URL for Famous Contributer to the American Revolution

We are starting on a new adventure in writing/speech this week.  The 5th graders are going to choose a person that made a significant contribution to the American Revolution.  They will start by exploring the following web site to determine who they will choose to explore and write about.

theamericanrevolution.org. 

Update...

Here is a list of a few more sites that kids might find helpful when writing their speeches. Please feel free to work on the speech at home, as well. 

Click on the portraits to learn more about your famous person: Mr. Nussbaum's list of Important People

Scroll down the page to find the section that says, "Biographies of People Important to the American Revolution": Kid Info about Famous People

This Liberty's Kids site has very short biographies about your famous people: Liberty's Kids Famous People

Look under the heading "People" to find short biographies: Ducksters American Revolution

Shorter and slightly easier to read biographies: HistoryCentral.com

Look at the long list of names on the left side of the page: Shmoop.com