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Eleanor Roosevelt by Allison

The important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is that she became First Lady.

She worked at the Red Cross in the Navy department.

Eleanor and Franklin built the Val-Kill Village in Hyde Park.

She volunteered at St. Elisabeth’s Hospital visiting veterans in World War I.

But the important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is that she became First Lady.     

Christopher Columbus by Andy

The important thing about Christopher Columbus is that he discovered America.

He was brave enough to do something no one tried.

He believed in himself and stood up.

He was able to discover America and thought he was in the Indies.

But the most important thing is he found the home of America and Indians.

Anne Frank by Ashleigh

The important thing about Anne Frank is that she still believed that people are really good at heart despite of the discrimination that she experienced.

She wanted to be a famous writer.

She loved to tell jokes and stories to bring happiness.

She and her friends saved scraps of food and sang songs to celebrate Hanukkah in the concentration camp.

But the most important thing about Anne Frank is that her diary became famous and it is a great inspiration to all.

Francis Marion By Austin

The important thing about Francis Marion is that he was a great French and Indian War hero.

He rescued people surrounded by British.

He loved playing in swamps in Goatfield and earned the nickname “The Swamp Fox.”

He loved reading, learning, and writing.

But the important thing about Francis Marion is that he was a French and Indian War hero.

Abraham Lincoln by Braden

The important thing about Abraham Lincoln is that he was one of our famous presidents.

He helped lots of people.

He got elected the 16^th president of the United States of America and he took his presidency very seriously.

He was shot in back and killed by John Wilkes Booth.

But the important thing about Abraham Lincoln was he made an impact with other people by saying no one should have slaves.

Pocahontas Poem by Brienna

The most important thing about Pocahontas is that she was an Indian princess.

She saved Captain John Smith’s life when she was 10 years old.

She made peace between the Indians and between the English.

Pocahontas married John Rolfe when she was 14 years old. 

But the important thing about Pocahontas is that she was an Indian princess.  

Babe Ruth by Broc

The important thing about Babe Ruth is that he was a great baseball player.

“The Great Bambino” was a bad influence to kids because he was a bad sport sometimes.

He made people try harder.

He was a great baseball player and a kind hearted person.

But the important thing about Babe Ruth is that he was a great baseball player.       

Davy Crockett by Cody

The most important thing about Davy Crockett is he was an American hero of the frontier.

He was eight when he started to hunt and became a really good hunter.

He volunteered in the militia and was elected to the State Legislature at age 35.

He almost died of malaria.

The most important thing about Davy Crockett was he became a hero when he died March 6, 1836 at the Alamo in Texas.

J. R. R. Tolkien by Connor

The important thing about J.R.R.Tolkien is that he is a famous fantasy writer.

He worked as an assistant on the Oxford English Dictionary.

He invented 14 different languages and several alphabets for his Middle Earth people.

He had 2 that were voted best all time fantasy novel.

But the important thing about J.R.R.Tolkien is that he wrote The Lord of the Rings.

Annie Oakley by Courtney

The important thing about Annie Oakley is that she is the World’s best sharpshooter ever.

She was a really popular lady.

She did anything for her mother.

She did not smoke at any age.

The important thing about Annie Oakley was a performer in the Wild, Wild West Show with Buffalo Bill. 

Amelia Earhart by Ella

The important thing about Amelia Earhart is that she was the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

She was an American pilot.

She was a nurse in World War I.

She followed her dreams.

The most important thing about Amelia Earhart is that she followed her  dreams.

Susan B. Anthony Poem by Emily

The important thing about Susan B. Anthony is she helped women get the right to vote.

She wanted slavery to stop immediately.

She learned to read and write at the age of five!

She was arrested because she voted.

But the important thing about Susan B. Anthony is helped women get the right to vote.

Benjamin Franklin Poem by Jack

The important thing about Benjamin Franklin is that he discovered lightning.

He made an impact with others lives.

He made lightning less dangerous.

He was the fist American to make the first hospital and libraries.

But the important thing about Benjamin Franklin is that he lightning less dangerous for people’s lives.

Colin Powell Poem by Jeffrey

The important thing about Colin Powell is that he was a brave soldier.

He got a Purple Heart.

He was one of the highest ranks in the White House.     

But the important thing about Colin Powell is that he was a brave soldier.

Rosa Parks by Katy

The important thing about Rosa Parks is that she always stood up for herself.

She was a black woman who worked at school and helped kids.

She had courage and was strong.   

She died on October 24, 2005 at age 92.

The important thing about Rosa Parks is that she helped black people get equality.

Helen Keller Poem by Kirsten

The important thing about Helen Keller was she was deaf and blind and she always worked hard to study and learn.

She helped people in the war that were deaf and blind.

She learned how to talk and to tell what people were saying.

She became a science teacher.

But the important thing about Helen Keller is she never gave up on herself and others.

Abraham Lincoln by Landon

The most important thing about Abraham Lincoln is he became a famous president.

He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves.

He wrote the Gettysburg Address.

He was an U.S. Representative.

But the important thing about Abraham Lincoln is he became a famous president. 

George Washington by Nestor

The most important thing about George Washington is that he was a soldier in the war and a president

He had respect and was a hero.

He served our country.

He was chosen president two times.

People built a building to honor him.

But the important thing about George Washington was he helped write the Declaration of Independence.

Walt Disney by Marissa

The important thing about Walt Disney is he made the most fun amusement park in the world.

His dad only believed in work, not toys.

He was born in 1901.

He was an ambulance driver at the age 17.

He opened Disneyland at the age of 54.

But the important thing about Walt Disney is he wanted kids to have fun.

Eleanor Roosevelt by Morgan

The important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is that she served in the Red Cross in the Army.

She enforced human rights.

She married her fifth cousin and became a president’s wife.

She had six kids.

But the important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is that

The important thing about Eleanor Roosevelt is that she enforced human rights.

Mark Twain by Pedro

The important thing about Mark Twain is he published a lot of books.

He published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

He published The Princess and the Pauper.

He published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

But the important thing about Mark Twain is made a famous steamboat that people can ride on.

Rosa Parks Poem by Rianne

The most important thing about Rosa Parks is that she did not get up for a white man on the bus which started the Bus Boycott.

She inspired young people to believe in themselves.

She also helped start the Raymond Parks Institute of Self Development.

She received the Nations Highest Civilian honor, A Congressional Gold Medal from President Clinton.

But the most important thing about Rosa Parks is that she stood up for herself and what she believed in. 

César Chávez by Ricardo

The most important thing about César Chávez  is that he started a union for workers.

He worked in the fields.

He started a boycott for better working conditions.

He asked the stores to sell grapes.

The most important thing about Cesar Chavez that he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Helen Keller by Shania

The important thing about Helen Keller is that she learned 60 hand movements to be able to talk to her parents.

She was ill when she was 2 years old and became deaf and blind.

She was called the “wild child”.

She met Kings, Queens, and Presidents.

But the most important thing about Helen Keller is even though she was blind and deaf, she was a science teacher.

Martin Luther King Jr.by Tim

The important thing about Martin was that he was a peacemaker.

He made friendship.

He made speeches.

He made friends.

But the important thing about Martin is that he fought with words.

Albert Einstein by Timmy

The important thing about Albert Einstein that he invented the atomic bomb that helped stop World War II.

He created radiation.

He liked the violin.

He studied physic and was smarter than his teachers who would not recommend him for a teaching job at other schools.

His brain was preserved for science.

But the important thing about Albert Einstein was that he helped the world in many ways.