The main intent of this web site is to help students do research for school essays.
You are presented a list of statements concerning the individual you are researching. Each of these statements can be made into a topic sentence and a paragraph written up about that topic. All you have to do is check out the links that are provided for you to do further research. Do some looking around for details and, if necessary, use the provided Google search engine.
It is important that you not plagiarize (copy sentences word-for-word from the web sites). As Webmaster, I give you permission to copy the sentences on USA Hero word-for-word if you wish but it is best to change the sentence around a bit if you can.
If you want to support or emphasize something, you can sometimes copy word-for-word from the web sites as long as you (a) put quotation marks around the sentence or sentences you are copying, (b) copy the statement exactly as it is on the web site, (c) put a small number at the end of what you have quoted, and (d) use that number at the end of your essay and state where the statement is taken from. (Please check with your teacher to see if he or she prefers you do it another way.)
A good essay WILL include several direct quotes taken from websites or books to support what you are writing about. There is nothing wrong in doing this and it helps to show your teacher that you have done your research!
TIP: Use a browser that supports multiple tabs so you can open the various reference sites in addition to USA Hero at the same time. I find that if you use a three-button mouse and click on any reference link with the middle button or scroll wheel, a new tab will open having that reference site. You can really work on an essay faster when you have several tabs open and can quickly move from one reference site tab to another.
Please report any incorrect information on USA Hero and let me know of any broken links. I would really appreciate hearing from you and encourage you to make a nomination for some other hero to be included on this web site.
To keep USA Hero as a free website, I have had to add more advertisements recently which helps pay for the costs of operating a web site and often provides valuable additional related information. Google advertisements are sponsored links and should come in without popups. All advertisements are virus free.
I am starting to include related links which you might find useful on Resource Web Sites. If you wish to have a link added here, please email the information.
Don Jones,
Webmaster, USA Hero
Email me at deejay@rogers.com
