Curriculum Visions

Ansel Adams

photographers, photography, artists, yosemite national park, california

Photographer famous for images of Yosemite National Park in California.

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John Adams

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians, founding fathers

2nd President of the United States.

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John Quincy Adams

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

6th President of the United States.

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Samuel Adams

american revolutionary war, boston tea party

Key figure in the American Revolution against Great Britain.

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Louisa May Alcott

writers, authors, artists,

Author of Little Women.

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Buzz Aldrin

scientists, science, astronauts, nasa, apollo 11

Astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the Moon.

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Alexander the Great

ancient greeks, rulers, leaders, military commanders, generals,

Ancient Greek ruler who conquered much of Asia and defeated the Persian empire.

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Alfred the Great

kings, saxons, anglo saxons, anglo-saxons, monarchs, rulers,

English Saxon king.

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Muhammad Ali

black, colored, boxer, boxing, fighter, sports,

Famous African-American boxer.

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Ethan Allen

soldier, american revolutionary war, vermont, new hampshire grants,

Soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the founders of Vermont.

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

doctor, surgeon, suffragette

First British woman to become a surgeon.

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Roy Chapman Andrews

American museum of natural history, curator, fossils collectors, fossil hunters,

Explorer and museum director.

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Susan B. Anthony

abolitionist, women's rights activist,

Activist for the rights of women and African-Americans in the 1800s.

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Maya Angelou

writers, poets, artists

Poet and writer.

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Mary Anning

conservationists, environmentalists, fossils, fossil collectors, fossil hunters,

English fossil collector who made important contributions to understanding evolution through fossils.

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Corazon Aquino

politicians, Asia, philippines, president

First female President of the Philippines.

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Aristotle

scientists, philosophers, ancient Greeks, Plato

Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist.

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Louis Armstrong

jazz musicians, singers, trumpet player

Influential jazz musician from the first half of the twentieth century.

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Neil Armstrong

apollo 11, space walk, astronauts, moon, nasa

Astronaut on Apollo 11, and the first person to walk on the surface of the Moon.

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Benedict Arnold

american revolutionary war, traitor, soldier, army, military

Famous American traitor during the American Revolutionary War.

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Chester Arthur

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

21st President of the United States.

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Fred Astaire

singers, actors, movies, films, hollywood, performers, dancers

Dancer, actor and singer who influenced and popularised the genre of musical films.

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Nancy Astor

politicans, house of commons, viscountess

First woman to become a British Member of Parliament.

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Clement Attlee

politicians, prime ministers, labour,

British Prime Minister

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John James Audubon

scientists, science, artists,

Artist who drew birds, and published them in a book called The Birds of America.

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Stephen Austin

frontiersman, frontiersmen, texas republic, texan republic, lone star republic, founders

Known as the 'Father of Texas', where Austin is named after him.

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Charles Babbage

victorians, inventors, mathematicians, computing pioneerings, computers, technology, ada lovelace, difference engines, analytical engines, calculators,

Victorian mathematician and inventor who developed early forms of computer.

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Lilian Bader

army, world war two, armed forces

First African American woman to join the British Armed Forces.

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Tallulah Bankhead

actresses, actors, theater, theatre, hollywood, movies, cinema, films

20th-century actress who appeared on stage and in films.

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Benjamin Banneker

explorer, surveyor, activists

Writer who also took part in surveying expeditions in the 1800s.

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John Bardeen

scientists, science, nobel prizes,

American physicist responsible for the development of the transistor.

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Thomas John Barnardo

victorians, charity, charities, philanthropists, doctor barnardo's homes

Founder of Barnardo's charity who helped poor and homeless children in Victorian times.

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Alexander Graham Bell

scientists, science, inventors, scotland,

Scottish scientist best known for inventing the telephone.

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Martha Berry

educators, schools, teachers, georgian,

Educator who set up schools in Georgia at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Charles H. Best

scientists, science, discovery, discoveries, medicine,

Scientist who helped discover insulin.

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Mary Bethune

mary mcleod bethune, educators, civil rights activists

African-American political activist and educator.

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Benazir Bhutto

prime ministers, Pakistan, politicians

First female Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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Joe Biden

politicians, vice presidents,

Vice President to President Barack Obama.

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Billy the Kid

wild west, outlaw, gunman, gunfighters,

Young outlaw from the Wild West.

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Black Hawk

native american chiefs, sauk native americans, black hawk war

Sauk Native American chief at the turn of the nineteenth century.

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Florence Blanchfield

army nurse, military

Army nurse during the World Wars who campaigned for better conditions and pay for army nurses.

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Amelia Bloomer

women's rights activists,

Women's rights activist who gave her name to the items of women's clothing known as bloomers.

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Enid Blyton

author, writer, Famous Five

Famous author.

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William Boeing

inventors, businessman, businessmen, innovators

Founder of Boeing company which manufactures commercial aircraft.

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Humphrey Bogart

actors, hollywood, films, movies,

American actor who appeared in Hollywood films like Casablanca.

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Anne Boleyn

tudor queen, monarchs, rulers

English Tudor queen and second wife of Henry VIII.

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Daniel Boone

pioneers, frontiersman, frontiersmen,

Pioneer who blazed a trail through the Appalachian Mountains, opening up a new western frontier.

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Boudicca

Celts, Romans, Boadecia, rulers, leaders, rebellions,

Celtic Romano-British queen of the Iceni tribe.

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Jim Bowie

frontiersman, frontiersmen, fighters, texas revolution,

A famous frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo in Texas.

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Gutzon Borglum

artists, sculptors, monuments,

Sculptor famous for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in America.

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Caleb Bradham

inventors, innovators, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs,

Pharmacist who invented the first Pepsi-Cola drink.

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James Buchanan

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

15th President of the United States.

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Pearl Buck

pearl s. buck, pearl s buck, writers, artists, nobel prizes, authors

Prize-winning writer.

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Martin Van Buren

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

8th President of the United States.

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Robert Burns

poets, writers,

Scottish poet who wrote the words to Auld Lang Syne, and is often thought of as the national poet of Scotland.

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Ambrose Burnside

civil war generals, commanders, military, army, soliders

Union general during the American Civil War.

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George Bush

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

41st President of the United States.

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George W. Bush

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

43rd President of the United States.

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Julius Caesar

romans, roman dictators, military commaners, leaders rulers, generals,

Roman general who conquered Gaul and became dictator of Rome. He was assassinated in 44 BC.

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Al Capone

gangster, prohibition

A notorious gangster in Chicago during the Prohibition era.

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Truman Capote

writers, artists, authors,

Writer famous for novels like Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood.

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Andrew Carnegie

businessmen, businessman, entrepreneurs, gilded age, philanthropists, industrialists

Industrialist who made a fortune, and then used his wealth to fund libraries, universities, and many other causes.

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Jimmy Carter

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

39th President of the United States.

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Kit Carson

frontiersman, frontiersmen, trapper, backwoods, guide

Famous backwoodsman.

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George Washington Carver

American scientist,

American scientist who studied plants and agricultural methods.

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Johnny Cash

singers, musicians,

Musician and songwriter famous for playing free concerts in prisons.

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Butch Cassidy

outlaws, robbers, wild west

Formed a gang with the Sundance Kid and others to rob trains and banks.

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Edith Cavell

world war one, world war i, world war 1, first world war, 1st world war, nurses, nursing,

British nurse who treated wounded Allied and German troops alike during World War I, and who was executed by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers escape occupied Belgium.

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William Caxton

printers, writers, printing presses, printing-presses, technology, translators,

English merchant who set up the first printing press in England in the 1400s.

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Neville Chamberlain

politicians, prime ministers, conservatives,

British Prime Minister.

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Samuel de Champlain

explorers

Founder of 'New France', meaning French Canada to Louisiana.

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Charlie Chaplin

actors, filmakers,

Famous English actor and filmaker.

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Charles I

England, English king, monarchs, rulers

King of England who lost the Civil War and was beheaded by order of Parliament.

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Ray Charles

african-american, pianists, musicians, singers

Famous musician.

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Jesse Chisholm

cattle trails, cattle drive, cowboys

Blazed the Chisholm Trail, which took cattle from Texas to the railway at Kansas.

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Cleopatra

ruler, egypt,

Ruler of Egypt.

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Grover Cleveland

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

22nd and 24th President of the United States.

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Bill Clinton

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

42nd President of the United States.

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Hillary Clinton

politicians

First Lady to President Bill Clinton, New York Senator, and Secretary of State.

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James E. Clyburn

jim clyburn, james clyburn, civil rights activists, politicians

Civil rights activist and politician.

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Buffalo Bill Cody

pony express, wild west shows, frontier, cowboys

A famous figure of the American West through his buffalo hunting and Wild West shows.

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Nat King Cole

American musician, singer,

American jazz musician and singer.

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Mary C. Collins

missionary, missionaries, native americans, educators

Missionary who worked to improve relations between settlers and Native Americans in the Dakota Territory.

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Christopher Columbus

explorers, new world, discovery, discoveries, colony, colonies,

Italian navigator and first European to reach the 'New World' of America in 1473.

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Nadia Comaneci

gymnastics, Olympics, sports

First gymnast to score a perfect 10.0.

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Calvin Coolidge

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

30th President of the United States.

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Samuel Colt

innovators, inventors

Pioneer of mass production techniques to make large numbers of revolvers needed for the American war with Mexico in the 1800s.

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Captain James Cook

explorers, sailors, leaders, captains, navigators, maps

English sailor who explored and mapped previously unkown areas of the world in the 1700s.

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

conquistadors, Spain, Spanish, explorer, colony, colonies, colonists

Spanish colonial explorer who made journeys through what is now the southern United States.

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Hernan Cortes

explorers, Aztecs, new world

Spanish conquistador.

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Crazy Horse

native americans, native american chiefs,

Sioux Native American chief who prevented reinforcements reaching Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Davy Crockett

frontiersman, frontiersmen, pioneer, politician, hunters

Politician in Tennessee who was famous for being a frontiersman and for his death at the Battle of the Alamo.

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Bing Crosby

musicians, singers,

Famous singer and radio performer in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Marie Curie

scientists, nobel prize winners, pierre curie, the curies,

Physicist and chemist who did pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.

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George Armstrong Custer

george custer, general custer, custer's last stand, battle of the little bighorn,

General famous for Custer's Last Stand against Native American warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Grace Darling

Victorian, lifeboat, rescue, hero, heroine

Victorian daughter of a lighthouse keeper who rescued people from a stricken ship.

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Charles Darwin

scientist, evolution, English, science, voyage

English scientist who developed the idea of evolution.

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Jefferson Davis

civil war, confederate generals, commanders, soldiers, military, army

Confederate President during the American Civil War.

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Emily Davison

suffragettes, suffragists, women's rights activists, womens rights activists, women's rights' activists, womens rights' activists, protesters,

Suffragette who died after being hit by the King's horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913.

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James Dean

actors, hollywood, films, movies,

Young actor who famously died in a car accident aged 24.

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John Deere

agriculture, farming, innovators, inventors, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs

Pioneered agricultural equipment like the Deere plough that worked well on prairie landscapes.

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John Dickinson

founding fathers, politicians, american revolutionary war

Statesman who argued for American independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.

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Walt Disney

artists, movies, films, cartoons, animators,

Cartoon animator famous for the character Mickey Mouse, and for founding Disney World in Florida.

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Dorothea Dix

nurse, activists

Civil War nurse, and activist for those who were mentally ill or in poverty.

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Frederick Douglass

civil rights activist, slavery, abolitionist, writers, orators, public speakers, public-speakers

Used his public-speaking skills to speak out about abolition and civil rights.

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Sir Francis Drake

Tudor, explorers, privateer,

English explorer who sailed around the world.

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W. E. B. Du Bois

civil rights activists, writers,

Co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.

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Bob Dylan

musicians, singers, artists

Folk singer and musician.

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Wyatt Earp

sheriff, wild west, frontier, gunfighters, gunfights, ok corall, o.k. corral, law-enforcer, klondike gold rush

Wild West law enforcer famous for being in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.

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Amelia Earhart

aviators, aviation, pioneers

First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.

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George Eastman

photography,innovators, inventors, businessmen, businessman, entrepreneurs,

Founded the Eastman Kodak Company which pioneered affordable handheld cameras for the masses.

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Thomas Edison

scientist, inventor, American, businessmen, businessman, innovators, entrepreneurs

American scientist and inventor who contributed many of the inventions connected to electricity, light and sound.

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Edward the Confessor

English saxon king, monarchs, rulers

King of Saxon England, whose death led to the Battle of Hastings 1066.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

34th President of the United States.

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Ralph Ellison

writers, authors

Author of The Invisible Man.

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Elizabeth I

queens, England, monarchs, tudors, tudor age of discovery, queen elizabeth i, queen elizabeth the first, queen elizabeth the 1st

Famous unmarried English Tudor queen whose navy defeated the Spanish Armada.

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Elizabeth II

queen, England, monarchs, rulers

Queen of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as well as head of the whole Commonwealth.

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Leif Ericsson

Viking, explorer

Viking explorer who may have visited America in what is modern Newfoundland.

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Michael Faraday

scientists, inventors, electricity

Famous inventor who helped discover electricity.

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Millard Fillmore

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

13th President of the United States.

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Ella Fitzgerald

singer, Jazz, performer, dancer

Famous Jazz singer.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

writers, jazz age, roaring twenties, authors

Writer of novels and short stories during the Jazz Age in the 1920s.

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Pretty Boy Floyd

gangster

Gangster.

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Gerald Ford

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

38th President of the United States.

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Henry Ford

innovators, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs, inventors, gilded age

Founded Ford Motor Company, and produced the first widely affordable motor car.

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Anne Frank

world war 2, world war ii, second world war, 2nd world war, diary, diaries, diarist, writers,

Young girl from a Jewish family who wrote a diary while in hiding from the Nazis that was later published.

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Aretha Franklin

musicians, singers

Influential soul singer.

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Benjamin Franklin

American, English, scientist, politician, founding fathers

English-born scientist who became famous as one of the founders of the United States of America.

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John C. Fremont

frontier, explorer

Famous explorer and mapmaker.

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Robert Frost

writers, poets, artists

Twentieth-century poet.

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Elizabeth Fry

nurse, social reformer, victorian,

A worker for social change in the 19th century.

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Galileo Galilei

inventors, scientists, renaissance,

Italian Renaissance scientist and inventor who developed the telescope and observed the Solar System.

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Indira Gandhi

prime ministers, politicans, Asia, India,

First female Prime Minister of India.

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Mahatma Gandhi

civil rights, leaders,

Famous Civil Rights leader.

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James Garfield

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

20th President of the United States.

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Judy Garland

actresses, actors, hollywood, movies, films, cinema, artists

A child acting star and singer who is famous for her role in the film 'The Wizard of Oz'.

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Pat Garrett

wild west, american law enforcer, sheriff

A law-enforcer in the American Wild West.

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William Lloyd Garrison

american civil war, slavery, abolition, abolitionist, newspaper editor,

Prominent abolitionist in the mid 1800s.

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Bill Gates

innovators, businessmen, businessman, entrepreneurs, philanthropists,

Co-founder of computer company Microsoft, who shaped modern computers as we know them.

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Geronimo

Indian, native american chief, Apache, Arizona, native americans

Famous Native American leader.

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George Gershwin

musicians, composers, pianists

Early twentieth-century pianist and composer.

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J. Paul Getty

american businessman, businessmen, philanthropists

A businessman who worked in the oil industry, and then funded the arts.

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Owain Glyndwr

Welsh prince, rebellions, leaders

Medieval Welsh Prince whose lands were around Snowdon mountain.

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Barry Goldwater

politicians

Politician important for the growth of Arizona state.

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Jane Goodall

monkeys, scientists, animals

Primatologist considered the world's expert on chimpanzees.

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Charles Goodyear

scientists, science, inventors,

Pioneered rubber-making technology in the 1800s.

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John Brown Gordon

civil war, confederates, soldiers, generals

Civil War confederate general.

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Ulysses S. Grant

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

18th President of the United States.

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Horace Greeley

publishers, printers, newspapers, printing press, editors

Politician and editor who set up the popular Tribune newspaper.

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Johannes Gutenberg

goldsmiths, blacksmiths, printers, publishers,

Famous for introducing printing to Europe.

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Sarah Josepha Hale

writers, editors, authors,

Editor and novelist who is also famous for writing the nursey rhyme 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'.

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Alexander Hamilton

american revolutionary war, american independence, founding fathers

A Founding Father of the United States who served as the newly-formed government's first Secretary of the Treasury.

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John Hancock

american revolutionary war, american independence, founding fathers, boston tea party

A Founding Father of the United States who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

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Warren G. Harding

warren harding, warren g harding, American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

29th President of the United States.

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Benjamin Harrison

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

23rd President of the United States.

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William Henry Harrison

william h harrison, william h. harrison, american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

9th President of the United States.

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Devil Anse Hatfield

wild west, gunfighters,

Head of the Hatfield family during its notorious feud with the McCoy family in the late 1800s.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

rutherford hayes, american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

19th President of the United States.

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Ernest Hemingway

writers, authors, artists, nobel prizes

Writer who served in both World Wars.

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Jimi Hendrix

musicians, singers, guitarists,

Famous rock guitarist.

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Louis Hennepin

european explorers, french, belgian, mississippi river, missionary

17th-century European explorer who explored North America and wrote about features like Niagara Falls.

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Patrick Henry

colonial times, 13 colonies, revolutionary war, war of independence

One of the main figures in the American Revolutionary War.

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Henry VIII

king henry viii, king henry the 8th, king henry the eighth, monarchs, rulers, kings, tudors, anne boleyn, reformation,

Tudor king famous for the dissolution of the monasteries, and for marrying six wives.

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Matthew Henson

explorers, navigators

First African-American to explore the Arctic.

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Wild Bill Hickok

wild west, gunfighters

Wild West gunfighter who appeared in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West shows.

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Ben Holladay

stagecoach, transportation, railroads, railways

The 'Stagecoach King' responsible for a stagecoach during the California Gold Rush, and numerous railway projects.

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Doc Holliday

wild west, cowboys, sheriffs, gunfights, gunfighters, ok corral, tombstone, o.k. corral

Famous personality of the Wild West.

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Buddy Holly

musicians, singers,

Musician and performer during the 1950s rock and roll era.

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Herbert Hoover

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

31st President of the United States.

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Francis Hopkinson

writers, composers, war of independence, american revolutionary war

Signed the U.S Declaration of Independence, and drew up designs for the American flag.

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Sam Houston

texas, texan republic, governors

President of Texas, and later its state governor. Gave his name to the city of Houston, Texas.

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Oliver Otis Howard

civil war generals, soldiers, military, army,

Union general during the American Civil War.

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Henry Hudson

explorer

Tudor times explorer on behalf of the Dutch. The Hudson River is named after him.

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John Irving

writers, authors,

Writer of novels and screenplays.

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Washington Irving

writers, authors,

Nineteenth-century writer of short stories, histories, and biographies.

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Charles Ives

musicians, composers

Early modernist composer.

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Andrew Jackson

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

7th President of the United States.

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Jesse Jackson

civil rights activists, orators, public speakers

Civil rights activist.

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Stonewall Jackson

civil war, confederate generals, soldiers, military, army, commanders

Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Thomas Jefferson

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

3rd President of the United States.

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Jonathan Jennings

politicians

Important figure from the early history of Indiana state.

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Joan of Arc

France, Hundred Years War, saints

Famous French woman who fought in the Hundred Years War.

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King John I

kings, England, monarchs, rulers

Medieval King of England who was a bad ruler and whose barons forced him to seal the Magna Carta.

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Andrew Johnson

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

17th President of the United States.

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Amy Johnson

pilots, world war two

Famous pilot.

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Katherine Johnson

scientist, NASA, space, computer

Mathematician who help NASA calculate space flights.

[Teacher link]

Lyndon B. Johnson

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

36th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Joseph E. Johnston

civil war, confederate generals, commanders, soldiers, army, military,

Confederate general during the American Civil War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Bobby Jones

sports, sportsmen, sportsman, champions, golfing, golfers, georgian, robert tyre jones jr,

Grand Slam golf champion during the 1920s and 1930s.

[Teacher link]

Chief Joseph

native americans, native american chief,

Native American chief who resisted occupation of his people's ancestral lands in the north west of America.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Queen Ka'ahumanu

queens, rulers,

Hawaiian queen at the turn of the nineteenth century.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Stephen W. Kearny

military, army, commanders,

Army officer who helped capture New Mexico and California.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Francis Scott Key

lawyer, composer, musician

Known for writing the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner, which became the U.S national anthem.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John F. Kennedy

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

35th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Billie Jean King

tennis, sport

Tennis player.

[Teacher link]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

american civil rights activist, orators, public speakers, public-speakers

American Civil Rights activist who was assassinated.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Ernest Lawrence

scientists, science, physicists, nobel prize

Nuclear physicist who worked on particle accelerators and uranium.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Bruce Lee

actors, films, movies, hollywood,

Martial arts film actor.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Robert E. Lee

civil war, commanders, generals, confederates

Commander of the Confederate forces in the American Civil War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Ponce de Leon

florida, colonization, colonies, colony, colonists

Spanish explorer and conquistador.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Lewis and Clark

American explorers

American explorers who went from coast to coast.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Abraham Lincoln

usa, american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

16th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Charles Lindbergh

aviators, pioneers,

Known as the Lone Eagle after making the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Joseph Lister

surgeon, doctor,

Surgeon who helped develop antiseptic surgery

[Teacher link]

David Livingstone

Scottish, explorer, missionary, Africa,

Scottish-born explorer and missionary who is connected to the Victoria Falls and being discovered by American journalist, Stanley.

[Teacher link]

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

american writers, poets,

Writer and romantic poet during the 1800s.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

James Longstreet

civil war, confederates, confederate generals, commanders, military, soldiers, army

Confederate general during the American Civil War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

H. P. Lovecraft

writers, artists

Writer of horror stories.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Elijah Lovejoy

abolitionists, printers, publishers, printing press, editors

Abolitionist who printed anti-slavery works even after his printing press had been destroyed.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Ada Lovelace

victorians, mathematicians, computer programmers, computer programers, computing pioneers,computer coding, charles babbage

Victorian mathematician who worked on an early computer program.

[Teacher link]

James Madison

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

4th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Ferdinand Magellan

explorer,

Explorer and navigator who was the first to go around the world.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John Major

politicians, Conservatives, prime ministers,

British Prime Minister

[Teacher link]

Nelson Mandela

civil rights, south africa, leader,

Revolutionary and President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

[Teacher link]

James Marshall

california gold rush, californian gold rush,

Sparked the Gold Rush by discovering gold at Coloma, California, while building a mill.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Chief Massasoit

indian, Native American, Virginia

An important chief of the Native Americans in Virginia at the time of the English colonisation.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Guglielmo Marconi

inventors, businessman, businessmen

Italian inventor and businessman who brought together existing radio techonologies and made them commercially viable.

[Teacher link]

Joseph McCarthy

senator, cold war, politicians

Anti-communism American politician.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

William McKinley

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

25th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Golda Meir

prime minister, politicians, Israel

First female Prime Minister of Israel.

[Teacher link]

Glen Miller

musicians, composers, performers,

Big band musician during World War II.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Peter Minuit

colonies, New Netherland, New Amsterdam, dutch

One of the leaders of the Dutch colony of New Netherland.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Margaret Mitchell

writers, authors,

Author of Gone With the Wind.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

James Monroe

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

5th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Marilyn Monroe

actors, actresses, hollywood, movies, films,

Iconic film star from the 1950s.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

J. P. Morgan

industrialist, gilded age, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs, bankers, financiers

Influential businessman and banker during America's Gilded Age.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John Muir

conservationists, environmentalists,

Scottish-born conservationist and founder of U.S. National Parks.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Admiral Lord Nelson

English, navy, Trafalgar

English admiral who is famous for winning the Battle of Trafalgar.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Isaac Newton

scientists, astronomers, maths,

Scientist, mathematician and astronomer.

[Teacher link]

Florence Nightingale

nurses, nursing, crimean war, victorians, lady with the lamp, lady of the lamp, reformers,

English nurse during the Crimean War. She worked to improve hospital conditions and the quality of nursing care.

[Teacher link]

Richard Nixon

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

37th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Alfred Nobel

scientists, dynamite, chemists, inventors,

Chemist and Inventor

[Teacher link]

Barack Obama

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

44th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Michelle Obama

politicians, America, Barack, lawyer, first lady

Lawyer and first African American First Lady of the United States.

[Teacher link]

Peter Skene Ogden

trappers, frontiersman, frontiersmen, guides

Trapper and explorer for the Hudson's Bay Company.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

James Oglethorpe

Georgia, colonists, colonies, colony,

Important leader of the Georgia colony.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Richard Owen

biologists, scientists, dinosaurs, Darwin,

Famous biologist.

[Teacher link]

Jesse Owens

athletes, athletics, sports, sportsman, olympics, olympic games, world records, olympic champions

American athlete who competed at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

William Paca

american independence, politicians

Important figure in the early history of Maryland.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Thomas Paine

writers, american independence, american revolutionary war, founding fathers

Writer and thinker during the time of the American Revolutionary War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sarah Palin

american politicians, governor of alaska,

Politician who became the first female Governor of Alaska in 2006, and ran for Vice President in 2008.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Emmeline Pankhurst

suffragettes, suffragists, women's rights activists, womens rights activists, women's rights' activists, protesters,

Suffragette who founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903.

[Teacher link]

Rosa Parks

american civil rights

Woman who defied racial segregation on public transport, sparking Civil Rights movements in America.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Dolly Parton

musicians, singers, country music,

Famous country singer from the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.

[Teacher link]

Robert Peel

politicians, prime ministers, conservatives,

British Prime Minister

[Teacher link]

William Penn

colonies, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, colony, colonies, quakers

The founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Franklin Pierce

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

14th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Zebulon Pike

explorers, pioneers

Explorer in the Rocky Mountains, where Pikes Peak is named after him.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Pocahontas

colonies, New World, virginia, Native American, Indian

Daughter of a famous Native American chief who saved the life of an English settler.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sidney Poitier

actors, movies, films, hollywood,

Actor and director.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Marco Polo

Italian, explorer, China

Medieval Italian explorer who is famous for living at the Chinese court.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

James Polk

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

11th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Beatrix Potter

writers, authors, peter rabbit

English children's author

[Teacher link]

John Wesley Powell

scientists, science, explorers, pioneers,

Army major and explorer. Geologist. Made the first expedition through the Grand Canyon.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Elvis Presley

musicians, performers, singers

Singer known as the King of Rock and Roll.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Joseph Priestley

scientists, science,

Scientist known for his experiments on gases.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sir Walter Raleigh

tudor, elizabethan, adventurer, virgina, explorers

Wealthy Tudor adventurer who helped to sponsor the first settlements in Virginia.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Ronald Reagan

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

40th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Red Cloud

native americans, native american chiefs,

Native American chief who signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Mary-Lou Retton

athletes, sports, gymnast, gymnastics, olympics, olympic games, olympic champions

American gymnast who won gold at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Paul Revere

lexington, boston, concord, american independence, american revolutionary war,

One of the colonists who led the uprising at the start of the Revolutionary War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Alice Mary Robertson

educators, politicians

Politician and educator who worked with Native American children.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

industrialists, businessmen, businessman, philanthropists

One of a famous industrialist family who made money from oil, who then used his wealth philanthropically.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Franklin D. Roosevelt

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

32nd President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Theodore Roosevelt

american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

26th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

france, french, coloist, Mississippi, canada

An important early French explorer of North America including most of the Mississippi River.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Mary Seacole

nurse, victorian, crimean war,

A nurse who helped wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.

[Teacher link]

Harry Gordon Selfridge

businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs, retailers,

American retailer who founded Selfridges department store in London.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Junipero Serra

spanish, franciscan, missionary, baja, california,

An early Franciscan missionary who began the line of Missions that would stretch up along the California coast.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sir Ernest Shackleton

explorer,antarctica

English explorer who reached the South Pole.

[Teacher link]

Lord Shaftesbury

victorians, politicians,

Victorian politician who helped change laws to improve working conditions, especially for children.

[Teacher link]

William Shakespeare

writers, actors, playwrights, theatres

English playwright in the 1500s and 1600s famous for tragedy, comedy and history plays, and sonnets and other poetry.

[Teacher link]

Mary Shelley

writers, authors, poets,

Famous English author who wrote the book Frankenstein.

[Teacher link]

Alan Shepard

astronauts, space race, cold war, nasa

The first American in space, and an astronaut who went to the Moon.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Philip Sheridan

civil war, union generals, commanders, soldiers, military, army

Union general during the American Civil War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

William T. Sherman

civil war, union generals, commanders, soldiers, military, army, march to the sea

Union general during the American Civil War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Henry Hastings Sibley

american governor of minnesota, politicians,

First Governor of Minnesota in the late 1800s.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sitting Bull

native americans, native american chiefs, custer's last stand, battle of the little bighorn

Native American chief who defeated General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Jedediah Smith

explorers, pioneers, frontiersmen, frontiersman

Explorer who crossed the Mojave Desert in the south west of the USA.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John Smith

colonist, Virginia, Tudor, captain

One of the first English settlers in Virginia. He was saved from death by Pocahontas.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Joseph Smith

mormons, religious leaders,

Established the Mormon religion by publishing the Book of Mormon.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Josiah Snelling

american soldiers, commanders

Commander of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, during the 1820s.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Socrates

greek philosopher, ancient greeks,

Ancient Greek writer and thinker.

[Teacher link]

Hernando de Soto

spanish explorer, north america, new world

Spanish explorer who explored the south eastern part of North America in the 16th century.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Harriet Beecher Stowe

slavery, civil war, abolitionist, writers, authors

Activist for abolition of slavery in the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

George Stephenson

engineers, railways, inventors, technology, industrial revolution, rocket, locomotives, steam engines, father of the railways

Railway engineer who developed the Rocket locomotive, and several important early railways.

[Teacher link]

Lewis Strauss

scientists, science, cold war

Advisor to the U.S government on nuclear weapons and energy during the Cold War.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Peter Stuyvesant

dutch governor, colony, colonies, new york, new amsterdam

Governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland based at New Amsterdam.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

William Taft

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents politicians

27th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Major Taylor

cyclists, sports, athletes, sportsman, sportsmen, world records

African-American champion cyclist.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Zachary Taylor

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents politicians

12th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Shirley Temple

actors, actresses, hollywood, movies, films

A famous child star in Hollywood.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Texas Jack

texas, wild west show, cattle drive, cowboys

Personality from the early years of Texas.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

David Thompson

explorers,

Explorer and mapmaker.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Richard Trevithick

inventors, railway,

English inventor who made the first workable railway and steam locomotive.

[Teacher link]

Harry S. Truman

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents politicians

33rd President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sojourner Truth

slavery, abolitionist, women's rights, equal rights, activist, orators, public-speaking, public-speaker,

Public speaker on issues of equal rights and abolition, after escaping from slavery herself.

[Teacher link]

Harriet Tubman

abolitionists, slavery, civil rights

After escaping slavery, Tubman helped other slaves escape, and supported the abolitionist movement.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Alan Turing

scientists, computing pioneers, computer pioneers, digital computers, technology, world war 2, world war ii, second world war, bletchley park, spies, code breakers, codebreakers, code-breakers, bombe,

Computing pioneer who worked to break coded German messages during World War II.

[Teacher link]

Desmond Tutu

South African Archbishop, civil rights, apartheid.

Archbishop during Apartheid in South Africa.

[Teacher link]

Mark Twain

American writers, gilded age, artists, authors

Author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John Tyler

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

10th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Spain, spanish, explorers, conquistadors

Spanish conquistador who explored Florida and other places.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

The Vanderbilts

the vanderbilt family, cornelius vanderbilt ii, william henry vanderbilt, william kassam vanderbilt, gilded age, railroads, steamships, shipping, industrialists, millionaires,

One of the most prominent wealthy families during America's Gilded Age.

[Teacher link]

Queen Victoria

queens, monarchs, rulers, victorians, albert,

Britain's second-longest ruling monarch, who ruled over the British Empire in the Victorian age.

[Teacher link]

Chief Victorio

native americans, native american chiefs, apache,

Apache Native American chief in the south west of the U.S.A.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Gaspar Perez de Villagra

spanish, colonist, los angeles

Spanish colonist of Mexico.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Leonardo Da Vinci

scientists, painters, inventors,

Famous painter, inventor and scientist

[Teacher link]

Madam C. J. Walker

businesswoman, businesswomen, entrepreneurs,

First American woman to make over a million dollars.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Sam Walton

entrepreneurs, businessman, businessmen, wal-mart, retailers,

Founder of Wal-Mart.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Lord De La Warr

delaware, colony, colonies, colonists,

English colonist who gave his name to Delaware state.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Chief Washakie

native americans, native american chiefs,

Native American chief who helped settlers and travelers in his people's lands.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Booker T. Washington

civil rights activists, education, orators, public speakers

Leader for black people at the turn of the twentieth century.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

George Washington

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians, american independence, american revolutionary war, commanders, leaders, founding fathers

1st President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John Wayne

actors, hollywood, films, movies

Actor known for playing roles in western movies.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

James Baird Weaver

politician

Nineteenth-century politician.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Noah Webster

educators, education, dictionary, dictionaries, languages,

Produced an influential spelling book in the 1800s that helped the standardisation of American English spelling.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Orson Welles

writer, films, actor, director, Citizen Kane, Third Man, hollywood, movies

Actor, director.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Benning Wentworth

governors, politicians, new hampshire grants

Gave out land grants to encourage settlement of what is now Vermont.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

John White

roanoke, new world, colony, colonies, colonists, artists

One of the founders of Virginia.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Marcus Whitman

pioneers, trails, wagons, wagon trails,

An early pioneer on the Oregon Trail.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Walt Whitman

poets, writers

Poet from the Civil War era.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Eli Whitney

industrial revolution, inventors,

Inventor of the cotton gin machine.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Gene Wilder

writer, films, Willy Wonka, hollywood, comic actor, directo, moviesr

Actor and director.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Laura Ingalls Wilder

writers, victorian, authors

Author of Little House on the Prairie.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Roger Williams

rhode island, colonists, colony, colonies,

Founded colonies in Rhode Island.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Serena and Venus Williams

tennis, sports, Wimbledon

Famous tennis players.

[Teacher link]

Tennessee Williams

writers, playwrights, theater, theatre

Twentieth-century playwright.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Harold Wilson

politicians, prime ministers, labour,

British Prime Minister

[Teacher link]

Sarah Winnemucca

activists, native americans,

Activist for her people, the Paiute Native Americans.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Stevie Wonder

musicians, singers, performers

Motown singer and musician.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Woodrow Wilson

American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

28th President of the United States.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Wright brothers

inventors, aviation pioneers,

Inventors of powered flying machines.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Frank Lloyd Wright

architect

Architect.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Nathaniel Wyeth

traders, innovators

Developed tools and processes to improve the ice-harvesting industry.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Brigham Young

salt lake city, pioneers, mormons, religious leaders

Mormon, founder of Utah.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

Zitkala Sa

activists, native americans,

Recorder of traditional Native American stories, and activist on issues of citizenship.

[Introduction video] [Teacher link]

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