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Who are our heroes? |
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Students, educators, parents join me in celebrating unsung heroes who are often overlooked in textbooks and classrooms across America. Despite their lack of glory, these historical figures are vital to our country's legacy. I challenge you to research these unsung heroes in your home and classroom. I have included short bios., classroom activites, web links, and a growing list of heroes for you to explore. This site is only the beginning of the journey.! Let me know about other forgotten heroes, classroom activities, lesson plans, and links so I can add them to the site.
"It is vital that we alert students to currents of generosity, solidarity, democracy, anti-racism, and social equality in the nation's past-- and present" ( Rethinking Our Classrooms,Teaching for Equity and Justice, Bigelow, 2002 Vol. 2 p. 39). |
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Heroes 101 |
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"I want to be just like you when I grow up." |
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Sojourner Truth |
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Sequoyah |
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Fanny Lou Hamer |
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John Brown |
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Send me your additons for our growing list of heroes |
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Email: |
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[email protected] |
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Join me on a quest to find heroes you may have never heard of! |
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Rethinking Our Classrooms, homepage |
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Classroom Ideas |
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Wax museum: Have students become an "unsung hero" in your class Wax Museum. Each student researches their hero and writes a first person speech to memorize for the museum presentation. In additon have each child dress the part. This is a very powerful and moving presentation! Help students to choose their own hero who tried to make the world a better place.The list below is a great start. |
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check out example of wax musuem speech for Soujourner Truth |
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African American Reading List: use this site as q great resource for achievements by African American engineers, scientists, and inventors |
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Wall of Heroes
Find out more about how we shaped America!
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Cesar Chavez, Malcolm X, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Emma Goldman, Elaine Brown, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks, Bessie Smith, Bernice Reagon, Henry David Thoreau, FAnnie Lou Hmer, Fred Korematsu, and Leonard Peltier, and many more to come!
This is a growing list to use with students for web quests and research papers.!
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