![California Standard 2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, [MORE]](../../assets/standards/25.gif){kind=small}
Materials: Pen or pencil, index cards, magazines, newspapers
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1. Write a list of people who are special to you. Look for their pictures in magazines, newspapers, or your library. Draw each person's picture on an index card. |
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2. Launch the Biographical Dictionary. |
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3. Enter the name of each person on your list. It may help to include a keyword. For example, enter Tiger Woods and golf. |
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4. Select facts and write them on the back of each index card. |
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5. Attach the pictures to a coat hanger with yarn. Share your mobile with your class. |
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Everyday HeroesRead some stories about heroes in ordinary families. You can even add a story about one of your heroes by signing the guestbook. Giants of ScienceFrom medicine to physics to underwater exploration, the men and women on this Web site all have fantastic stories to tell about their lives and their accomplishments. Read the profiles and then listen to and read an interview. Artists are SpecialThis page in the Academy of Achievement includes an architect, a poet, a ballerina and the director of an art musuem. Read the profiles and then listen to or read an interview. Leaders for FreedomThere are many ways that you can also be a leader for freedom by making your community and your world a better place. Start here for tips on how to take action. |
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