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Definition of a Hero: A hero is someone brave who helps and saves people not because they have to, but because they choose to.


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


 * 1) Start with personal hero sentence: A hero is who ever you want it to be. A rockstar can be a hero if his songs help you with dealing with life.
 * 2) Explain: Someone being a hero can't be a fact, it can only be an opinion. Someone who is a hero to you might not be a hero to someone else.
 * 3) Name of your hero: My hero's name is Frederick Douglas.
 * 4) Summary of why they are a hero: He is a hero because he saved lives and helped stop segregation.
 * 5) Thesis "In this essay I will prove that X was a hero because s/he (fill in with your definition of a hero):In this essay, I will prove and support why he is a hero.
 * SOURCES:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html


 * 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: 1818-1895
 * 2) Where: Talbot County, Maryland
 * 3) Who: He tried to help the slaves and tried to free them.
 * 4) Why: He was born a slave himself and experienced how it was like.
 * 5) Why were actions important: Because he helped end slavery.

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: He was an anti-slavery lecturer that traveled and earned his freedom.
 * 2) How does it meet your definition?
 * 3) Detail: As a anti-slavery lecturer, he tought people that slavery was wrong.
 * 4) Detail: He inspired people of both colors to do what was right.
 * 5) Detail: He spoke his mind in front of many, many people.
 * 6) What impact did the above have on people’s lives?: Some of them might have changed and became aware that slavery was wrong.
 * 7) Quote: "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence," was one of his many quotes.
 * Secondary Source(s):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
 * Primary Source(s):


 * 1) Second action/or type of activities you are going to focus on:
 * 2) How does it meet your definition?:
 * 3) Detail:
 * 4) Detail:
 * 5) Detail:
 * 6) What impact did the above have on people’s lives?:
 * 7) Quote:
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 * Paragraph 5-- ** **The other side of the story**


 * 1) Who would have not thought your person was not a hero?: People that believed in slavery.
 * 2) What did they do?: They protested and insulted him.
 * 3) How did they try to stop your hero?: They tried to kill and hurt him.
 * 4) How did you hero avoid being squished?: He never gave up and he spoke from the heart so people followed him.


 * Secondary Source (s):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
 * 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: His legacy is an insperation to people because even though he started off as a slave, he rose up and inspired blacks
 * Paragraph 6-- **** What is the person's legacy? **

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 a current issue? **

As you are researching think of three creative commons copyrighted images you could use to represent your person and place them on your page

When you have enough research to prove that your person is a hero write your essay and submit it to the [|My Hero] website. Place it first on your wiki page, and then cut and paste it over to the My Hero website. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN REGISTERING THAT FOR "SCHOOL" YOU WRITE **MORAN MIDDLE SCHOOL**. Your proposal should follow the same format as your notes! Sign-up with the website and follow their directions! Example of Essay on Wiki [|Example of accepted essays] on //**My Hero**// website from Moran Students--keep in mind not all written for same purpose or format as yours