Inspirational People: First Grade Research Links

First graders are learning about people that have changed the world through courage, honesty, bravery, selflessness, and the will to try. The following links are student friendly websites that we are using in preparation for our research projects.

Heroes Links :

Abe Lincoln –

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/lincoln/aa_lincoln_subj.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-Z-PT5Xfo&feature=related

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln

Jackie Robinson

http://www.biography.com/articles/Jackie-Robinson-9460813

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1610456,00.html

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/article-9063923

Rachel Carlson

http://www.rachelcarson.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Njv5Ygg0g

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/cars-rac.htm

Amelia Earhart

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

http://myhero.com/myhero/go/audio/listen.asp?artid=26

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdearha.htm

Mahatma Gandhi

http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people/online.asp?story=22

http://hubpages.com/hub/Ghandi-For-Kids

http://www.mkgandhi.org/

Duke Ellington

http://www.dukeellington.com/

http://www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDCzb3dv_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRbEhLj540&feature=related

Rosa Parks

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=3&sub="Parks,+Rosa"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Parks,+Rosa&docNum=BX3200955045&bConts=39

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4809

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11135

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

Galileo Galilei

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html

http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Galileo_Briana

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galilei_galileo.shtml

http://www.fact-index.com/g/ga/galileo_galilei.html

Wolfgang Amdeus Mozart

http://www.mozartproject.org/

http://www.classicalarchives.com/mozart.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI

Nelson Mandela

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/nelson_mandela.html

http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/mandela.html

Mark Twain

http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1655.Mark_Twain

http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/facts.htm

Barack Obama

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?subTopic=U.S.+Presidents&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&srchtp=topic&topic=People&c=1&searchTerm=Obama,+Barack&ste=6&tbst=tsrch&tab=1&docNum=BX3200955186&bConts=39

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=B_Obama_wesley_US_2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/kidshome

http://inprogress.typepad.com/kidsforobama/

http://holidays.kaboose.com/who-is-barack-obama.html

Sally Ride

http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Science-and-Nature/Astronomy-and-Space/Human-Spaceflight/Astronauts/Ride--Sally

http://www.girls-explore.com/bios/sally-ride.php

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2970833n

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Ride-Sally.html

Paul Cezanne

http://www.theartgallery.com.au/kidsart/learn/cezanne/

http://gardenofpraise.com/art47.htm

http://www.colorwithleo.com/artistinfo-cezanne.php

Sojourner Truth

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=2&sub="Truth,+Sojourner"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Truth,+Sojourner&docNum=BX3200955225&bConts=3

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=s_truth_ul

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdsojrn.htm

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,203485,00.html

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/21-people/479-sojournertruth.html

Mia Hamm

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/4656-mia-hamm-biography

http://www.allstarshelpingkids.org/jeffersonawards/miahamm.html

http://www.biography.com/articles/Mia-Hamm-16472547

Charles Darwin

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=4&sub="Darwin,+Charles"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Darwin,+Charles&docNum=BX3200955245&bConts=39

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=CDarwin_moran_ms_07_ul

Mack Sennett

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Sennett,+Mack"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Sennett,+Mack&docNum=BX3201174409&bConts=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7dDAEm_qMU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFYXrkVP1yY

Charlie Parker

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Parker,+Charlie"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Parker,+Charlie&docNum=BX3201172341&bConts=1

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=c_parker_crossroads_1998_ul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEfUJhHX7Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxibMBV3nFo

Marian Anderson

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Anderson,+Marian"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Anderson,+Marian&docNum=BX3201160608&bConts=3

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Anderson_springville_jhs_06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9AsA0cY8qg&feature=BF&list=MLGxdCwVVULXcyV3sO7yThva7y0aVNGKaI&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYTMf2pk&feature=related

Harriet Tubman

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=3&sub="Tubman,+Harriet"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Tubman,+Harriet&docNum=BX3200955226&bConts=39

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=harrietTubman

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u6/index.html

Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=5&sub="King,+Martin+Luther,+Jr."&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=King,+Martin+Luther,+Jr.&docNum=BX3200955100&bConts

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=mlk_ValleyView_es_06

Louisa May Alcott

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Alcott,+Louisa+May"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Alcott,+Louisa+May&docNum=BX3201160360&bConts=3

Amelia Earhart

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=3&sub="Earhart,+Amelia"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Earhart,+Amelia&docNum=BX3200955023&bConts=39

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Earhart_ValleyView_es_06

Sally Ride

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=3&sub="Ride,+Sally"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Ride,+Sally&docNum=BX3200955046&bConts=39

Galileo Galilei

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=4&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=3&sub="Galileo"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Galileo&docNum=BX3200955153&bConts=39

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/galileogalilei.html

Mia Hamm

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Hamm,+Mia"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Hamm,+Mia&docNum=BX3200955160&bConts=7

Theodore Geisel

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=2&sub="Geisel,+Theodore+Seuss"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Geisel,+Theodore+Seuss&docNum=BX3200955212&bConts=7

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Dr_Seuss_nols_US_2010_ul

Frida Kahlo

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Frida+Kahlo+and+Diego+Rivera:+Their+Lives+and+Ideas+(Book)"&ste=35&tbst=tbasic&tab=2&txb=Frida+Kahlo+and+Die

http://www.albrightknox.org/collection/collection-highlights/piece:self-portrait-with-monkey/

Go to Youth Audio at the bottom of the page. Click on the triangle just above the word “Youth”.

Johnny Appleseed

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=mlin_n_salempub&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=1&sub="Appleseed,+Johnny"&ste=33&tbst=tbasic&tab=1&txb=Appleseed,+Johnny&docNum=BX3201163280&bConts=3

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=Appleseed_lakeview_es_06_ul

Wangari Maathai

http://myhero.com/go/films/view.asp?film=dirt

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,1610900,00.html

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/podcast-wangari-maathai-1.php

Georgia O'Keefe

http://msjuliesartistoftheweek.blogspot.com/2009/03/georgia-okeefe.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/georgia-okeeffe/about-the-painter/55/

http://www.abrakadoodle.com/blog/?cat=34

http://www.soho-art.com/Geogia-OKeeffe.shtml

Louisa May Alcott

http://myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=lm_alcott_stpaul

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/alco-lou.htm

http://www.biography.com/articles/Louisa-May-Alcott-9179520

Ted Geisel

http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm

http://www.biographyshelf.com/dr_seuss_biography.html

http://www.seussville.com/author.html

http://www.drseussart.com/