Please note that there is NO MEMORIZATION!! :-)
1.) Individual Hero Project
- Add a Hero every week (minimum of 10 for requirement)
- Choose any medium for you project. (scrapbook, poster, notebook of quotes, quilt, painting, drawings, movie or power point, etc)
- Put together over time -- don't cram it.
- Bibliography. At least one source for each hero.
- Meant to be a personal search for people you can learn and grow from
- Look for heroes that show traits/virtues that you want to develop in yourself
- Only one hero is allowed to be fictional. (Captain America, Super Man, Frodo, Sam, etc.)
- Heroes can come from history, modern day, core book, or even people you personally know.
2.) Read the following 5 books:
- Children of the Dust Bowl by Jerry Stanley
- Flags of our Fathers (adapted for young people) by Ron Powers
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Tenboom
- Hiroshima by John Hersey
- Biography of choice -- Someone from the Depression/WWII era -- Some possibilities: Harry Truman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, George S. Patton, Douglas McArthur, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Audie Murphy, Raoul Wallenberg, etc. (Juvenile Literature section is okay as long as it isn't one meant for really young kids.)
3.) Watch at least 3 movies:
- REQUIRED -- Tora! Tora! Tora!
- REQUIRED -- Ike-Countdown to D-day w/Tom Sellek OR The Longest Day w/John Wayne
- Life is Beautiful
- Saints & Soldiers
- The Monuments Men
- Captain America, the First Avenger
4.) Hero Presentation
- from the biography that you chose to read.
- 5-10 minute oral presentation (we love visual aids :-))
5.) Interviews
- Interview 2-3 people that lived during the Depression/WWII era.
- Presentation in class
- Video the interviews
- One phone interview allowed.
6.) Writing Assignments -- complete at least 8 writing assignments.
7.) Prepare for and participate in the Nuremberg Trial Simulation
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