2nd Grade Biography Research 

1.   Try using online encyclopedias like World Book & Grolier.  (Click on the "Reference Desk" from the Library homepage and select the encyclopedia from the first pull-down menu.) 

2.   Go to Kid Info Bits.  (From the library homepage, click on "Databases & Magazines.") 

3.   Other websites: 

America's Library  ↔

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

Bio4Kids  ↔

http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet.jsp

Second Grade Famous Americans

http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/Second.html

Jefferson Library  ↔

http://jefferson.lib.co.us/kids/kids_bio.html

Women of Past & Present  ↑

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/alphabet/alphabet.html

Presidents of the United States  ↔

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/

Wives of Presidents  ↑

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html

White House Dream Team  ↔

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/index.html

Academy of Achievement  ↑

http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html

 

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Hank Aaron 

http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9173497  ↑

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=h_aaron  ↔

George Washington Carver  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdcarve.htm

Frederick Douglass  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdfdoug.htm

Amelia Earhart  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdearha.htm

Thomas Edison  ↔

http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edifun/edifun_4andup/biography.htm

Henry Ford  ↓

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdford.htm

Lou Gehrig  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdgehri.htm

Mia Hamm  ↔

http://www.miafoundation.org/aboutmia.asp

Helen Keller  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdkell.htm

Martin Luther King, Jr.  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdking.htm

Florence Nightingale  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdnight.htm

Annie Oakley

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdannie.htm

Jesse Owens  ↑

http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/sports/193608_Jesse_Owens_Olympics_Berlin.html

Rosa Parks  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdrosa.htm

Pocahontas  ↔

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Pocahontas.html

Sojourner Truth  ↔

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdsojrn.htm

The Wright Brothers  ↓

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdwrigh.htm