AMERICAN

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AMERICAN HEROES
Mrs. Spraggins Meadow Lane Elementary Second Grade
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GEORGE WASHINGTON

• Time of heros life 1732 to 1799
• Why remembered First President of the United
  States from 1789 to 1797 George Washingtons
  integrity set a pattern for all other Presidents
  to follow.
• Web site http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/preside
  nts/gw1.html

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BEN FRANKLIN

• Inventor of the lightning rod, Franklin stove,
  odometer, and bifocals.

Web site http//sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inven
tor.html
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• 16th President of the
• United States
• President during the
• Civil War
• Assassinated in 1865
• Web site
• http//home.att.net/rjnorton/Lincoln77.html

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WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT

• In 1903 the Wright brothers built the first
  powered heavier-than-air flying machine.
• First flight lasted 12 seconds.
• Fourth and fifth flights lasted 59 seconds.
• Web site
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/

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AMELIA EARHART

• Amelia was the first woman to fly solo across the
  Atlantic Ocean May 29, 1932.
• She was the second person to complete the
  transatlantic flight solo.
• Web site http//www.ionet.net/jellenc/eae_intr.ht
  ml.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• He led the boycott (195556) by Montgomery
  blacks against the segregated city bus lines, and
  he attained national prominence by advocating a
  policy of passive resistance to segregation. In
  1956, he gained a major victory and prestige as a
  civil rights leader when the Montgomery buses
  began to operate on a desegregated basis.

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JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE

• "World's Greatest Female Athlete" and "Queen of
  Track and Field". Six Olympic medals 3 gold, 1
  silver 2 bronze, the world and Olympic record in
  the heptathlon, the American record in the long
  jump, 50 60 meter hurdles, and the respect and
  admiration of peers and fans alike.
• http//www.sportsstarsusa.com/olympians/joyner-ker
  see_jackie.html

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BILL GATES

• Bill Gates is chairman and chief executive
  officer of Microsoft Corporation. Many people
  consider him a genius without him todays
  computer technology would be the same as 20 years
  ago.
• Web site
• http//www.microsoft.com/billgates/default.asp

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HEROES PRE AND POST TESTS
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