Module 24: Heroes in Our Communities- Social Studies 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to identify how others define the word hero, develop a personal definition of hero, determine career options that are heroic, identify and describe heroic deeds of military heroes, and identify and describe the deeds of contemporary heroes (Todd Beamer, Chesley Sullenberger, etc.).

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Heroes
  1. Identify how others define the word <em>hero</em>.
2 Personal Heroes
  1. Develop a personal definition of <em>hero</em>.
3 Heroes at Work
  1. Determine career options that are heroic.
4 Military Heroes
  1. Identify and describe heroic deeds of military heroes.
5 Contemporary Heroes
  1. Identify and describe the deeds of contemporary heroes (Todd Beamer, Chesley Sullenberger, etc.).

Module Key Words:

Key Words
hero
career
military
heroes
social justice

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
2 Personal Heroes 5 My Personal Hero Assignment
3 Heroes at Work 5 Heroes at Work: Responsibilities Assignment
5 Contemporary Heroes 6 My Heroic Action Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Heroes After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the characteristics of a hero, and based on those characteristics ask them to name people they feel meet those characteristics.
2 Personal Heroes After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain who their personal heroes are and why they are their personal heroes.
3 Heroes at Work After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain careers that can be heroic and why they are.
4 Military Heroes After completing this lesson, ask your student to discuss military heroes, why they are important, and how they served our country.
5 Contemporary Heroes

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Heroes
  1. What are the characteristics of a hero?
Personal Heroes
  1. Who are my personal heroes?
Heroes at Work
  1. What careers are heroic to me?
Military Heroes
  1. How have military heroes served our country?
Contemporary Heroes
  1. Who are some contemporary heroes?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Doreen Rappaport
2 The Children's Book of Heroes William J. Bennett, Michael Hague

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing