LibGuides: Lord of the Flies PreResearch: British Boarding Schools Research

Databases to Use

Britannica Encyclopedia
A great place to look up a lot of different topics!
Home Access username: school, password: table
World History-in-Context
Use this database to research a topic about a topic in World History.
Home Access password: bears
SIRs Discoverer
This is a general database and good for researching many topics!
Home Access username: fcpsohs, password: bears
Gale eBooks
This is a group of research eBooks, so you can search a lot of different topics.
Home Access password: bears

Tradition and Modern: British Boarding Schools
This is a BLOG POST, so it's not as reliable as other resources, but it gives some good background on boarding schools and why they still exist today.
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Outrage: Memories of Boarding School
This article is brief at the beginning but provides some good images of letters boys sent home to their parents from boarding school.
NOODLETOOLS --> WEBSITE --> WEBPAGE
Experience of Bedford School in the 1950s
Make sure to click the red button to read the whole story. Article about what he learned in boarding school.
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Boarding School War - Civilian Account
This is a contribution by someone who went to a boarding school during World War II. There is no way to verify data, but the overview is very helpful!
NOODLETOOLS-->WEBSITE-->WEBFORUM