Instructions for Project

     Using your idea of what makes a hero, select ten to fifteen people who exhibit heroic qualities.  Choose your heroes from a variety of areas, such as sports, literature, history, medicine, science, etc., as well as personal heroes.  Prepare a booklet in  which you mount pictures of these individuals with explanations as to why each one is a hero.  Your explanation should be specific and should be written in "because" clauses, with several lines of text.  (See model for example.)  Use construction paper for your booklet.  Place the hero's picture at the top of each page, with the explanation word processed, cut out, and mounted below the picture.  Prepare a cover page for your booklet.  Give a title to your booklet and center this title on the page.  At the bottom of the page, place a quotation that defines your concept of "hero."  You may use Bartlett's Book of Quotations as a source for you quotation or another collection of quotations.  At the end of the quotation, be sure to credit the source.  Use the correct MLA format for your reference. Be creative; add your own formatting ideas.  Your grade for this project will be based on the variety of areas represented by the people in your booklet, the details of the written explanation for each hero, and the attractiveness of the booklet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Example of Page from Booklet

Picture of Hero

 

Everett Robert Gosnell

Because he knows the value of economy and provided for his family, even when there was little money.  Because he sacrificed so that I might have what he did not.  Because he set high expectations for me and gave me the motivation to reach them.  Because he believed in me.  Because at the age of 81, he overcame the complication of open-heart surgery.  Because even without a college education, he is the most intelligent man I know.  Because he is my father, the real role model in my life.