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Historical Figures Hotlist

Created for First Grade in Support of TIPPA


 


Christopher Columbus 

Columbus' Ships - http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/ships.htm
Enchanted Learning - shows Columbus' route, parts of the ships and tells about each voyage http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml
Links to various Columbus sites - http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/excolumbus.htm

Thomas Edison 

Thomas Edison Home Page, includes biography and inventions - http://www.thomasedison.com/
The Inventions of Thomas Edison - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
Edison Birthplace Museum - http://www.tomedison.org/

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Timeline of the Life of Dr. King created by 2nd grade students http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm
Nobel Peace Prize site with biography - http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
List of websites on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/king.html

Alexander Graham Bell 

Alexander Graham Bell Biography - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm
Biography from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's games - http://bell.uccb.ns.ca/kidsindex.asp

Henry Ford 

The Biography of Henry Ford - http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/
PBS Biography http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btford.html
Inventors - biography of Henry Ford - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blford.htm

Credits:
Boy, girl, bear with flag
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/july4/clip.html
Background
http://www.patswebgraphics.com/4th/4th.html
Columbus
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
Picture of Edison
http://www.thomasedison.com/
Picture of Alexander Graham Bell
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/bell.html
Picture of Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/