by Alan Haskvitz

Whether it is comic books or real life, heroes are an excellent theme to generate interest and create integrated units of study.  I have found some good resources that use this theme, but if you have others, please email me by clicking on my name on the opening page.

Create a Holiday for Your Favorite Hero
Try this interesting way to integrate a lesson.

Creating Hero Art and Engaging Students to Select Role Models with Life Forming Values
Try this interesting unit with a twist from the MY HERO web site.

Females Heroes and Rulers
From around the world

Hero and Heroism Themes
For more advanced students

Heroes
Lessons with fine arts from the Kennedy Center

Heroes and Role Models
Writing ideas 

Heroes Around Us
This lesson starts with the differences between a hero and an idol.

Heroes  Classroom Focus
Link site for elementary and middle school students

Heroes Online: Looking to the Web for Those We Can Look Up To
Nice selection of Internet-related hero lessons

Heroes Past and Present
For middle grades

Heroes WebQuest
Very creative unit which results in a PowerPoint presentation

Heroic Activities Celebrate Heroes
This large selection of hero-based lessons includes some very intriguing ones that can be used as the basis for more involved learning activities.

Heroic Animals
A great site to get students involved in a heroes theme.

Holocaust Heroes

How to Integrate Lessons

Hurray for Heroes
From Scholastic, lessons explore the concept of heroes.

Law Buzz
An excellent site with many features such as famous trials, stories behind the movies, and our laws.  Each easy-to-read entry can result in some great classroom discussions on whether or not those involved were heroes.

List of Peace Heroes

The MY HERO Museum

The MY HERO Teacher’s Room Guide
A guide to using the MY HERO web site

The MY HERO Teacher’s Room Lessons
 This is a vast site for hero-related lessons. This link shows how it can be used for visual art resources.

REC Folklore

Stimulate Creativity with Myth and Legends

Using Stories about Heroes to Teach Values
Research article

War and Peace
A collection of links to all major wars that includes letters and stories about military heroes

What  is a Hero?
Three-part lesson

Women Heroes

Women of the Century
Listed by decade