What Is A Hero
What do hero's do?
Hero's try to help others and make the world a better place with their words, actions, or discoveries.
How did Harriet Tubman show courage?
She risked her life to help enslaved people escape using the Underground Railroad.
What year was it when women gained the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1920
What steps have heroes taken to fight for the rights of Native Americans and farmworkers?
Heroes have given speeches, asked the government for help, protested against unfair rules and laws, and worked hard to get the laws changed.
What did George Washington Caver help famers solve?
How to grow plants in poor soil.
What does it mean to have compassion?
It means to have an understanding of how others feel.
Where can kids make difference?
In school, in neighborhood, in their community
How can words hero's say or write make make a difference?
Their words can help change the way people think.
What does the center photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. in front of a crowd tell you about how people saw Martin Luther King Jr.?
The crowd is huge. King must have been important to a lot of people. People wanted to hear what he had to say.
What steps did Susan B. Anthony take to fight for the right to vote?
She held meetings, wrote to the government, marched with signs and gave speeches.
What events led to the death of Sitting Bull?
The government gave the Sioux new land and promised to stay off. However, the government broke its promise. Sitting Bull and his She was the first woman prime minister of Israel. people fought for the land. Sitting Bull died in the fight for the land.
How was Marie Curie's discovery helped people in hospitals?
Her discovery of a special metal led to X-Ray pictures, which doctors use in hospitals to examine patients.
What did Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton have in common? What did Henry Dunant and Clara Barton have in common?
Nightingale and Barton were both nurses. Barton and Dunant were both involved with the Red Cross. Dunant started the Red Cross in Switzerland and Barton brought the organization to United States.
What can an individual do to stop bullies?
Tell a teacher or parent
What did Louis Pasteur discover?
He discovered that germs in milk made people sick. He also discovered that heating milk kills these germs.
How did Rosa Parks make a difference?
She would not give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This other helped find courage to protest too.
Why might Bella Abzug's victory have led to more women in government?
Other women could see that a women had already run for office and won, so they might decide that they cold run for office too.
What problems did farmworker who traveled from farm to farm face?
They were paid very little and had to work long hours.
Why are the four men shown on Mount Rushmore important to the United States?
They were each president during important times in the country’s history. They all helped make the United States a strong nation.
What was the purpose of Hull House?
It was a place where immigrants could get help and learn more about America.
What are three ways people can help the environment?
Cleaning up at the beach or park, teaching other not to litter, saving resources, recycling, planting trees.
How Can Hero's differ?
Some hero's are well known, while others are ordinary people. Some lived long ago, while others are alive today. Some make a difference with words or action, while other make a difference with their discoveries.
Why do heroes need to have courage?
Heroes need courage because they might be scared to fight for change. Other people might fight against them.
What are some issues women needed to fight for even after getting the right to vote?
Having more job choices and getting the same pay as men.
Why do you think telling people to stop working and to stop buying farm products led to a change?
Farm owners wouldn't have products to sell if people weren't working, and they would not make money if people weren't buying food. This would lead them to make the changes that people demanded.
What helped Thomas Edison become an inventor?
He was very curious about the world.
How did the discoveries of Charles Drew and Jonas Salk help people?
Drew discovered a way to store blood which helps people in hospitals who need blood. Salk discovered a vaccine that kept people from getting a disease called polio
What do volunteers do?
Volunteers spend their free time making things better for others.
What kind of art does Faith Ringgold create?
She creates painted story quilts that tell stories of African American life
Why was it amazing that Wilma Rudolph was such a talented
runner? What does that say about her character?
She had trouble walking as a child. That says that she was strong and determined.
What leadership role did Golda Meir have?
She was the first woman prime minister of Israel.
Why did people look up to Yuri Kochiyama?
She got the government to give back to Japanese people who had been forced to live in camps during World War II.
What is Mount Rushmore?
Mount Rushmore is a carving in the side of a mountain that shows faces of four U.S. presidents. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
The printing press let people print books quickly and easily.
He started gardens at local schools. These gardens provide food to local families who need it.