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Heroes
Kierstin Vogt
Hero

Selfless, Brave

Caring, Hardworking, Helping

Fighting For What Is Right

Servant

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National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies_ Chapter 2—The Themes of Social Studies _ National Council for the Social Studies

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Kids Fun Time - Learn Colours for Children

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Learn About Community Helpers | Cartoon Video For Kids | Best Educational Video

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Lesson Plans: Hooray for Heroes Theme Unit | Scholastic.com

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Students discuss the meaning of hero, make a hero sandwich booklet filled with dictionary entries, identify personal heroes and display portraits, and celebrate heroes with crafts and a parade.

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2nd Grade Vocabulary - Free, Printable Word List - Flocabulary

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This 2nd grade vocabulary word list is free and printable and comes from an analysis of commonly taught books and state tests.

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Your browser does not support the video tag. Our Story

In 1995 three mothers decided to harness the new power of the internet to provide an alternative to the negative mass media. The MY HERO website was launched with a mission to use media, art and technology to celebrate the best of humanity. Its mission today is more relevant than ever. As a commercial-free, child-friendly destination, MY HERO embodies the best of what the internet can be. Today the website reaches millions of students of all ages around the world and serves teachers globally.

The current crisis our nation is experiencing, with hate crimes on the rise and continued racial injustice and inequity, underscores the pressing need to acknowledge and celebrate diversity, to honor those working for human rights and to champion the values we hold dear.

Today, the media programs MY HERO offers educate and inspire youth to understand their own ability to create a more just, equitable, and peaceful world. Learning about the heroic journeys of well-known leaders like Nelson Mandela, Congressman John Lewis, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Wangari Maathai and others helps students understand that positive change in this complex and challenging time is truly possible.

Teachers in K-12 and college use MY HERO to support emotional and social learning for students of all ages. ESL teachers use MY HERO for language studies and character education. Every submission is reviewed by staff to make sure it is appropriate and does not promote hatred, racism, sexism or violence.

MY HERO promotes digital literacy, critical thinking and media arts education. We mentor teachers, students and others who want to learn to use media and technology to share their hero stories. Our staff also supports and trains teachers who use our online tools. To encourage and reward creativity and self-expression, we award prizes to students and professionals for outstanding films, art, essays and music.

It is especially rewarding in these difficult times to see students of all faiths and from diverse backgrounds utilizing MY HERO's resources as we continue to meet the growing need to educate and inspire future heroes.

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Stories, Art and Media on Heroes Around the World | MY HERO

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Discover & share inspiring stories, art, & films. Join millions of teachers, students & media producers taking part in MY HERO. Tell the world about your HERO.

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Discover the impact of heroes past and present, with these lessons, activities, and printables. Honor veterans, civil-rights activists, suffragists, medical personnel, community workers, family members, and more. Find creative writing activities about the immigrant experience, historical time lines of the civil rights movement, slideshows of famous women suffragists, art activities for celebrating community helpers, lesson plans for learning more about wars and the soldiers who fight them, and much more.

War Heroes & Veterans

Teach students the importance of people who have served in the military. Resources include a reading passage on the origins of Veteran's Day, a quiz, school ceremonies to commemorate Veteran's Day, and much more.

Suffragists & Women's-Rights Heroes

Choose from our resources to expand students' learning about the Suffragists and Women's-Rights Heroes. Includes biographical slideshows, printable quiz, matching women to their contribution, videos with activities, and more.

Other Heroes of Women's History

Help your students learn about well-known women and their contributions which are etched in history. Includes athletes, suffragists, Nobel Peace Prize winners, writers, and more.

Civil-Rights Heroes

Interesting facts and activities related to Civil-Rights Heroes and their struggles can be found in our resources. Women such as Rosa Parks, Billie Holiday, and others are included.

Other African-American Heroes

Our collection of resources on African-American Heroes will help you teach your students about their achievements and struggles. Includes African folk tales, as well as other literature sources, and activities for Black History Month.

Community Helpers

Activities such as writing a letter to the mayor, learning about service workers and writing interview questions, exploring different jobs people have, plus more, will help students learn about people in their community.

EMTs

Through reading, students' knowledge about firefighters will increase. Includes reading passage with enrichment activities, as well as making cards showing students' appreciation to the firefighters.

Nurses

Have students learn about a well-known nurse and the occupation that is fast-growing with the reading passages found in these resources.

Doctors

Use these resources to expand your teaching strategies. Includes printable pages that teach what doctors do, a book about the first woman to receive a medical degree, and different jobs women have held.

Teachers

Discuss the amount of work and preparation teachers do on a daily basis. Reinforce student learning with these resources which include pretending to be a teacher, writing about a favorite teacher, making customizable printable cards to show appreciation.

Moms

Students will have a lot to say about Moms. Browse through and use our lessons, printables, fun activities, and more, for students to express themselves.

Dads

Dads will be a favorite topic for students. Help them express their ideas with our resources such as a quiz, learning about animal fathers, fun art activities, and more.

Other Resources about Heroes

For more resources on heroes, choose from our list containing reading passages about people who take risks, those who survive major events, or others who stand up and do the right thing.

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Discover the impact of heroes past and present, with these lessons, activities, and printables. Honor veterans, civil-rights activists, suffragists, family members, community workers, and more.

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Gibbons Framework for Language Function(1)

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Resources on IEPs for Students with Disabilities - Services & Resources (CA Dept of Education)

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Resources on individualized education programs (IEPs) to improve instruction, assessment, and accountability for students with disabilities.

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Students with special needs may need to have their work differentiated in a specific way to meet their IEP goals. Below are some suggestions that can be integrated into lesson plans.

- While students with special needs may become proficient readers and writers, they should not be limited to this to show what they know. Posters, models, performances, and drawings can show what they have learned in a way that reflects their personal strengths. When it comes to tests, there are other ways to show mastery than a multiple choice test. Rubrics are a great way to create assessment tools for students to show they have mastered the material. Click the Rubric Link to go to a rubric builder. A portfolio may be another way to assess students. Depending on the level of the student, you could ask them to sort or group pictures according to specific criteria, name pictures, or have them answer questions orally.

- Technology can be especially helpful with special needs students. Access to computers, screen readers, and voice recognition software can help many students with special needs use technology more effectively. Other educational software programs-such as talking dictionaries and talking word processing applications-provide opportunities for students to improve their spelling, reading and writing. An internet based form of Kurzweil will soon be available in our district to assist students with reading text, note taking and test taking. In addition, audio copies of textbooks will be available for students to download onto their iPods and MP3 players so they can listen to textbooks on the bus.

Collaborative Activities - Students learn best from their peers and many jobs require an ability to be a contributing member of a team. Time and time again it has been proven that the lower functioning group improves when working with more academically capable students. Collaboration is a skill that must be discussed before the lesson, so each group member has a clear idea of their role. It helps to give some focus questions ahead such as: Did everyone get a chance to speak and contribute? The teacher must monitor the groups to ensure that they are functioning appropriately.

- Students working in cooperative groups have the benefit being exposed to the various learning strategies of others. Cooperative groups can be a comfortable place to have a voice in a small group setting and receive support from peers.

Explicit Modeling - Some activities such as note-taking, making connections among ideas, asking questions, project planning, and time-management may have to be taught, because special needs students are not able to make the connections on their own. This may require step by step procedures to be explained.

- Students with special needs often have difficulty monitoring their own progress. Giving feedback will help students to reflect on their own work.

- Organizing information is often a problem for students with special needs. Learning disabled students are often visual learners who respond well to information represented in graphic form. Concept maps , Venn diagrams , Cause-and-effect charts , , , and can assist students to incorporate new knowledge. Multimedia such as pictures, charts, graphs, audio, and video can also be beneficial.

Leveled Reading Materials - Providing reading materials on a particular topic, but written at different levels will allow a student with a reading disability to learn about the same topic as the rest of the class.

- It is not uncommon for students to misunderstand the instructions for an assignment. Keep the directions clear and concise

Multi-sensory Approach - Most new content is delivered verbally, but students have strengths in different areas. They may be great illustrators, innovative builders and and able to gather information visually on the internet. By using multi-sensory techniques to introduce new material, more of your students will retain it.

Peer Tutoring - Having a peer helper can be mutually beneficial. Students with special needs can receive intensive one-on-one assistance and the peer tutor learns about different learning styles, modeling positive behaviour and empathy. Peer helpers can also assist with creating study tools, editing written assignments and with collaborative activities.

Prior Knowledge - Linking newly presented knowledge to previous understanding is very important for students who have special needs. Know-Want to Know-Learn (), discussions and questioning can help students use what they already know to understand new information.

Visual component - Students with reading problems find pictures and symbols easier to understand. Flashcards and pictures are useful to teach sight vocabulary, safety signs and new concepts.

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7. Differentiation Techniques for Special Needs Students - Differentiation & LR Information for SAS Teachers

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Students with special needs may need to have their work differentiated in a specific way to meet their IEP goals. Below are some suggestions that can be integrated into lesson plans. - While students with special needs may become proficient readers and writers, they should not be limited to this to show what they know.

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Differentiated Curriculum and Pedagogy for Gifted and High Ability Students

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