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__**//Day 3/4/5//**__
 * Hero- a hero is someone who would do anything for anybody and not want anything in return.**
 * // After picking your hero you will begin taking notes that will be used to write a story and use to make a movie. The story will be submitted to the [|My Hero] website. If it is accepted your are in an awesome place and can start your video. If it rejected, you will have to re-write. The information will also be used to make a movie that depending on your class, will be sent to various elementary classrooms across the country. //**
 * 1) Break your "Essay" page into the following sections that are listed below and start taking notes. You can simply cut and paste the information below on what has to be in each paragraph onto your page. (example of what your page should look like)


 * Paragraph 1--Intro to your 19th Century Hero **


 * 1) Start with personal hero sentence **... a hero is someone who does things for people, not wanting anything in return. Also its someone who has physical and mental strength, who would want something so much that they would go all limits to get it.**
 * 2) Explain
 * 3) Name of your hero **: Harriet Tubman**
 * 4) Summary of why they are a hero **: Harriet is a hero because she was a slave who ran away from slavery. She would travel through the underground railroad(safehouses) until she got her freedom. When she finally got to her destination and the freedom, she went back to bring her brothers and sisters from the south to freedom. Then she brought other men and women to freedom. She eventually went back and got her mother and father. Overall, she had given freedom to 300 slaves.**
 * 5) Thesis "In this essay I will prove that **Harriet Tubman** was a hero because she **freed 300 slaves while endangering her own life. She did this for other people, not wanting anything in return..besides her friends and famillys freedom. To me, this fits my deffiniton of a hero.**
 * SOURCES []


 * Paragraph 2 -- **** Put hero's life into perspective--when did they live, where, who were they trying to help, why, how, why was this important? **
 * 1) When **... Harriet was born around 1820**
 * 2) Where **...in Maryland**
 * 3) Who **.. she was trying to help any and all slaves who wanted freedom.**
 * 4) Why **... she didnt want anyone being forced to be slaves. She thought that every slave should be granted freedom.**
 * 5) Why were actions important **it was important because if she never had to free 300 people from slavery. She helped them become free and they could live their lives. I think that what she did was very important.**
 * SOURCES http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdtub.htm

You must prove that your person meets the criteria of your own personal definition(this is the meat of your wiki page and your submission to the My Hero website-you’re looking at a good two to three paragraphs here--focus on that spark, that moment the person decided to be heroic or do heroic acts **
 * Paragraph 3 & 4-- **** What makes your person a hero?


 * 1) First action/or type of activities you are going to focus on **... how she made 300 trips, back and forth through the Underground Railroad... knowing that if she was caught she would be killed. But she did it anyways... she wanted the freedom for her friends and family and she would go beyond limits to do that.**
 * 2) How does it meet your definition? **... my deffinition of a hero is someone who does things for people. She did that exactly. She meets my deffiniton perfectly.**
 * 3) Detail **... she didnt have to bring the slaves to freedom, she just did. She wasnt asking for anything in return.**
 * 4) Detail **... Everytime she brought a new slave through the Underground Railroad, she had a chance of being caught and if she was, she would have been killed.**
 * 5) Detail **... she had to travel many days, usign the North Star to find her way north. She traveled the same path, back and forth. She traveled a total of 19 trips.**
 * 6) What impact did the above have on people’s lives? **... it told people that, doing something for people is better then watching them suffer. Helping people will get you more in life then being someone who does not appreciate other peoples feelings.**
 * 7) Quote **... "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one in two things that I have a //right// to, liberty or death; if i could not have one, I would have the other."**
 * Secondary Source(s)
 * Primary Source(s) http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_h_tubman.htm


 * 1) Second action/or type of activities you are going to focus on **.. how she was a spy in the civil war**
 * 2) How does it meet your definition? **.. because her feelings were strong enough. Physical and mental strength. She ran away from slavery, freed many people, and went to help MORE people by being a female spy.**
 * 3) Detail **... She risked her life yet again to help other people.**
 * 4) Detail **... She was a female and still helped with the war.**
 * 5) Detail **...**
 * 6) What impact did the above have on people’s lives? **... She shows that people can grow to be inspiration. That anybody can move forward, and do good for the world. She went from being a slave child, to being someone who made a huge difference in the world. From doing the good things she has accomplished, she is one of the most well known women in America.**
 * 7) Quote **"I grew up like a neglected weed --** **ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it."**
 * Secondary Source(s)
 * Primary Source(s) http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_h_tubman.htm


 * Paragraph 5-- ** **The other side of the story**


 * 1) Who would have not thought your person was not a hero? **People who would not think that Harriet was a hero would be those people who lived in the south and had slaves. They were the people who didnt care about people suffering, or the feelings that they had.**
 * 2) What did they do? **... They were the slave traders. They didnt care about what the people did. If they misbehaved they would be beaten.**
 * 3) How did they try to stop your hero? **... while Harriet was on her journey, there were those slave traders looking for any runaway slave. There would be a reward of $40,000 dollars if anyone had caught Harriet. She was the most wanted slave.**
 * 4) How did you hero avoid being squished? **She avoided being squished by staying in the safe houses and being smart about where she went. She also avoided it by picking the right people to trust while she was on her journey to freedom.**


 * Secondary Source (s)
 * Primary Source (s)

A legacy is something you leave behind that will benefit others-perhaps those yet unborn. How did the person’s actions benefit all those who came after them.This is your conclusion based on your research. It needs to reflect your research and not be an "off the street" answer.
 * Paragraph 6-- **** What is the person's legacy? **
 * ... Her lagacy helped those who were after her. She made it clear that people could escape from slavery, and that it was a bad thing. Her lagacy showed the bravery of one women to go to the war to be a spy. The north did end up winning and the slavery was banned. But those ten years that it took Harriet to get some slaves to freedom did help the U.S.**

Identify a 21st century problem. If your person was alive today what advice would they have for you on how to deal with the problem. This is your conclusion based on your research. It needs to reflect your research and not be an "off the street" answer.
 * Paragraph 7-- **** What advice would they have for today’s youth for dealing with current issue? **
 * ...She might be against the people who didnt want Obama to be president because hes African American. She would probably say that its not fair for anybody to think that of him because he could be a great leader, people just need to give him a chance.**