An American Icon is someone or something that is American and is easily identified by popular culture to represent America or American ideals. But, what does it take to be an American Icon? Click the picture to the left to hear audio of a radio show on the book series American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things that Have Shaped our Culture.
Research Paper Guidelines:
3-5 pages (title page & works cited page do not count towards page requirements)
MLA format (no word art or pictures are allowed in your report)
Minimum of 5 sources cited on on Works Cited page and throughout paper
At least one book source
Topic Categories
Topic Ideas (You do NOT have to choose from this list)
Leaders & Statesmen
Colin Powell, Douglas MacArthur, William Jennings Bryan, Benjamin Franklin, King Kamehameha I,George C. Marshall, Thurgood Marshall,George S. Patton Jr.,John Joseph Pershing, Pocahontas
U.S. Presidents
John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Dwight D. Eisenhower, William Henry Harrison,Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison,
James Monroe, James Polk, Theodore Roosevelt, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren,George Washington
Activists & Reformers
Jane Addams,Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois,Helen Keller,Martin Luther King Jr., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman
Adventurers & Explorers
Amelia Earhart, Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
Writers & Artists
Langston Hughes, Dorothea Lange, Mark Twain, Frank Lloyd Wright
Astronauts
John Glen, Neal Armstrong, Chuck Jaeger
Scientists & Inventors
Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Ben Franklin,George Washington Carver
Political Leaders
Sandra Day O'Connor
American Outlaws/
Wild West
Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill Cody, "Wild" Bill Hickock
Musicians & Composers
Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, John Philip Sousa, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald
Entertainers
George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Bette Davis,Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Katherine Hepburn, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Jim Henson, Ginger Rogers, Harry Houdini, John Wayne, Stan Lee
Industrialists & Entrepreneurs
Sam Walton, Ray Kroc, Bill Gates, Lee Iacocca, Andrew Carnegie, Howard Hughes,Ted Turner, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Andrew Carnegie, Walt Disney
Sports Icons
Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Jim Brown,Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Richard Petty, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King,Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Muhammed Ali
American Symbols/
Toys/Characters
Apple pie, Baseball, American Flag, The Bald Eagle, Hot Dogs, Barbie,Cabbage Patch Kids,Mustangs, The McDonald's Golden Arches, Superman, The Muppets, Crayola Crayon, The U.S. Constitution, The Star Spangled Banner, Peanuts, Harley Davidson
Locations & Monuments
Statue of Liberty, Alcatraz, Mount Rushmore, National Parks, Sears Tower, Empire State Building, Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, Golden Gate Bridge,
Brooklyn Bridge, Disney World, Disney Land, Coney Island, The Alamo, Route 66
An American Icon is someone or something that is American and is easily identified by popular culture to represent America or American ideals. But, what does it take to be an American Icon? Click the picture to the left to hear audio of a radio show on the book series American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things that Have Shaped our Culture.
Research Paper Guidelines:James Monroe, James Polk, Theodore Roosevelt, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren,George Washington
Wild West
Toys/Characters
Brooklyn Bridge, Disney World, Disney Land, Coney Island, The Alamo, Route 66
Check These Out:
Iconic American Places10 Iconic American Foods
Meet Amazing Americans
Fact Monster
Kids Click Biography List
American History
PBS - Biographies
Academy of Achievement
Women
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Yahoo Kids - Biographies - History
Inventors Hall of Fame
Multimedia Biographies
Who2?
Time Magazine’s top 100 people
American Writers
Nobel Prize