Amazing Americans

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AmazingAmericans
Alexa Canady
Louis Braille
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Thomas Edison
Roberto Clemente
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Thomas Edison
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was a famous inventor. When he was
young he sat on chicken eggs to see if they would
hatch. He was always curious to see how things
worked. He tried to make light for two
years.-Nathan
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Thomas Edison
The light bulb was one of his inventions. Thomas
Edison made this important invention because back
then they only used candles. -Shane
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison had a laboratory where he kept
making his inventions he thought of the projector
to make movies and the phonograph to make music.
-Colton
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was a very important woman. She
believed in human rights. She also helped protect
human rights. -Madelene
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Her parents died when she was ten. You would not
believe it, but when she was little she was
scared of everything.-David
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor married Franklin. He got sick and his
legs didnt work. Mrs. Roosevelt helped Franklin
make speeches. It worked because he became
president.-Brady
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Eleanor Roosevelt
She started a furniture business to make new jobs
for the poor people. She helped run a girls
school and taught history and reading. She was a
very important woman and she thought everyone
should have the same chance for a happy
life.-Ariel
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RobertoClemente
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Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente played baseball. He scored 23
home runs in the year 1961. He was a great
player! He came from Puerto Rico. Roberto and his
friends played baseball every day.-Dylan
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Roberto Clemente
He visited children in hospitals, he taught young
people about baseball. He wanted the children to
be good athletes.-Iziaha
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Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was the best baseball player on
his team. He died in 1955 in an airplane crash.
Roberto Clemente is in our memory because he
cared about others.-Kellee
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LouisBraille
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Louis Braille
Louis Braille is an important person in the
world. He was blind. He had to read with his
fingers.-Holly
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Louis Braille
When he was seven he went to school. When he was
15 years old he made a method that blind kids
could use.-Kaden
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Louis Braille
The method is called The Braille Alphabet. It is
made of dots. He is important because of his
invention.-Brittany
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Louis Braille
There are machines and computers based on
Brailles method. These machines help the blind
read, write, draw, and play music. Louis
Brailles method has helped blind people all over
the world.-Teya
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YoshikoUchida
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Yoshiko Uchida
Yoshiko Uchida was an important American.
Yoshikos family followed Japanese customs even
though they lived in America. Yoshiko wanted to
be Japanese and American but it was hard because
Japan and America were at war and that meant
American people thought Japanese people could not
also be American.-Lucy
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Yoshiko Uchida
Yoshiko Uchida became a famous author who taught
what it was like to be an American and Japanese
girl. Yoshiko was a teacher and decided to be a
person that would help us learn her
customs.-Ashleigh
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Yoshiko Uchida
-Clary
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Yoshiko Uchida
-Halmon
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AlexaCanady
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Alexa Canady
When Alexa Canady was a child she read about
Florence Nightingale. She was a hero to Alexa
because she helped people in the army. Alexa
decided to be a surgeon who does
operations.-Griffith
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Alexa Canady
She is now a nurse and she helps people. She
gives tests and uses special tools to help people
just like her hero, Florence Nightingale.-Ruby
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Created byMrs. Buddes 2nd Grade classLincoln
School2004