The Hero Project
Assignments:
- Research paper about a Greek god, goddess, or hero (3 pages)
- Short personal essay about a modern or personal hero (1 page)
- Visual about your Greek god, goddess, or hero and your personal or modern hero. This may be digital or physical - be creative!
Assignment One: Research Paper
Using the Greek gods and goddesses website, look at the different gods, goddesses, or heroes,
Choose one that you want to be the focus of your research paper and confirm with your teacher that no one else has chosen them first.
Begin taking notes - you need at least thirty note cards for this project
Find at least three different sources of information.
One source must be our database Student Resources In Context use password: madcohs
Using the Greek gods and goddesses website, look at the different gods, goddesses, or heroes,
Choose one that you want to be the focus of your research paper and confirm with your teacher that no one else has chosen them first.
Begin taking notes - you need at least thirty note cards for this project
Find at least three different sources of information.
One source must be our database Student Resources In Context use password: madcohs
Assignment Two: Short Personal Essay
Look around the My Hero website for inspiration.
Choose a person that you consider to be a heroic person - in your life or a famous person
Answer the following questions in an essay:
1. Who is the hero?
2. What have they done?
3. Where do they or have they lived?
4. When did they live?
5. Why are they important to you? (How have they made a difference in your life?)
Submit your essay to your teacher.
When you have teacher permission, submit your essay to the My Hero website.
Look around the My Hero website for inspiration.
Choose a person that you consider to be a heroic person - in your life or a famous person
Answer the following questions in an essay:
1. Who is the hero?
2. What have they done?
3. Where do they or have they lived?
4. When did they live?
5. Why are they important to you? (How have they made a difference in your life?)
Submit your essay to your teacher.
When you have teacher permission, submit your essay to the My Hero website.
Assignment Three: Visual
Create a visual that showcases both your Greek research subject and the hero from your shorter essay. Be creative with this!
Ideas:
Google slide presentation
Poster
Animoto picture slide show
PowToons cartoon
Augmented Reality with HP Reveal
Create a visual that showcases both your Greek research subject and the hero from your shorter essay. Be creative with this!
Ideas:
Google slide presentation
Poster
Animoto picture slide show
PowToons cartoon
Augmented Reality with HP Reveal