My Hero
Presentations by
Mrs Bonney’s Class
Lynnwood Elementary
Spring 2008
Part 3
George Washington Carver by Kyle
• George Washington Carver is
a scientist.
• He loved to study plants and
insects outdoors.
•George Washington Carver was a hero because he
taught people how to be better farmers.
•He started as a slave and got free in 1865. People
called him the plant doctor and later became a “plant
teacher”. He was the first African American teacher at
the Iowa Agricultural college,
Sacagawea by Katie Swan
•Sacagawea is a hero because she helped Lewis and Clark with
the expedition to find their way in a new land.
•She had to take care of a baby as well as helping out with the
expedition. I chose Sacagawea as my hero because she helped
Lewis and Clark make the expedition successful and have good
relations with the Indians.
Sacagawea By Katie S.
Sacagawea
Time Line
Time line
by Katie
1789
or
1790
1804
Sacagaweas
possible date
she was
born.
Lewis and
Clark found
Sacagawea in
Idaho.
1800
Hidatsa
captured
Sacagawea
and was
traded to a
man from
Canada.
1812
1806
1805
Sacagawea
son was born
they named
him Pomp.
Sacagawea
returns to
Fort Mandan.
1804
Sacagawea
possible
death date.
Sacagawea got
married to
Charponneaw.
Sacagawea is a hero beacause she helped Lewis and Clark with the expedition to
find things in a new land.
Source: http://www.crystalinks.com/shoshone.html
2000
The
Sacagawea
United State
coin came
out with her
on it
Sacagawea by Adria
• Sacagawea is my hero because
she is the great American
Pathfinder
•She was able to be calm and help the expedition to
reach its goals. I chose her because she could speak a
different language like me. Also because I thinks she
was very brave.
•Source
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/saca.html
Lewis and Clark by Justin M.
William Clark`s
Time line
By Justin Malig
1770
William Clark
born in Alberle
Country,Virginia.
1782
William Clark
becomes a
young explorer.
1789
Joins M ilitia.
1803
Lewis and Clark are
to find out what the
louisiana looks like.
1803
Starts the
epidition.
1803
Discovers the
louisiana purchase.
1806
Expidition heads
home.
Lewis and Clark are heroes to me because
they discovered the Louisiana purchase.
1813
Becomes teritoriial
govener.
1820
William Clarks
wife died.
1838
William Clarks
second wife dies.
1838
William Clark
dies in st. louis.
Meriwether Lewis by Aaron S.
• Meriwether Lewis is an
explorer hero
•Meriwether Lewis became a famous explorer when he travelled
west from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back with his good
friend William Clark. They had a woman named Sacagawea on the
expedition with them.
•I chose Meriwether Lewis as my hero because he is a traveller like
me and he inspires me to be like him when I grow up.
Mother Theresa by Jonathan …
• Mother Theresa is a hero
because devoted her life to
care for the poorest sick and
hungry people and she never
asked for anything back.
•Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. She opened
an adoption house for homeless kids and gave out free
medicine for those in need.
•Mother Theresa was a hero because she helped lots of
people and tried to make their life happier.
Mother Theresa by Jonathan
Mother
Teresa
a life of kindness
Picture from google
Mother Teresea was a hero to me
because she helped lots of people
and made them happy before they
died.
She was born in Agnes
Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Her
birthday is August-261910.
Agnes learned to be kind
and be helpful so she went
to church every day. She
also gave food to the poor.
Picture from google
She won the nobel peace
prize for her effort
and hard work to help
the sick
Picture from Google
Picture from Google
She helped people
get a good
education
When she was 18 she left
home to be a nun at calcutta
india. She opened a
orphanage for kids that were
abandond.
She delighted
thousands of
people before they
died.
She really enjoyed
helping kids and
adults
Picture from Google
She died visiting the pope
John Paul #2 while having
a heart attack
Harriet Tubman by Dolores
HARRIET TUBM AN
•Harriet Tubman is my hero because she was first a slave
and wanted to helped other people after she got her own
freedom. She is a woman of great courage. She started the
underground railroad that allowed many slaves to gain
their freedom and that is just amazing to me
Harriett Tubman
Harriet
Tubman was
born in
dorchester
county.
Harriet Tubman
was hit on the head
with a heavy metal
weight while
helping a slave
esape.
Harriet married
John tubman a
freeman they
coud'nt get
married legally
so they jumped
the
broom.Harriet
Tubman ran
away from the
brodess
plantation
which was a
free state.
GEORGE E
PATAKI
IN 2003 NEW
YORK goevenor
George E. Pataki
sined into a law
bill that
established
march 10 as a
day of
commemoration
to honor a true
american heroine/
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
died of
pneumonia on
march 10 in
auburn, NEW
YORK.
HARRIET TUBM AN
Patricia Polacco by Sasha
• Patricia Polacco is a writer
hero
•Patricia Ann Barber. Her married name is Polacco
•She learned to read, write and do math despite her dyslexia
and now she is writing books for children
• I chose Patricia Polacco as my hero because she taught me to
be strong no matter what
Abe Lincoln By David H.
Amberham
Lincoln
By David H.
birth
Abe Lincoln
was born in
kentucky 1809.
childhood
When he
was a kid
his mom
died
teenager
ABE Lincoln
was working
in a farm
Young Adult
He moved to
Washington
Death
middle
age
In 1836
ABE
Lincoln
became a
loyoer
He got shot in
Aprll 15
Abe Lincoln by Riwaaz
aberham lincoln
time line
/
birth
1809 near
Hodgenville,
Kentucky.
child hood
was 8 years old. He
helped his father build
a log cabin which was
ready to live in during
the winter of 1817.
In 1818 aberham lincoln
mother died when he
was 9 years old he was
very lonely until his dad
got maried again in 1819
teenager
Abraham loved to read,
but books were scarce on
the Indiana frontier.
Abraham would walk
several miles just to
borrow a book.
Lincoln grew to be a tall
and strong teenager. In
1828, at 19, he helped
take a flatboat down the
Ohio River to New
Orleans
young
adult\
Lincoln met M ary Todd,
a lively girl from
Kentucky. They were
married in November of
1842 when Lincoln was
33 years old
aberham lincoln had
four sons there names
where Robert,
Edward, William, and
Thomas
middle age
In 1836, Lincoln
became a lawyer.
He first practiced
law in Springfield,
Illinois.
death
April 15.