Eleanor Roosevelt

Instructional Aims

The students will:

1. Understand the concept of a "hero" and the importance of heroic acts.

2. Distinguish between the concept of "hero" and the concept of "celebrity."

3. Learn to distinguish right from wrong.

4. Gain control over their own actions.

5. Use strategies for overcoming negative peer pressure.

6. Discover and utilize their inner strengths.

7. Foster and value personal involvement in the development of nonviolent strategies for conflict resolution.

8. Value character development.

9. Share the story of Raoul Wallenberg and those of many additional heroes with others whom they know.

10. Recognize and value the potential hero within themselves and within others in their school, family, and community.
 

Andrei Sakharov

Cognitive Goals

The students will:

1. Understand that the concept of "hero" means different things to different people.

2. Comprehend that people are not born heroes; they respond in certain situations with an interest in making a positive difference in the lives of others.

3. Increase their understanding that heroes come in all shapes, sizes, ages, religions, races, and ethnicities, and need not be famous or wealthy.

4. Acquire a heightened awareness of heroic acts within their own culture, community, school, and families.

5. Comprehend that one person's hero may be another person's adversary.

6. Identify nonviolent and safe strategies for resolving conflicts and reaching out to make a positive difference in the world.

7. Increase their knowledge of and share with others the unresolved story of Raoul Wallenberg, one our nation's four honorary citizens.

8. Research and analyze individuals within six contexts:
a) the historical;
b) the geo-political;
c) the cultural;
d) the socio-economic;
e) the technological;
f) the intra/inter-personal.

9. Evaluate whether or not a person is a real hero by placing him or her in a carefully and objectively researched historical context.
 

Roberto Clemente

Affective Goals

The students will:

1. Develop a sensitivity to the needs, feelings, beliefs, and interests of others.

2. Work cooperatively with others for the betterment of their own character and to help improve the health, safety, morale, self-dignity, and self-worth of others.

3. Appreciate the heroes of the past and present and prepare to be a future hero-in large or even very small ways.

4. Display concern and respect for the ideas of nonviolent heroism, humanitarianism, and courage.

5. Become motivated to make a positive difference in the lives of others through a kind word, an outstretched hand offering help, or a nonviolent strategy to solve a problem or conflict.

6. Appreciate the historical evolution of national traditions and values and the roles of heroes in setting national expectations and goals.

7. Appreciate the difference between fictional heroes, cartoon heroes, super heroes, and real heroes.

8. Welcome and celebrate diversity in all aspects of life.

9. Internalize within one's values, actions, and outlook the essence of sound character and heroic traits including: respect; responsibility; civility; empathy; caring; compassion; citizenship; honor; fairness; trustworthiness; honesty; hope; cooperation; independent thinking; fairness and justice; patience; perseverance; tolerance; diligence; good manners; integrity; vigilance; sharing; generosity; forgiveness; responsiveness; appropriate curiosity and creativity; and joy.

10. Recognize and appreciate the many opportunities that arise everyday to make a positive difference in someone else's life. Then integrate into your lifestyle acting upon such opportunities.
 

Mother Teresa

Inquiry Goals

The students will:

1. Learn how to ask questions about heroes and then research, gather, and organize data and information about past and present heroes.

2. Investigate the traits of real heroes and learn to infer them from gathered data and information.

3. Compare and contrast attitudes about heroes from people of all ages in their community.

4. Discover, through personal reflection, their own heroic traits and strengths.

5. Develop library/research and interviewing skills to discover more about heroes.

6. Develop individual and group decision-making skills designed to encourage nonviolent, negotiated settlements to conflicts.
 

Harriet Tubman

Basic Skills Goals

The students will:

1. Develop research skills to use in the study and identification of heroes, including observational skills; technological skills; interviewing skills; data collection skills; recording skills; analytical skills; synthesizing skills; evaluation skills; writing and other communication skills; reporting skills; the ability to pose and frame appropriate and challenging research questions; the ability and skills needed to select the best research tools, resources and methods to explore and answer your research questions; skills needed to share most effectively your research findings with others.

2. Develop effective and efficient skills for writing and mailing letters and for writing reports.

3. Transfer information to, and interpret information from, maps, graphs, tables, charts, time lines, statistical representations, graphics and articles, obituaries, editorials, social commentary cartoons, and the World Wide Web.

4. Employ reading, mathematical, scientific, computer, and/or artistic techniques to analyze and communicate information to others about heroes.

5. Develop writing, journalistic, storytelling, photographic, musical, technological, dramatic, artistic, and/or oratorical skills to share the stories of real heroes with others.
 

Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner

Psychomotor Goals

The students will:

1. Employ technology efficiently and effectively to research, report, and share one’s studies of heroes.

2. Manipulate objects to create different ways to communicate the stories of real heroes to others.

3. Use kinesthetic, visual, auditory, tactile, and coordination abilities to explore the concept of heroes.

4. Demonstrate a sufficient attention span and dexterity in discussing and relating the concept of heroes through various means.

5. Employ body language and interpretive movements to creatively express their knowledge and feelings related to real heroes.