Students complete a work sheet about the characteristics of a hero. Students write about famous people, family members, and friends who are personal heroes. Your Favorite Hero Students create a holiday for a hero not currently honored with a holiday. ABC Book Students create an ABC book about heroes in history. Dogs in War Students learn about the roles dogs played in saving lives during wars and create a memorial for the animals.
Students participate in a classroom debate about athletes as heroes.
In this unique WebQuest for the middle grades, students pretend they are Earthlings on an imaginary planet who have been asked to explain the qualities of a hero and find people on Earth who possess those characteristics. Students work in groups to complete the project as PowerPoint presentations. Heroes and Heroines in the Family. In this unit from the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute, students study multicultural fairy tales and folktales to learn about heroes in various cultures. Written for middle school students, many of the activities in the unit can be adapted for elementary grades.