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Famous American Project.notebook

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Louis Armstrong Jazz Composer

Dr. Martin Luther King

Nelson Mandela

Harriet Tubman Deliverer of Slaves

George Washington Carver Scientist

Rosa Parks

Maya Angelou

Susan B. Anthony Civil Rights Activists

Clara Barton Founder of the Red Cross

Amelia Earhart Aviation Engineer

Benjamin Fanklin Scientist

Langston Hughes Writer & PoetHelen Keller Blind & Deaf

Thomas Jefferson President

George Washington President

Anne Frank Diarist

Wilma Rudolph

Mary McLeod Bethune Educator

Florence Nightingale Nurse

Neil Armstrong Astronaut


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Resources

More...

Resources some work some don't

Biography.com(videos)

Bios

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/

http://www.timeforkids.com/homeworkhelper/apluspapers/biography

Biographies & Videos

Fact Monster

http://judyreece.com/Social%20Studies%20-%20Famous%20Americans.htm#barton

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/all.php

http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/index.html#African

http://www.biography.com/

http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/study-guides

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/

http://www.timeforkids.com/homework-helper/a-plus-papers/biography

http://mrnussbaum.com/bio2/

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0855207.html


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Florence Nightingale

Bio

Bio & Video

Biography

Biography

Bio & Video

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdnight.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/florence_nightingale/

http://mrnussbaum.com/florence-nightingale/

http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/florencenightingale.html

http://www.biography.com/people/florence-nightingale-9423539


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Neil Armstrong

Biography

Bio & Video

Bio & Video

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/neil_armstrong.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/pioneers/neil_armstrong

http://www.biography.com/people/neil-armstrong-9188943


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Mary McLeod Bethune

Bio

Biography

Council House Historic Site

Pictures

Biography

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdbethune.htm

http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_24_76.html

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dc62.htm

http://www.marybethuneacademy.org/MaryBethune.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/mary-mcleod-bethune-9211266


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Wilma Rudolph

Biography

Biography Info.

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdwilma.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/wilma-rudolph-9466552


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Anne Frank

Bio & Videos

Biography

Bio

http://www.biography.com/people/anne-frank-9300892

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdannef.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/anne_frank.php


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George Washington

Biography

The Fight of Independence

George and Martha

Dodging Bullets

Biography

Bio

Biography & Video

Bio & Video

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/wash/aa_wash_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/wash/aa_wash_ind_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/wash/aa_wash_martha_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/wash/aa_wash_soldier_1.html

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday/pages/wash.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/georgewashington.php

http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786

http://mrnussbaum.com/presidents/georgewashington


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Thomas Jefferson

Bookmark

Biography

Jefferson Macaroni

The Most Important Thing He Ever Wrote

Fire on the Capital

House Tour (Click On General House Tour)

Biography

Bio

http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/education/historical_figure_bookmarks/pdf/t_jefferson.pdf

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/jefferson/aa_jefferson_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/jefferson/aa_jefferson_home_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/jefferson/aa_jefferson_declar_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/jefferson/aa_jefferson_library_1.html

http://explorer.monticello.org/

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdjeff.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/thomasjefferson.php


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Helen Keller

Biography

Touch and Smell

Charming the President

Determined and Smart

Biography

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Bio

Bio

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/keller/aa_keller_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/keller/aa_keller_senses_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/keller/aa_keller_coolidge_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/keller/aa_keller_radcliffe_1.html

http://www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdkell.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967/videos/helen-keller-first-meeting-the-miracle-worker-3765315832

http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967/videos/helen-keller-taught-by-anne-sullivan-3326019544

http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967/videos/helen-keller-taught-by-anne-sullivan-3326019544

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/helen_keller.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/helen-keller/


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Langston Hughes

Biography

From Busboy to Poet

Play that Tune, Speak the Word!

Langston Touches the Soul

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_youth_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_renaiss_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_people_1.html


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Benjamin Franklin

Biography

Electrifying Experience

Soap, Sea, or a Printing Press

Who Was Silence Dogood?

Timeline

Printer

Librarian

Inventor

Statesman

Enchanted Learning Biography

Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements

Animated Book

Bio

Bio & Videos

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/franklinb/aa_franklinb_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/franklinb/aa_franklinb_electric_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/franklinb/aa_franklinb_printer_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/franklinb/aa_franklinb_writer_1.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/timeline.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/printer.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/librarian.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/inventor.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/statesman.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/f/franklin.shtml

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/inventions.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/franklin/

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ben_franklin.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/benjamin-franklin/


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Ameila Earhart

Biography

Last Flight

Ameila Flies Across the Atlantic

Info & Video

More Info on the Last Flight

The Early Years

Her Speech (Audio)

Tour of her Home

Bio

Bio & Video

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/earhart/aa_earhart_learns_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/earhart/aa_earhart_last_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/earhart/aa_earhart_atlantic_1.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22561595

http://www.ellensplace.net/ae_lflt.html

http://www.ellensplace.net/ae_eyrs.html

http://www.history.com/audio/amelia-earhart-on-women-in-flight

http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/index.html

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/amelia_earhart.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/earhart


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Clara Barton

National Historic Site

Biography

Biography

Audio version of Biography

Biography

Bio

Biography & Video

http://www.nps.gov/features/clba/feat0001/flash.html

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdbarto.htm

http://americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html

http://www.manythings.org/voa/people/Clara_Barton.html

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1044.html

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/clara_barton.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/clara-barton


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Susan B. Anthony

Tour of her house

Susan B. Anthony Coin

Coin 2

Biography

Bio & Video

http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/visit-us/onlinetours.php

http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/dollarcoin.php

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinnews/coinOfTheMonth/2000/08.cfm

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/susan_b_anthony.php

http://www.biography.com/people/susan-b-anthony-194905


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Maya Angelou

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio1

Bio & Video

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1

http://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-9185388


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Rosa Parks

Biography and Interview Video

The Bus

Biography

Her Arrest

Bio

Biography

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/restoration.asp

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/parks/

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_parks_1.html

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/rosa_parks.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/rosa-parks


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George Washington Carver

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Carver.htm

Bookmark with info

Biography

The Peanut Man

Help for the Hard Times

Working for the Greatest Good

Bio

Bio & Video

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Carver.htm

http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/education/historical_figure_bookmarks/pdf/carver.pdf

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carver/aa_carver_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carver/aa_carver_peanut_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carver/aa_carver_farmers_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carver/aa_carver_tuskegee_1.html

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/george_washington_carver.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/african-americans/george_washington_carver/


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Harriet Tubman

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Tubman.html

Biography

Freeing the Slaves

Running to Freedom

Spying for the Union

Video

Bio

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Tubman.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_rail_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_youth_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_spy_1.html

http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430/videos/harriet-tubman-union-spy-15036995841

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/harriet_tubman.php


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Nelson Mandela

Video

Biography

Bio & Video

Bio

http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017/videos/nelson-mandela-early-life-25564739975

http://www.anc.org.za/showpeople.php?p=19

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/nelson_mandela/

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/nelson_mandela.php


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Dr. Martin Luther King

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

Biography

A Powerful Tool!

An Unjust Law is No Law at All

Bio

Biography

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/king/aa_king_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/king/aa_king_selma_1.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/king/aa_king_jail_1.html

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/martin_luther_king_jr.php

http://mrnussbaum.com/african-americans/martin_luther_king_jr/


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http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Armstrng.htmLouis Armstrong

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Armstrng.htm


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