World Language: Switzerland - Biographies and Tourism

• Albert Einstein (Physicist)

• Carl Jung (Philosopher/psychiatrist)

• Roger Federer (Tennis)

• Martina Hingis (Tennis, Swiss since age 7)

• William Tell (legend/faux)

• Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jenneret - Architect, painter, etc.)

• Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (Co-founder of Chevrolet)

• Johanna Louise Spyri (Writer - “Heidi”)

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Philosopher, writer)

• Daniel Bernoulli (Mathematician/Bernoulli’s Principle)

• Mario Botta (Architect)

• Henri Dunant (Peace Prize/International Committee of the Red Cross)

• Max Frisch (Architect)

• Piccards (Auguste/Jacques/Bertrand - explorers, aviators, deep-sea)

• Huldrych Zwingli (Reformer)

• Leonard Euler (Mathematician/physicist)

• Jean Piaget (Psychologist/academic)

• Hermann Hesse (German-born poet and novelist)

• Alberto Giacometti (Painter/sculptor)

• Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Psychiatrist)

• Hermann Rorschach (Psychiatrist - Inkblot test)

GALE RESEARCH DATABASES
Use the Databases below to access reliable, scholarly information for many topics and subjects. 
Databases are NOT websites, we just ACCESS them through the Web.  They are cross-referenced collections of resources, including:
*Book sections * Articles from magazines and academic journals * Newspaper articles * Podcasts * TV and radio broadcasts
* Special videos * Images * Interviews * Primary sources * Speeches * Criticism * Statistics * Raw data * Topic overviews * 

To access to these resources from home, you will be prompted to enter a password. Passwords for all online resources can be found HERE. 

Use the links below (and in the following boxes) to explore Switzerland and its specific cities, attractions, and regions.  In addition to these websites, make sure to utilize the databases in the center box to find additional information as needed.  World History in Context will provide great background information on various important Swiss locales.