Pathfinders
Human rights
These research suggestions and websites might help you with your research about people who have helped the world
Subject headings, keywords
Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Kate Sheppard, Dame Whina Cooper, Princess
te Puea Herangi, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, AungSan Suu Kyi, Mother Teresa, William Wilberforce, Suzanne Aubert, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Fry, Pankhurst, Helen Keller, Bob Geldof, Florence Nightingale, Oscar Schindler, John Minto, Lech Walesa, Bishop Desmond Tutu
Dewey Numbers
920
Reference:
Encyclopedias: World Book, Britannica, New Zealand Encyclopedia, Biographies
On-line databases and websites:
On the Homepage, select EPIC database search. After you have put in your own login, login to Epic: darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs. Click on "Login to databases" Scroll down to Encyclopedia Britannica Online (6th site down). Type in the name you have chosen and you will have the choice of 3 essays about that person. Choose the level of difficulty which suits you best. The Britannica is probably a better site than the sites listed below.Websites:
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html Gandhi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gandhi_mohandas.shtml Gandhi http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html Mother Teresa
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html Martin Luther King
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html scroll down for a brief biography of Nelson Mandela
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REwilberforce.htm William Wilberforce http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html Harriet Tubman
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html Bishop Tutu
http://www.oskarschindler.com/7.htm Oscar Schindler
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1983/walesa-bio.html Lech Walesa
ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/nightingale/index.shtml click "learn" to find out about Florence Nightingale, easy reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/fry/index.shtml click "learn" to find out about Elizabeth Fry, easy reading
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REfry.htm Elizabeth Fry1