Heroes

Biography sites for information

Grolier's online Encyclopedia (@ school)
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• Answers.com - lenghty information with links to Columbia U Ency., Houghton Mifflin, Am. Heritage Dictionary, Wikipedia
• Biography Resource Center - Seattle Public Library (need card #) - EXCELLENT
  access to full text information from ThomsonGale Biography encyclopedias

Internet biography sites

• Biographical Dictionary - very brief information
• Biography.com (25,000 biographies) - A&E Biographies - brief article, picture
• Information Please Biography Search (30,000 biographies)- good

General sites

• 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
  • Afro-American Almanac:Biographies - list of men, women
  • Biographies: Black History month - good list of people
  • Black History Biographies - Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Notable African Americans - long list - InfoPlease
  • Stamp on Black History - good list with links
• Amazing Americans Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today
• Biographies - heroes - a listing of sites on the web where you can find information on famous people both living and dead - Twin Groves School District, IL

Explorers of the Millenium - Thinkquest.org

Heroes of History plus values of heroes - by Sam Wellman, author of Heroes of Faith series

Holocaust heroes

Sports heroes - PeopleSpot.com

Time 100: heroes and icons - Time Magazine

Women

• Distinguished Women of the Past
• Female heroes and rulers

Lesson plan and resources from Gail Lovely