1. Find information about your person. See below for suggested web sites.
2. Keep track of where you get your facts, so that you can create a bibliography citing your sources. See the next tab for formatting information.
3. Write a one-page biography of your person, using your own words.
Since, as far as we know, none of you have met and conducted personal interviews with these people, you need to give credit to the sources where you found your information. This includes books, articles, and web sites. Here's how to write them in your bibliography/works cited page using MLA 8style, per the Purdue Online Writing Lab. Email Ms. Moore at mmoore@cpsed.net you have any questions or if you find a source type that isn't listed below.
Article from Encyclopedia or Other Reference Book
Author. "Article title." Name of encyclopedia. Publisher, Publication date. (Note: If accessed online, include the date).
Luft, Eric V. D. "Daniel Hale Williams." Great Lives from History: African Americans. Salem Press, 2010. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.
Book
Author. Book title. Publisher, Publication date.
Hinman, Bonnie. Benjamin Banneker: American Mathematician and Astronomer. Chelsea House Publishers, 2000.
Magazine Article found on Explora
Author. "Article title." Magazine name, vol. X, no. X, year, pages. (Note: This can be scooped up from the results page and reformatted.) Explora. Accessed DD Month YYYY.
"ACT-SO in Honor of Percy Lavon Julian." New Crisis, vol. 106, no. 5, p. 64. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.
Video
Author. "Name of video." Web site where you found it, uploaded by Uploader, date, URL.
"David Blackwell - 2012 National Medal of Science." Youtube, uploaded by National Medals, 5 Dec. 2104, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7GoI0TNvZM
Web Site
Author. "Article title." Web site name, URL. Accessed DD Month YYYY.
Absher, Amy. "Samuel Proctor Massie." Blackpast.org, http://www.blackpast.org/aah/massie-samuel-proctor-1919-2005. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.
Type the name of your person in the search box. Results will open in a new window. You can also access World Book Online by going to AskRI.org. NOTE: Unfortunately, there are no articles for Mary Garber or Edith Houghton.
List of people/links to come
NOTE: Ms. Moore checked out several sites, and chose the links below as most appropriate for this project. If you find other sites on your own, be sure to evaluate them for credibility before using the for your research. You can also send the URL to Ms. Moore at mmoore@cpsed.net, and she can let you know whether it's good to use for school. Youtube is not available to students at school, but at home, you can look for videos about your person as well.
Amelia Earheart
Amelia Earhart by 
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by 
Miss Mary Reporting by 
Me... Jane by 
The Kid from Diamond Street by 
Helen's Big World by 
A Girl Named Helen Keller by 
A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt by 
Eleanor Roosevelt by