Unsung Heroes

The Zinn Education Project, in collaboration with Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change offer classroom resources to assist teachers in teaching outside of the social studies text book. One such activity can be found in A People's History for the Classroom. In "Teaching About Unsung Heroes" students become acquainted with individuals who worked tirelessly for racial and gender justice. In following the activity guidelines, my Elementary Curriculum students acquainted themselves with a hero of choice, took on that individuals persona, and "mixed and mingled" with other social justice heroes in the room. After our networking session, the students were placed in small groups where they created VoiceThreads* highlighting the lives of unsung heroes. Here are three examples of their creations.




http://voicethread.com/share/4997506/

https://voicethread.com/share/4997490/

http://voicethread.com/share/4997477/

*A VoiceThread account maybe needed to access some of the Threads.