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American Experience: Reagan
"In 1998, ten years after Reagan left office, PBS created a television movie and this companion website. The timeline and photo gallery are nice, but the best clicks are found in Special Features and People & Events. Visit Special Features for a virtual tour of the Reagan library, excerpts from two Reagan biographies, and a collection of quotes. Visit People & Events for articles on five people who touched Reagan’s life (such as Gorbechev and Hinkley) and three challenges from his presidency (including the 1982 recession and the Iran-Contra affair.)"
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American Experience: Houdini
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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American Variety Stage: Houdini
"This online Harry Houdini exhibit is presented by the Library of Congress. It includes 143 photographs and twenty-nine personal items dating from 1886 to Houdini’s death in 1926. The exhibit is organized as a hyperlinked biography — to see the photos and memorabilia, just click on the underlined links. Treasures to be discovered include Houdini’s personal letterhead which quotes the 1920 Funk & Wagnalls definition of "houdinize, vt. To release or extricate oneself from confinement, bonds, or the like, as by wiggling out.""
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American Foundation for the Blind: Life of Helen Keller
"Helen Keller worked for The American Foundation for the Blind from 1924 until her death in 1968. Although this autobiography page lacks illustration, it is an excellent resource for school reports. There are plenty of Helen Keller photos at AFB.org; they are simply a few clicks away. To uncover them, follow Information Center (in the upper left-hand corner) to Helen Keller Archives. On the archive page, you’ll not only be rewarded with photo galleries, but also papers, speeches, and letters."
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America’s Library: Thomas Alva Edison
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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American Experience: Edison’s Miracle of Light
"Produced as a web companion to the 1995 PBS television special, Edison’s Miracle of Light is a worthwhile stop even if you’ve not seen the film. Best clicks are the time line of Edison’s life, photo gallery of eight of his inventions, and the Special Features. ""In 1887 direct current (DC) was king. At that time there were 121 Edison power stations scattered across the United States delivering DC electricity to its customers."" Learn all about AC/DC in the first interactive Special Feature. The second is a collection of five fun tunes the Edison company produced on phonograph records between 1919 and 1926."
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American Experience: More about Bell
"At the age of fourteen, "while visiting London with his father, Aleck was mesmerized by a demonstration of Sir Charles Wheatstone’s ‘speaking machine.’ Upon their return to Edinburgh, Melville Bell, Sr. challenged Aleck and his older brother to come up with a model of their own. Working out of their home, the industrious pair created an apparatus consisting of a facsimile mouth, throat, nose, maneuverable tongue, and bellow lungs. What’s more, the contraption actually produced human-like sounds." This PBS site tells the amazing story of Bell’s prodigious talents and the empire he created."
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Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Reviewed July 16, 2001 by Ree G, a teacher from Atchison, Kansas, USA who is affiliated with the site. This site comes from the home in which Amelia was born in the town she always referred to as her home town, Atchison, Kansas. The site has a wealth of information on Amelia and an email link to ask questions of museum staff.
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Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Amelia Earhart Biography
"In 1920, Earhart flew in an open cockpit biplane at an aerial meet in Long Beach, California. ""As soon as we had left the ground I knew I myself had to fly."" She soon began lessons with another women pilot, Anita ""Neta"" Snook, in a restored Canadian training plane. ""On April 27, 1926, her life was to change forever . . . a phone call from Captain H.H. Railey asked, ’How would you like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?’"" This detailed biography, neatly organized into Early Years, Celebrity and Last Flight, is a terrific resource for school reports."
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