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E2 Bn: History's Heroes: Great Campaigners
It is important that students be good citizens and play and understand the people who campaign various issues in their environment. This particular unit identifies some fine campaigners who used their religion to influence their lives....
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E2 Bn: History's Heroes: Two Strong Women
This unit features Aethelflaed and Anne Askew, two women from two different periods of England's history, who demonstrated great strength and fortitude in their respective eras. Identify similarities and differences of the women and...
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E2 Bn: History's Heroes: How Many Ways Are There to Be a Hero?
What makes a hero? Is there any one thing that makes someone achieve that status or are there many different ways people become heroes to others? This unit delves into the question and makes students put on their thinking caps to...
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E2 Bn: History's Heroes: National Heroes
Who is a hero? What qualities do you think of when determining a hero? When do you decide someone is a hero? This unit asks these questions, making students think about the meaning of a hero and who emulates that meaning. Meet a few...
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E2 Bn: History's Heroes: What Is a Hero?
Ask students, "What is a hero?" You are sure to get all sorts of answers from them. This is the perfect opportunity to guide them. Have students think about the things that make a hero and then design their own with a drag and drop...
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E2 Bn: History's Heroes: Harriet Martineau
This unit will give pupils added insights into the late Georgian/Victorian periods of English history. This section provides lesson ideas, activities and resources, which will allow teachers to make fuller use of the site resources for...
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History's Heroes: A Ethelfled (872 918)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on aethelflaed. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements, and her legacy.
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History's Heroes: Edith Cavell (1865 1915)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Edith Cavell, pioneer of modern nursing. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements, and her...
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University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "History's Heroes"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students appreciate historical events, enhancing students' understanding of the difference between narrative and expository text, and...
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History's Heroes: Alan Turing (1912 1954)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Alan Turing, the father of modern computing. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements, and his...
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History's Heroes: Anne Askew (1521 1546)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Anne Askew, a Protestant heretic willing to die for her beliefs. Find out who she was, what she did, her...
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History's Heroes: Elizabeth Fry (1780 1845)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Elizabeth Fry, humanitarian and penal reformer. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements,...
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History's Heroes: Harriet Martineau (1802 1876)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Harriet Martineau, author and social reformer. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements, and...
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History's Heroes: Horatio Nelson (1758 1805)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Horatio Nelson, famous admiral of the Royal Navy. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements,...
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History's Heroes: Irena Sendlerowa (1910 2008)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Irena Sendlerowa, a heroine of the Holocaust. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements, and...
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History's Heroes: Noor Inayat Khan (1914 1944)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Noor Inayat Khan who worked for the Secret Service in WW2. Find out who she was, what she did, her...
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History's Heroes: Oliver Cromwell (1599 1658)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Oliver Cromwell. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements, and his legacy.
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History's Heroes: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (1876 1948)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, an important figure in the movement to secure the vote for women in Great Britain. Find...
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History's Heroes: Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786 1845)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Thomas Fowell Buxton. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements, and his legacy.
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History's Heroes: Thomas Paine (1737 1809)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Thomas Paine. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements, and his legacy.
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History's Heroes: Roger Bushell (1910 1944)
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story on Roger Bushell, leader of the Great escape. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements, and his legacy.
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History's Heroes: Enigma Machine: Write or Crack a Code
This activity is based on a simplified version of the Enigma Machine, used by the Germans to pass coded messages in WW2. The coded messages were finally cracked by officers stationed at Bletchley Park. By selecting a codedisc and letter...
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History's Heroes: Robert Kett
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story on Roger Kett, leader of the rebellion against the Tudor government. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements,...
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History's Heroes: Florence Nightingale: Wounded Soldiers
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story on Florence Nightingale, famous nurse in the Crimean War. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements, and her...