Famous American

Websites

George Washington

http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/portrait/index.html (explore biographical information in portrait)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/wash
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/gw/gwexh.htm (portraits)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/georgewashington.html
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/georgewashington.htm

Betsy Ross

Abraham Lincoln

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/abrahamlincoln.html

Benjamin Franklin

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/
http://www.libertyskids.com/archive.html
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/franklin_benjamin.html
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/index.htm
http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/ben_herohistory.htm

George Washington Carver

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/scientists/carver
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/carver_georgew.html
http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/abc/gwcarver.html
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/images.html (images of Carver throughout life)

Helen Keller

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/keller
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/helen_keller_bio.asp

Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/king

*Johnny Appleseed

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/khistory/home.htm
(images of an apple tree through the year; activity)
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/barrett/webquest/hero/ (webquest)

*Maya Lin

*Squanto