Web 2.0 resources
I found within my projects on Biographies...I liked working with Animoto the best. I could produce a short film with faces of people the children are doing their projects on. I would use this as an introduction of biographies
I also found Big Huge Labs and wonderful add ons like trading cards that they could make abut their person they are researching and Bio Cubes...like dice but with famous people on them.
Links:
Biography Animoto
http://animoto.com/play/GoBURxUc7EItJED6jE4gSw
Big Huge Lab