Heroes – Yesterday and Today (2nd Grade)
Students take inspiration from the book, Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis, to reimagine historical figures and the objects they carried to represent their important impact on American history. Below are student projects representing women’s suffrage, and figures from the American Revolution.
Essential Questions:
- What makes a hero?
- Who are some people who have made a difference in our lives and why?
- (Focus on both personal heroes and famous heroes.)
History-Social Science Content Standards for California (2000)
Major Theme of 2nd Grade: People Who Make a Difference
“Students in grade two explore the lives of actual people who make a difference in their
everyday lives and learn the stories of extraordinary people from history whose
achievements have touched them, directly or indirectly.”
2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and
explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in
others’ lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting
Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir,
Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride).
Materials
- Piggy Template w/cardboard backing
Various Makerspace Supplies, including:
- Wooden Dowels
- Popsicle Sticks
- Craft Sticks
- Cardboard
- Colored Markers
- Fabric (various)
- Construction Paper
- Hot Glue Guns and Glue Sticks