What Makes a Hero Digital Collage
Class:
English 10
Objectives:
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Students will be able to: Explain what it means to be a hero in their own terms, without using the words "strength" or "bravery."
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Students will be able to: Attribute the qualities of a hero to Welles Crowther and Tom Rinaldi's book The Red Bandana, a biography of Crowther and his heroic actions on September 11, 2001.
PA State Standards:
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CC.1.2.9–10.K: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
Project Summary:
Before reading Tom Rinaldi's September 11 biography, The Red Bandana, English 10 students created personal definitions of what makes a hero. Students were challenged to use terms other than "strength" and "bravery" in their definitions and used images and personal definitions of their chosen words to create a digital collage.