HEROES Essential Question: Why do people act heroically? Your Tasks: You will read seven texts that explore why people act heroically. Throughout this unit, students will revisit the essential question: “Why do people act heroically?” You will read ​ thematically paired texts from CommonLit and complete a graphic organizer that will ​ help you track your own understanding of this theme to prepare for a final task in which you will answer the question, “Why do people act heroically?” Assignments in This Unit: This unit is made up of 11 total assignments: 7 reading assignments, 3 sets of pairing questions, and a final assessment. The assignments should be read in the current outlined sequence. For each reading assignment, you are to complete a journal entry, read the text, and answer the associated questions. Then, you are to add to your graphic organizers. At the end of the unit, you are to complete the final assessment. Outline of Assignments: Assignment #1 Journal Entry #1 Reading & Questions If We Must Die ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #2 Journal Entry #2 Reading & Questions How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #3 Cross-Textual Questions If We Must Die and How Jackie Robinson ​ Changed Baseball Assignment #4 Journal Entry #3 Reading & Questions Theseus and the Minotaur ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #5 Journal Entry #4 Reading & Questions The Underground Railroad ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #6 Cross-Textual Questions Theseus and the Minotaur and The ​ Underground Railroad Assignment #7 Journal Entry #5 Reading & Questions Woman Who Helped Anne Frank Dies at 100 ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #8 Journal Entry #6 Reading & Questions The Story of Ida B. Wells ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #9 Journal #7 Reading & Questions Sonnet ​ Add to your graphic organizer Assignment #10 Cross-Textual Questions The Story of Ida B. Wells and Sonnet ​ Assignment #11 Journal Entry #8 (Final Assessment) Name: ___________________________________________________ Journal Entries For each text, you will respond to a journal entry. After you have read all the texts, you will complete a final journal entry. This final entry is to be three paragraphs long and address the essential question of “Why do people act heroically?” Each journal entry should be one paragraph containing 5-7 sentences. Your last journal entry should be 3 paragraphs containing 5-7 sentences each. Journal Entry #1: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ What does it mean to be brave? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Journal Entry #2: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ What are the characteristics of a hero? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Journal Entry #3: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ ​ How can power corrupt people? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Journal Entry #4: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ What is freedom? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Journal #5: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ Can common (everyday, regular) people be heroes? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Journal #6: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ How can people create change? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Journal #7: To be completed before reading. ​ ​ Think about a time you faced adversity (difficulties or misfortune). How did you overcome it? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________