Free Lessons
Helping Kids Become Heroes
This lesson plan has three objectives:
Help students understand that a hero makes a sacrifice for others
Identify examples of this kind of heroism with which students are familiar (their heroes)
Help students understand how someone becomes a hero, and what it takes to do the heroic thing in a difficult situation.
Heroes vs Villains
The lesson will help students:
Analyze what separates protagonists from antagonists in books they have read
Think critically about what really makes someone a hero or a villain—in real life as well as fiction
Make good decisions by understanding how even well-intentioned goals can go wrong.