Name _____________________________________________ Date ____________________________ Hour _______
Article of the Week 12: World Hero
Directions:
1. Print a one- to two-page article about your assigned hero. This could be one to two pages of
copied/pasted information from an Internet source to a Word document.
2. Take notes, completing the chart on the back.
3. Search for answers for each topic/question in the chart.
4. Take your article (printed research) and this handout to English class.
5. Highlight/annotate your article (printed research) as you find answers to the topics and questions.
6. In English class, after your chart is complete, write a well-developed paragraph following the C.E.C.
format.
Claim:
___________________ is considered a hero.
Evidence:
Using your notes and articles, include evidence/facts/details from your research to support your claim.
Commentary:
Commentary should be woven into the paragraph, connecting the evidence to the claim and helping the reader
to deeply understand who the hero is and why he or she is considered a hero.
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HERO
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(Hero’s Name)
Personal
Background
Information (e.g.
date of birth, family,
education, etc.)
Turning Points (big
moments that
changed the direction
of his/her life)
Important People
Why is this person
considered a hero?
Describe the historic
event(s) or act of
heroism.
Heroic Traits What
adjectives could be
used to describe this
person as a hero (e.g.
fearless, tenacious,
kind)?
SOURCE INFO:
NOTES
Website, “Title of Article,”
Author, Publication
Date/Copyright Date
Worldwide Heroes to Research
1. Pelé
28. Nelson Mandela
2. Johnny Unitas
29. Archbishop Oscar Romero
3. Jesse Owens
30. Pope John Paul II
4. Mark Spitz
31. Pope Francis
5. Billie Jean King
32. Billy Graham
6. Althea Gibson
33. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
7. Helen Keller
34. Pocahontas
8. Mother Teresa
35. Princess Diana
9. Rosa Parks
36. Mia Hamm
10. George Patton
37. George Washington
11. Winston Churchill
38. Thomas Jefferson
12. Mahatma Gandhi
39. Alexander the Great
13. Charles Lindbergh
40. Neil Armstrong
14. George Washington Carver
41. Joan of Arc
15. Emmeline Pankhurst
42. Clara Barton
16. Frederick Douglass
43. Harriet Tubman
17. Amelia Earhart
44. Anne Frank
18. Olga Corbett
45. Abraham Lincoln
19. Sadako Sasaki
46. Lou Gehrig
20. Miep Gies
47. Joe Louis
21. Zlata Filipovic
48. Chief Sitting Bull
22. Martin Luther King, Jr.
49. Sally Ride
23. Malala Yousafzai
50. George Hermann “Babe” Ruth
24. Eleanor Roosevelt
51. Nathan Hale
25. Jackie Robinson
52. General Ulysses S. Grant
26. Susan B. Anthony
53. Galileo Galilei
27. Cesar Chavez
54. John Glenn