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Organization Honors Giraffe Heroes, those who stick their necks out

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GiraffeHeroes.org

From:  http://giraffeheroes.org

EnCouraging Today’s Heroes / Training Tomorrow’s

        This nonprofit honors Giraffe Heroes—compassionate risk-takers who are largely unknown, people who have the courage to stick their necks out for the common good, in the US and around the world.

        When we tell their stories over social and traditional media, others are moved to stick their necks out too, helping solve significant public problems important to them. Our books, blogs, curricula, speeches and trainings help them succeed.

        As long as there are Giraffe Heroes , there’s hope. Telling the stories of heroes may be the oldest strategy in the world for motivating people into brave, compassionate action—and it works.

A video describing their work (https://youtu.be/3lHNcQ_YgCc):

Giraffe Heroes - GIVE

 
Check out other powerful hero resources at TheHeroPlace, including Hero Tools (such as StoryCraft Hero-Story Writing Software) and Hero Wisdom (such as that of script-writing coach Skip Press) as well as other Hero Organizations (such as the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes). Also, search or submit to hero databases (such as hero-story databases) from around the Internet in the Your Heroes section of TheHeroPlace.

Help us maintain, improve, and expand this and other posts in TheHeroPlace.  Contact us today to add to our unique resource for “All Things Hero!”

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Varsity Tutors Teaching Tools for the Hero’s Journey

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Varsity Tutors has a detailed listing of webpages around the Internet that have curricula for teaching the Hero’s Journey. Although there are now a few dead links, the following are some of the best curricula sites described in the Varsity Tutors “The Archetype of the Hero’s Journey” page:

Heroes are Made of This: Studying the Character of Heroes
Students explore the concept of heroism in life and in literature. Most of the 6 sessions of this unit plan can be used consecutively or individually. This lesson is designed for grades 9-12.

The Hero’s Journey
The resources on this page were designed by a classroom teacher. They include multiple worksheets detailing the hero’s journey (including the ones found in Star Wars and The Lion King ), a project in which students design a Hall of Heroes, analysis of songs related to heros, the Oliver Stone essay “Where I Find My Heroes,” and more.

Identifying Supporting Evidence from a Text – What is a Hero?
Students watch a 3-minute video about Ping, a young hero who proves himself worthy to be the emperor of China. Students identify what makes Ping’s behavior special using evidence from the story. This lesson is designed for grades 1-4. It includes video and support materials.

Multi-Media Hero Analysis
Students will recognize the positive character traits of heroes as depicted in music, art and literature. The class will break into groups and write a working definition of a hero which they will present to the class. Students will discuss multi-media representations of heroes as well as cultural differences among who is considered a hero. The teacher will provide various works of art depicting heroes, and the students will choose one hero to research for an essay.

A Story of Epic Proportions: What makes a Poem an Epic?
Students learn about the epic poem form and to its roots in oral tradition. They study the epic hero cycle and will learn how to recognize this pattern of events and elements in both ancient and modern texts, including Star Wars , The Lord of the Rings , and Harry Potter .

Check out other powerful hero resources at TheHeroPlace, including Hero Wisdom (such as that of script-writing coach Skip Press) and Hero Organizations (such as the Gallery of Heroes) as well as other Hero Tools (such as StoryCraft Hero-Story Writing Software). Also, search or submit to hero databases (such as hero-story databases) from around the Internet in the Your Heroes section of TheHeroPlace.

Help us maintain, improve, and expand this and other posts in TheHeroPlace.  Contact us today to add to our unique resource for “All Things Hero!”

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Unsung Heroes Projects of the Lowell Milken Center empower people to bring the extraordinary stories of unsung heroes to light

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The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes is a remarkable facility for revealing the stories of unsung heroes through documentaries, plays, performances, exhibits, websites and other avenues of expression.

Unsung Heroes are role models whose remarkable acts of courage, compassion, selflessness, perseverance and, quite possibly, sacrifice make a profound and positive difference on the course of history. They change our world for the better, but most of us have never heard of them. Now you can be a part of bringing these extraordinary stories to light in order to inspire people to take actions that improve the lives of others. Unsung Heroes teach the power one has to make a difference—and you have that power to make a difference, too.


The Center has a 10-step process for submitting and building projects. Through its unique project-based learning approach, they “collaborate with students, educators and parents to discover, develop and communicate the remarkable stories of Unsung Heroes. If you would like to discover an Unsung Hero in history and share his or her inspiring contributions to the world, we can help you take this incredibly rewarding journey.”

(See our Your Heroes Section > Submit Heroes category for description of their process for submitting stories, film/video, etc.)

Check out other powerful hero resources at TheHeroPlace, including Hero Tools (such as StoryCraft Hero-Story Writing Software) and Hero Wisdom (such as that of script-writing coach Skip Press) as well as other Hero Organizations (such as the Gallery of Heroes). Also, search or submit to hero databases (such as hero-story databases) from around the Internet in the Your Heroes section of TheHeroPlace.

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Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Helps Students Tell the Stories of Unsung Heroes

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Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Helps Students Tell the Stories of Unsung Heroes


Check out other powerful hero resources at TheHeroPlace, including Hero Tools (such as StoryCraft Hero-Story Writing Software) and Hero Wisdom (such as that of script-writing coach Skip Press) as well as other Hero Organizations (such as the Gallery of Heroes). Also, search or submit to hero databases (such as hero-story databases) from around the Internet in the Your Heroes section of TheHeroPlace.

Help us maintain, improve, and expand this and other posts in TheHeroPlace.  Contact us today to add to our unique resource for “All Things Hero!”