A Life Worth Knowing
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Transcript of A Life Worth Knowing
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!