Heroes

BOOKS - St. Joseph's Library - look by LAST NAME and SUBJECT

• Seattle Public Library Catalog
• King County Library Catalog

ENCYCLOPEDIA sites for information - good place to start Grolier's online Encyclopedia (@ school - sjoseph AND jaguars) Biography Resource Center - Seattle Public Library (need card #) - EXCELLENT access to full text information from ThomsonGale Biography encyclopedias

Internet biography sites - to find information

• Biographical Dictionary - very brief information
• Information Please Biography Search (30,000 biographies)- good
• SweetSearch Biographies - biographical information plus links - excellent - "a search engine for students"

ONLINE sites - with lists of people

• Academy of Achievement
  • Achiever Gallery - choose achiever in drop down box or subject area in left column
  • Keys to Success: six elements - explanation of values needed
• African American biographies
  • Biographies: Black History month - good list of people
  • Notable African Americans - long list - InfoPlease
• Amazing Americans Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today

Explorers of the Millenium - Thinkquest.org

My Hero Project - with list of heroes, brief information as FLASH scene scrolls, and some videos

Time 100: heroes and icons 2010 - Time Magazine plust Time's 100 most influencial people of the 20th century (.doc)