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Subway Hero
We were introduced to the hero project and shown an example of an ordinary citizen who became a hero by risking his life to save a man who had fallen on railroad tracks. -
Roy Benavides
A passage from John McCain's book was read about a war hero who risked his life to save others under enemy fire. -
Kristi Quillen
A video link was set up and we were given the cahnce to hear about a person who had given up her life to join the peace core and help others. -
Hero's Journey Assingment
We were given details on what we would be doing the next few weeks in researching and writing a paper on our hero. -
Choosing My Hero
I discovered the name Edmund G. Ross in my speech textbook and researched him. He fit my ideals of a hero and I decided I would do my project on him. -
Research
We went to the library to find a biography of our hero. I found a book entitled profiles in courage that had a story about my hero. -
Heroes in Literature
We reviewed some of the books we read and discussed the heroes both in the book and the courage fo the authors to write the books. -
Change the World
We were shown a powerpoint and discussed many ways to look at who is a hero. This helped define a hero for me and understand a deeper meaning for the word hero. -
First Blog Post
We wrote a paper on how we choose our hero including how we heard about them and what we intially thought made them a hero. -
Another Book
I found another book on Edmund G. Ross, this one much longer and detailed. -
2nd Blog Post
We wrote a paper on our childhood heroes and also on the heroes in literature including our thoughts on what made them a hero. -
First Chapter Friday
We each shared a small section from our book that highlighted our hero's accomplishments.