Dear Student:

The Internet resource pages had far too many broken links for me to correct. I have removed all of them for the site. I was getting far too many requests for files that are no longer online. 

To find out about your "hero" try using:

Ask Jeeves My students liked this.

Google - Vivisimo or other search engine.

I just tried Martin Luther King Jr. You will get a photograph of King, some biographical information and historical information. See related searches, too (for photographs, speeches and more)

For research, try using sites with "edu" or "gov" in the address as these are from universities and government organizations--these are usually primary resources. Addresses with "org" are often quality sites, as well --the "org" stands for organization. Many museums also have "edu" or "org" in their addresses. Addresses with "k12" in them are from schools and are usually written by students or teachers.  I have found that sites with "tripod", "fortunecity", "angelfire" and "geocities" often have many advertisement banners and are usually secondary resources (they have obtained their information from other sites).  If you get to a site with banners and advertisements- DO NOT click on the banners as they will take you out of the site.

When using the Internet, be sure to look for information in which the author is stated and bibliographies are given.  Look for sites which are updated frequently--the Internet is constantly changing and many links are now outdated.  Look for information that you can verify from other more traditional resources -such as books and encyclopedias. Books, encyclopedias and magazines have to go through an extensive evaluation process--reviewed by many editors and colleagues, while web pages do not have this evaluation process.

Internet Resources-- Building Character:

Here are some sites to start to learn about people of character

Short biographical sketches on famous people of character 
TITLES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE MINI-UNITS        
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/names.html
Use these just for overview of your person - not for your research paper.