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MY HERO Online Lessons and Resources Organized by Grade Level and Subject

Use MY HERO's multimedia resources to to enrich in person and virtual learning.

Language Arts Lessons and Activities

Elementary Language Arts
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Middle School Language Arts
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High School Language Arts
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Poetry Lesson Plan and Multimedia Resources
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3 Poets 30 Minutes Lesson Plan
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Poetic Cinema 30 Minute Lesson Plan
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Environmental Science 

High School Resources

Environmental Films: High School
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Ocean Conservation High School
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Reading/Writing Science High School
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30 Minute Environmental Science Lesson Plan High School
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Middle School Resources

Environmental Film Selections for Middle School Students
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Middle School Science Stories
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Middle School Ocean Conservation
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30 minute middle school environmental lesson plan
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Elementary School Resources

Environmental Films for Elementary Students
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Ocean Conservation Elementary Students
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Reading/Writing Science Heroes Upper Elementary
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30 Minute Environmental Science Lesson Plan: Elementary Students
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Social Studies

High School Resources

High School Social Justice Resources
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Youth Activists
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Words Have Power Film and Lesson Plan
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Conflict Resolution/Peace Activism
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Civil Rights High School
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Middle School Resources

Youth Activists
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Social Justice Resources for Middle School
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Human Rights Lesson Resources Middle School
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Words Have Power Film and Lesson Plan
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Civil Rights Middle School
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Peace Activists
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Elementary School Resources

Upper Elementary School Social Justice Lesson Resource
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A Peaceful World
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Media Arts Education 

Students use the Media Arts Education Resources to produce their own film to MY HERO. Included are resources for all steps of production, editing, camera angles as well as resources for the different genres of film students may want to consider producing. Each year there is an International Film Festival where students can submit their films for free and be considered for awards and prizes. 

Media Arts Education Resources and Tutorials Link
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High School

High School Students: Create a Video About Your HERO

By: Laura Nietzer
MY HERO’s mission is to use media and technology to celebrate the best of humanity and to empower people of all ages to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world. These free media arts education resources support all levels of media makers with the tools needed to produce meaningful hero films that can be shared with our global audience.

Create a Narrative Film

By: Laura Nietzer
Resources for Middle and High School Students

Create a Documentary Film

By: Laura Nietzer
Middle and High School Students

Middle School

Middle School Students: Create a Video About Your HERO

By: Laura Nietzer
MY HERO’s mission is to use media and technology to celebrate the best of humanity and to empower people of all ages to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world. These free media arts education resources support all levels of media makers with the tools needed to produce meaningful hero films that can be shared with our global audience.

Create a Narrative Film

By: Laura Nietzer
Resources for Middle and High School Students

Create a Documentary Film

By: Laura Nietzer
Middle and High School Students

Elementary Students

Elementary Students: Create a Video About Your HERO

By: Wendy Milette
MY HEROs mission is to use media and technology to celebrate the best of humanity and to empower people of all ages to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world. These free media arts education resources support all levels of media makers with the tools needed to produce meaningful herofilms that can be shared with our global audience.

Selection of Curated Films About Young People Making a Difference

The Last Straw

Lynne Cherry

Nine-year-old Milo Cress is concerned about the millions of straws that pollute waterways, waste fossil-fuel resources and harm ocean creatures. 

MABON ‘The 8 year old activist’

Jack Davies
Our world has a serious ocean plastics problem. There are now a higher number of plastics in the ocean than the number of fish.

Sports Illustrated Kids of the Year

Produced by:Ian Orefice
Highlighting the amazing brothers Conner and Cayden Long. Jenny Brown - Producer/Editor Ian Orefice - Executive Producer Jack Schurman - Director of Photography Luke Schurman - Audio Engineer

Olivia's Birds and the Oil Spill

Produced by:Lynne Cherry
Young Olivia loves birds, and creates over 500 paintings of her feathered friends to raise funds for Audubon's bird rescue.

The Secret of Trees

Produced by:Albert Maysles
What do trees know that we don't? 13-year-old inventor Aiden set out to find out.

Young Voices for the Planet - Plant for the Planet

Produced by:Lynne Cherry
Felix from Germany is inspired by Wangari Maathai's work to plant trees with his fellow pupils.

Words Have Power

Produced by:Lynne Cherry

10-year-old Jaysa rallies the community with her speeches about how the power plant causes asthma.

Vivienne

Produced by:Diane Namm
When 8-year old Vivienne Harr heard about children suffering from human trafficking, she founded Make a Stand Lemon-aid to raise funds to fight child slavery.

Create original hero artwork and upload it to share in the MY HERO Gallery.

Link: Use the MY HERO Art Gallery with Students
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Contests

MY HERO has student contests for all types of media and for special hero-related themes that change throughout the year.

They always are featured on the MY HERO homepage.

Currently students are asked to submit their art, poems, songs, or stories about a hero to share with our global community and win a  prize!

 

MY HERO Contest Link
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If you only have a little time for a MY HERO moment:

Want your students to be able to honor someone's heroic qualities or actions and share it with a global audience? Have them sign the MY HERO Guestbook.  There will be a slight delay showing up on the page, as we review each entry to make sure only safe child-friendly content appears on MY HERO.
MY HERO will not post any entries that contain swearing, or promote hatred, violence or prejudice.

Guestbook
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A HERO EVERY DAY

Use MY HERO's 365 Days of Heroes Calendar, or it's Curated Thematic Calendar tied to the school year at the beginning of your online session to set a tone, to start some thinking, to activate prior knowledge, or just to talk about something uplifting at the beginning of class time.

Get some chat going about what our heroes think and do, and about how that relates to us today.

My Hero Calendar - 365 Days of Heroes
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If you want to have your class explore the concept of heroism and the behaviors and values we admire:

Use an essay about heroism to begin the discussion.

Share a lesson or unit about Finding Our Heroes (elementary, middle or high school).

Join the MY HERO Forum to discuss heroism. 

 

How do we choose our heroes?
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Use MY HERO Multimedia Resources to Explore Character Traits and the Heroes that Demonstrate these Values.

Students are encouraged to submit their own stories, artwork and short films that honor those individuals who exemplify these character traits through the Create program. 

Resources for Character Education
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Use MY HERO Multimedia Resources to Enrich Social Emotional Learning

These curated stories, art and short films demonstrate the SEL Competencies of: Self Awareness, Responsible Decision Making, Social Awareness, Self Management and Relationship Skills. Discussion questions are included. 

Social Emotional Learning Resources
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Listen and Read Along Stories for ESL Students

English Language Learners can listen to MY HERO's inspiring stories to further their English language proficiency and learn about international heroes at the same time. Students listen and read along to the hero stories included in this resource. Also recommended for emerging readers. 

Stories with Test and Audio
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Students can share their Hero Essays, Films and Art through our Create Program

How to use MY HERO's Create Program to Publish Stories, Art, Film and Audio for Students

Tutorial for students: Publish written stories, film, original artwork and audio in MY HERO's multimedia library.

Create Program
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Outstanding essays submitted to MY HERO will be considered for a certificate/t-shirt prize or be featured on the Story Homepage.

Submit your artwork to be entered in the MY HERO art contest or to be exhibited on our Gallery Homepage.

Students can submit their films for free with a waiver to the MY HERO International Film Festival.

Additional Resources Available in the Teachers Room

MY HERO's Teachers Room
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For Additional Resources and Lesson Plans, Go to the MY HERO Lesson Plan Center

Lesson Plan Center
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Learn about a New Hero Every Day of the Year: Use the MY HERO Calendar in the Classroom


Organizer created on 3/17/2020 9:06:21 AM by Laura Nietzer

Last edited 8/23/2022 2:21:03 PM by Laura Nietzer

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