2. Mrs. Spraggins Meadow Lane Elementary Second Grade

3. GEORGE WASHINGTON Time of hero’s life – 1732 to 1799 Why remembered –First President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 George Washington’s integrity set a pattern for all other Presidents to follow. Web site http://www.whitehouse.gov/history /presidents/gw1.html

4. BEN FRANKLIN Inventor of the lightning rod, Franklin stove, odometer, and bifocals. Web site http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor /inventor.html

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

6. 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/

7. 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/~jell enc/eae_intr.html.

8. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. He led the boycott (1955–56) 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.

9. 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- kersee_jackie.html

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

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