Famous New Yorkers Who Made a Difference in the Lives of Others:
- **World Book Kids & Student editions - (username and pw required)
- **Britannica School - Elem & Middle - (username and pw required)
- Use the library books on the cart.
- Biographies for Kids - MrNussbaum.com
- Biographies for kids: Inventors, World Leaders, Women, Civil Rights - from Ducksters.com
- KidzSearch Google's safe search engine for kids)
- In Google, search a name plus "community service" or "charity work" or "philanthropy"
- NOTES:
- Childhood - Where did the person grow up? Was he/she wealthy or poor? Was he/she well educated or a dropout? Was he/she from a large or small family? Was he/she an orphan? Did he/she have big responsibilities at a young age?
- Motivation = the reasons one behaves in a certain way, what causes a person to pursue certain goals *You must draw your own conclusions about this.
- Contributions - What did this person do that made him/her famous? How did his/her life work change the lives of others? *You must draw your own conclusions about this too.
- Alphabetical list (BE=Britannica Elementary, B2=Britannica Level2, WBK=World Book Kids, WBS=World Book Student)
- Anthony, Susan B. (WBK, BE, book) BrainPop Jr. Video YouTube video TeacherTube video
- Blackwell, Elizabeth (BE, WBK, book) NobelPrizeFacts
- Bloomberg, Michael (WBK, BE) Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Chapin, Harry Biography.com LookToTheStars - HarryChapinFoundation
- Cooper, Peter (WBK, B2) Am.Society of Mechanical Enegineers
- Copeland, Misty (BE, WBK) MindLeaps Girls Program
- Edison, Thomas (BE, WBK, books) BrainPop video YouTube video (watch 0;45-3:30) WhoMadeAmerica? - Time.com (The 20 Most Influential Americans of All Time) TeacherTube video
- Gehrig, Lou (BE, WBK, books) ALS Assoc.
- Gershwin, George (B2, WBK, books) Gershwin Legacy
- Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (WBK, B2, book)
- Greider, Carol (WBS) NobelPrizeFacts
- Grumman, Leroy (B2, WBS) Wikipedia - look for honors and credits, - Cradle of Aviation
- Hamilton, Alexander (BE, WBK, book) NYC Parks Dept - Hamilton's NYC & NJ
- Height, Dorothy (WBK, BE, book) BlackEnterprise.com - Ladies of Legacy
- Jeter, Derek (B2, WBK) LookToTheStars
- Joel, Billy (BE, WBK) LookToTheStars Billly Joel Talks about his New York Songs
- LaGuardia, Fiorello (WBS, B2) FiorelloLaGuardiaFoundation
- Lopez, Jennifer (WBK, B2) LookToTheStars - LopezFamilyFoundation
- Manuel-Miranda, Lin (WBK, B2) Charity Work
- Moore, Mary Tyler (WBK, B2) LookToTheStars Wikipedia - see section on philanthropy
- Moses, Robert (B2) Contributions to NYC
- Riis, Jacob (WBK, B2) Biography.com
- Robinson, Jackie (WBK, BE, book) BrainPop Jr. video BiographyChannelVideo TeacherTube video 2
- Roosevelt, Eleanor (BE, WBK, books) Eleanor Roosevelt's Legacy
- Roosevelt, Franklin (BE, WBK, books)
- Roosevelt, Theodore (Teddy) (BE, WBK, books)
- Seward, William (B2, WBS) CivilWarTrust
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (BE, WBK, books) BiographyOnline.com - look for "Legacy" section
- Truth, Sojourner (BE, WBK, books) HistoryHole.com
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius (BE, WBK) History.com