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My Hero Project

My Hero: Rosa Parks

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about Rosa Parks, a freedom hero, and her courage in the face of adversity.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Galileo

For Students 3rd - 8th
"First to use a telescope to overserve the starts and planets," Galileo Galilei secretly published his work, which contradicted the Catholic Church's teachings. Use this site to learn about how Galileo's independence and courage made him...
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Other

Coptic Orphans

For Students 9th - 10th
Egyptian Christian orphanage that aims to "transform a generation that will have the courage to change the next one".
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US Department of Education

Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Helping a child become responsible isn't always an easy process. This comprehensive site is directed towards parents (and can be easily adapted for educators) who would like to teach their children to become responsible citizens.
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Live Wire Media

Good Character: Teaching Guides for Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Although these teaching guides are designed to be used with a video series called "Big Changes, Big Choices," most of the material here can be used without the videos. The topics covered in this series include both life skills and...
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Live Wire Media

Good Character: Teaching Guides for High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The pages in this website were created to accompany two video series, "In Search of Character" and "Not for Sale - Ethics in the Workplace, but most of the material can easily be used without the videos. Character topics include traits...
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Live Wire Media

Good Character: Character Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is loaded with resources for developing and maintaining a character education program in your school, class or team. It includes information on service learning, ethics in the workplace and leading class discussions as well as...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Try Something New for 30 Days

For Students 9th - 10th
Is there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but haven't? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals. [3:21]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Helen Keller

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of Helen Keller's remarkable accomplishments learning to speak, though blind and hearing impaired. Helen Keller was exceptional in her ability to communicate the challenges that handicapped people face to the rest of the...
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Other

Ogram.org: Armstrong Sperry

For Students 6th - 8th
An autobiographical sketch of Armstrong Sperry, written in 1951 is provided at this Ogram.org site.
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Other

Ogram.org: Sperry on Writing for Young People (1959)

For Students 6th - 8th
This unpublished document comes from the private papers of his family. Sperry addresses the issue of why he is a writer and why he writes for young people.
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CGFA

Moscow University Astro Net: Man Enters Space

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site presents a brief overview and newspaper clip documenting the first manned space mission. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12, 1961.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Freak the Mighty Storia Teaching Guide

For Students 5th - 9th
A detailed teaching guide for the Rodman Philbrick novel, Freak the Mighty. The guide includes activities for before, during, and after students read the book.
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Read Works

Read Works: Famous African Americans Jackie Robinson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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US Department of Education

U.s. Department of Education: Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help your child develop a strong character and become a responsible citizen through activities suggested in the booklet written by the U. S. Department of Education. The material is available online or as a downloadable PDF document.
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Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Ereth's Birthday"

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Here teachers and students will find many useful extension activities for the book "Ereth's Birthday."
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Hero by Any Other Name. . .

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In conjunction with a study of literary or national heroes or in recognition of 9/11 week, students select a hero from among their family and friends, gather information about him/her, and prepare a multimedia presentation of their...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Martin Luther King, Jr. For Early Elementary

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan is an adaptation of a lesson plan in Character Education Made Easy. It helps early elementary students (especially kindergartners) learn about the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., why he is remembered, and the...
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive...
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Curated OER

Wic Biography: Corazon Aquino

For Students 9th - 10th
President of the Republic of the Philippines since February 25, 1986, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, has experienced praise and faced adversity with courage and directness.
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Curated OER

Ar Kive: Lion (Panthera Leo)

For Students 9th - 10th
It seems that no animal has inspired the imagination of man more than the lion (Panthera leo). Characterized as fearsome, courageous and majestic, the lion's strength and ferocity has earned it the title of 'King of the Beasts' in many...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Anglo India After Clive's Departure , 1760

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the eastern coast of India showing the Anglo-India (East India Company) possessions after Robert Clive's departure in 1760. The map is color-coded to show the extent of the British territories at the time, and shows the...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Leg of Bull Amulet

For Students 9th - 10th
An unusual amulet of the leg of a bull of the sort that was called an "assimilation amulet," which confers on its wearer the attributes of the animal. This amulet provides its possessor with the savage strength, the courage and the...
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Curated OER

Casals Conducting

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating and inspiring biography from the Internet Cello Society of the famous Spanish cellist, Pablo Casals. Of particular interest is the outstanding courage he displayed during the Spanish Civil War.

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