Famous People

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Famous People

• An Interactive
• Slideshow

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Several people have contributed to making our
lives better.
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Their social, economic, and political ideas
helped motivate our country to change.
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These are some of the people whose ideas helped
change our country. (Click on a picture)
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• This is a
• picture of
• George
• Washington.

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• He led the fight for
• freedom from England.

This is George Washington as a soldier
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• He helped to
• establish a
• new
• country.

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George Washingtonbecame the first President of
theUnited States of America.
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people.
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• This is a
• picture of
• Abraham
• Lincoln.

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• He helped
• free
• enslaved
• African
• Americans.

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Abraham Lincolnbecame the 16th President of the
United States of America.
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This is a picture of Susan B. Anthony.
http//www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-sus.htm
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She led the struggle to help give women equal
rights.
http//ap.grolier.com/article?assetid0279670...
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She led the fight so women could vote.
womenshistory.about.com
www-unix.oit.umass.edu
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This is a picture of Helen Keller.
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She was disabled. She was deaf and blind.
(Click on picture)
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She overcame her disability to help others who
were blind and deaf.
(Click on picture)
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This is a picture of Jackie Robinson.
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He was the first African American baseball player
in Major League Baseball.
(Click on picture)
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His actions brought opportunities for other
African Americans.
http//www.medaloffreedom.com/JackieRobinsonwithgr
oup.jpg
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This is a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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He was an African American minister.
www.lysistrataproject.org/assets/mlk1.jpg
(Click on picture)
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He led peaceful marches and gave speeches so
people would be treated fairly.
http//www.time.com/time/photoessays/mlk/6.html
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His most famous speech was called I Have a
Dream.
http//www.time.com/time/photoessays/mlk/9.html
Click on picture
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What do I do next?
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famous people. It is time to take a quiz. YEAH!
Click me to return to the pictures of famous
people.