Agora to access these features.

Books

Library catalogue (Oliver)
Use the Library catalogue to search for books and other resources. Find out more on the Read page.

Below are some books to get you thinking about different leaders.

We have a large biography and autobiography collection that is worth exploring for this assignment.

First & only women : history's female trailblazers by Lynn Santa Lucia
Call Number: NF SAN Biography-Leaders
ISBN: 9781741964912
Publication Date: 2010
This is a fascinating account of some of history's most inspiring women. This includes Wu Zetian, China's first and only empress, to Artemisia Gentileschi, who defied convention as a female artist.
Wild women : history's female rebels, radicals and revolutionaries by Pamela Robson
Call Number: NF ROB Biography-Leaders
ISBN: 9781741966329
Publication Date: 2011
Details the lives and deeds of some of the most extraordinary women in history. Trailblazers, hell-raisers and firebrands, these women showed a level of daring and disregard for traditional gender roles completely atypical of their time and culture. This collection features women like Njinga, guerrilla fighter and queen of seventeenth century Angola; Moll Cutpurse, underworld matriarch of the streets of Elizabethan London; Irish pirate and rebel, Anne Bonny; and infamous American bank robber, poet and songwriter Bonnie Parker.
Leaders who changed history by Senior editor Chauney Dunford
Call Number: NF LEA Biography-Leaders
ISBN: 9780241363171
Publication Date: 2019
Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders, with this innovative and boldly graphic book. Comprehensive in its scope and depth, and fully illustrated, Leaders profiles leaders from all walks of life - kings, queens, and political leaders; military leaders; religious icons, revolutionaries, and business leaders.
Heroes: meeting inspirational Australians by Tony Stephens
Call Number: NF LEA Biography-Leaders
ISBN: 9781921778827
Publication Date: 2013
Some people have the power to inspire through their actions, words and experience. The Australians in Heroes come from diverse backgrounds - some have encountered hardships, others lead by example and a firm belief in what is right - but each and every one is an inspiration to us all. Heroes contains 15 essays on the people who have helped shape Australia into the diverse country it is.