Hero+essay+09

​​​​-A hero is someone you look up to. A hero helps people and does the right thing. A hero isn't a cocky person. A hero treats people with respect.


 * Paragraph 1--Intro to your 19th Century Hero **
 * 1) Start with personal hero sentence- Who exactly is a hero?
 * 2) Explain- My hero spent most of her life helping Helen Keller learn to read and write. Helen was both blind and deaf. She was very poor as a child and had to overcome a lot.
 * 3) Name of your hero- My hero is Anne Sullivan. She was also known as Annie. She was a very patient person.
 * 4) Summary of why they are a hero- Annie was a hero because she devoted most of her life to helping Helen Keller. She did the right thing by sitting next to Helen everyday and help her to learn to read and write. She was a teacher and known as a a miracle worker. Annie is a person that I want to become. She is a kind person and she someone that I can look up to
 * 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 that Anne sullivan is a hero because she is someone i look up to. She halped people and did the right thing. She wasn't a cocky person. She treated people with respect.
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 * 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? **

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**
 * 1) When- A pril 14, 1866
 * 2) Where- Feeding Hills Massachucetts
 * 3) Who- She was trying to help Helen Keller to learn to read and to write.
 * 4) Why- S he was trying to help her because Helen was blind and deaf.
 * 5) Why were actions important- this was important because she wanted to help helen so that Helen could soon be able to read something and to write something.
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 * Paragraph 3 & 4--What makes your person a hero?
 * Paragraph 3 & 4--What makes your person a hero?


 * 1) First action/or type of activities you are going to focus on- Annie was a kind and generous person. She helped her to read and write. She helped Helen for a long time.
 * 2) How does it meet your definition?- This meets my defintion because Anne wasn't cocky about what she was doing. She helped Helen out of the goodness of her heart. She treated Helen with respect and did the right thing to help disabled people out.
 * 3) Detail- She made sure that she haelped helen to learn to read and write.
 * 4) Detail- She made sure that Helen would learn and she would sit with her until she learned.
 * 5) Detail- She got helen helen into a college and was able to teach her that she could do anything.
 * 6) What impact did the above have on people’s lives?- She taught people that anyone can do anything and even a person who is blind and deaf can still have a successful life and future.
 * 7) Quote- " Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. "
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 * 1) Second action/or type of activities you are going to focus on- She made sure that helen would learn and that she was going to be able to read and write.
 * 2) How does it meet your definition? She id someone that I look up to and someone that is very respectible. she again, did the right thing.
 * 3) Detail- She sat with helen everyday and taught her.
 * 4) Detail- She had to use braile to teach helen.
 * 5) Detail- She never gave up on helen.
 * 6) What impact did the above have on people’s lives? She taught people to not give up and to keep on going.
 * 7) Quote- " People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved."
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 * Paragraph 5-- ** **The other side of the story**
 * 1) Who would have not thought your person was not a hero? A person who would think that my person is not a hero is someone who thinks that people can do things themselves. Its that people that think they really no help with anything and they think that they can do anything by themselves.
 * 2) What did they do?- They probably did everything by themselves and didnt succeed in what they were trying to do. They probably failed more than they should have becasue they don't think that they need help to make them successful.
 * 3) How did they try to stop your hero?- they would stop my hero by telling the person that she was trying to help that she didnt need her to help her. she could learn to read and write by themselves without being taught and she would still be successful.
 * 4) How did you hero avoid being squished- She ignored it and knew that she was doing the write thing. She knew that Helen would be successful and she didn't care what people thought of her because she was doing the right thing.
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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?**

Anne Sullivan Macey left a great legacy behind. She taught people that if you try and not give up and that you can do anything. She is someone that will always be remembered. She taugth people that anything is possible. She got a deaf and blind person into a college because she didn't give up on and knew that Helen Keller would be successful.

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?**