Web Links for MY HERO Curriculum Supplement

  1. Lesson Plans Resource for Teachers Topic: Heroes Past and Present Developed for a language arts unit, this lesson plan for grades 4 and 5 focuses on identifying characteristics of a hero and describing a heroic event. The MY HERO website is used in the prewriting activities to prompt students to think about what makes a hero.
     
  2. An ERIC Digest Article-"Using Stories About Heroes to Teach Values" This article discusses how and why heroes should be used to teach values. It provides a good rationale for the study of heroes in a school curriculum.
     
  3. Game Information for an Activity on Heroes This interactive game activity about “Who Wants to be a Peacemaker!!” uses information found at the MY HERO website. Teachers may want to use this activity as a pattern for students to develop their own game in which they choose other heroes and find information about them at www.myhero.com.
     
  4. Lesson Plans Resource for Teachers Topic: Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uchida This is a 5th grade language arts unit, which includes writing an expressive essay about a hero. The MY HERO website is used as a resource for this assignment. CyberGuide by Cathy Skubik
     
  5. Activities Discovery Teacher’s Guide Topic: An Ordinary Hero In this lesson plan for grades 5 through 10, students learn about “ordinary people whose actions made them special.” Students are directed to the MY HERO website to choose a hero for a classroom presentation in which they can use Power Point, posters, letters, or role play.
     
  6. Lesson Plan by Denise Poirier – Topic: Technology-Enhanced Educational Activity This lesson plan developed for third graders explores the concept of what is a hero and incorporates the MY HERO website in the assignment.
     
  7. Ed Online Adult Ed Lesson Plans Topic: Heroes and Role Models This lesson plan suggests four activities to prepare students to write reflectively about a hero in their life. The MY HERO website is listed as one of the websites students may use for their research.
     
  8. Lesson Plan for a Writing Assignment Designed for Grades 5-8 In this lesson plan students assume the role of “investigative reporters” using Nellie Bly (1864-1922) as their role model. The MY HERO website is suggested as a source for research information. Marian R. Carlson, Educational Consultant
     
  9. Lesson Plan Focusing on Heroes from September 11 Tragedy
    This concise lesson plan outlines a unit in which students focus on a hero from the September 11 tragedy. It directs students to the MY HERO website to read about different people and their heroic actions on 9/11.
     
  10. Lesson Plans for Teachers Topic: Historical Heroes and Character Sketches A concise and complete lesson plan which identifies a number of historical heroes and uses the MY HERO website to help students discover their significant achievements and contributions to society.

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