America's Young Heroes Publications
P.O. Box 810561
Boca Raton, FL 33481
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Product Details:
ISBN: 0-9718197-2-6
Price: $21.95
Format:Soft cover Perfect binding
226 pages
Publishing Date: 2006
Reviews:
Dr. Art Johnson, Superintendent, Palm Beach County School District, says, “Teens Are Heroes Too! gives us an opportunity to showcase the triumphs of our youth and a roadmap to help our youth become better people and productive citizens. I am delighted to give my endorsement. Teens Are Heroes, Too! is a real winner!”
Susan Levine, of Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) describes Teens Are Heroes, Too! Challenges, Choices, Character, as being intended for “teachers and librarians (to) use the material for a curriculum on heroes, character development and writing... "Teens will find these contributions of artwork, essays and poems interesting, thought-provoking and moving,”
Dr. Richard T. Vacca, Adolescent Literacy Educator and Professor Emeritus, Kent State University, endorses Teens Are Heroes, Too! as a “teaching tool that can easily be adapted in middle and high school language arts/English classrooms.... “I recommend Teens Are Heroes, Too! as must reading by every American teenager and adult throughout the U.S.”
Gloria Allin of the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition says about Teens Are Heroes, Too!, “This book should be a ‘must read’ in every middle school or high school classroom.”
Teens Are Heroes, Too! Challenges, Choices and Character
by Vera Ripp Hirschhorn
The essays, poetry and artwork in "Teens Are Heroes, Too!" showcase qualities such as respect for diversity of everyday contemporary and historical young heroes who've triumphed over adversity and found a meaning in life.
Educators, counselors, librarians, media specialists, recreational administrators, parents and students can use the illuminating hero stories, thought-provoking questions and activities for an interdisciplinary program in reading and writing, character development and service learning. Dr. Richard T. Vacca, Adolescent Literacy Educator, states that this 'remarkable teaching tool' establishes a 'heroes curriculum' that can 'easily be adapted in middle and high school language arts/English classrooms….Writing begets reading. Reading begets writing….'
Excerpts
JUST MIGHT BE ME
I don’t have a hero, but maybe you will see,
Why someone else’s hero
Just might be me.
I haven’t saved a life,
Or helped build a house for the poor,
But if you think about it, does it matter any more than
Being pretty honest (well, usually),
Helping Mom with housework (when she reminds me),
Assisting my cousins (if I’m asked),
Doing my homework (when snacktime has passed),
Leading people to victory (I kinda bossed them around),
And when someone falls, helping them
Up off the ground.
Yeah, so I have some (bad things) about me,
But who doesn’t?
‘Cause I don’t have a hero, but maybe you will see,
Why someone else’s hero
Just
Might
Be
Me.
1. In what ways are you your family’s hero?
2. What aspect of the hero’s character do you like?
When thinking about American heroes,
Veterans come to mind.
But heroism and compassion
Can also come in small packages.
Micaela, 17, of Connecticut,
Is an example of a hero.
Creating a theater for children,
With mental and physical disabilities.
Teaching those who are different
To love themselves,
To prove they can do anything.
Participating in musical productions
Of varying decades in American history.
These children have fun,
And deal with their disabilities.
Establishing Unified Theater
For those who are really in need,
Micaela shows compassion,
Always putting others first,
Heedless of her own desires.
Micaela is a hero.
Compassionate.
How would you “teach those who are different to love themselves”?
Please give details.