Research Process

ResourcesBecause the internet offers ample resources

at our fingertips, (both good and bad), I have already filtered through some sites to assist you in your research

In addition to the following links, you should also be using the “Biography in Context” Database found on the school’s Library/Media subpage

Biography in Context Database

Harper Leewww.harperlee.com

http://www.biography.com/people/harper-lee-9377021

http://www.neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/readers-guide/about-the-author/

Thanhh Laihttp://www.harpercollins.com/authors/36544/

Thanhha_Lai/index.aspx

http://nieonline.com/star_telegram/downloads/minipage/mp35_120901tab_bw.pdf

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/29/142905830/book-award-winners-tale-echoes-those-told-by-other-vietnamese-refugees

Sojourner Truthhttp://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-t

ruth-9511284

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sojourner-truth

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth_bio.htm

Miep Gieshttp://www.miepgies.nl/en/

http://www.biography.com/people/miep-gies-21349765#awesm=~oCPFfq4c3qQ8Tv

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/All-people/Miep-Gies/

Shirley Chisholmhttp://www.biography.com/people/shirley-chi

sholm-9247015

http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/shirley-anita-chisholm/

http://www.history.com/topics/shirley-chisholm

Jane Goodallhttp://www.janegoodall.org/

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/10/jane-goodall/quammen-text

http://www.biography.com/people/jane-goodall-9542363#awesm=~oBvkq7Q5yEEBfO

Jacques Cousteauhttp://www.cousteau.org/who/the-captain/

http://www.biography.com/people/jacques-cousteau-9259496#awesm=~oCKH6sZe4gC9c2

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100611-jacques-cousteau-100th-anniversary-birthday-legacy-google/

Stephen Hawkinghttp://www.hawking.org.uk/

http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-hawking-9331710#awesm=~oCKIwTwqw2Qfmm

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704206804575467921609024244

Rachel Carsonhttp://www.rachelcarson.org/

http://www.biography.com/people/rachel-carson-9239741#awesm=~oCKJP1zoz8yy8k

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btcars.html

Robert Oppenheimerhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/people

events/pandeAMEX65.html

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Oppenheimer.shtml

http://www.biography.com/people/j-robert-oppenheimer-9429168#awesm=~oCKKAODnMy3UVt

Isaac Newtonhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/

newton_isaac.shtml

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html

http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/ufhatch/pages/01-courses/current-courses/08sr-newton.htm

Pythagoras of Samoshttp://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Bi

ographies/Pythagoras.html

http://www.mathopenref.com/pythagoras.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/

Ulysses S. Granthttp://www.mscomm.com/~ulysses/

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

http://www.biography.com/people/ulysses-s-grant-9318285#awesm=~oCPHGOuur9boN7

Clara Bartonhttp://www.redcross.org/about-us/history/clar

a-barton

http://www.biography.com/people/clara-barton-9200960#awesm=~oCPIbovQKkQDio

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/clara-barton.html

Abraham Lincolnhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

abrahamlincoln

http://www.biography.com/people/abraham-lincoln-9382540#awesm=~oCPIBVKbPjBgEv

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln

Upton Sinclairhttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timel

ine/sinclair.html

https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0920.html

http://www.ssa.gov/history/sinclair.html

Ida Tarbellhttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-

woman-who-took-on-the-tycoon-651396/?no-ist

http://www.greatwomen.org/women-of-the-hall/search-the-hall-results/details/2/155-Tarbell

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-tarbell/

General John J. Pershinghttp://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/johnjose.ht

m

http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/pershing.htm

http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/p/pershing/

Eleanor Roosevelthttp://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstlad

ies.aspx?biography=33

http://www.biography.com/people/eleanor-roosevelt-9463366#awesm=~oCQvM04EQfVJAR

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/eleanorroosevelt

James Meredithhttp://www.visionaryproject.org/meredithjam

es/

http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/miss/02.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/james-meredith-9406314#awesm=~oCQycVnGPuxU63

Langston Hugheshttps://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/

langston-hughes

http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313#awesm=~oCQyGV45Yt3R5d

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/langston-hughes

Louis Armstronghttp://www.redhotjazz.com/louie.html

https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/

http://www.biography.com/people/louis-armstrong-9188912#awesm=~oCQCgi3y777mpg

Choose your subject!

I will allow a few people to research an important figure of their choice, but it must be preapproved by me ASAP!