CD-110516 Amazing People: Courageous Kids Bulletin Board BIOGRAPHIES A Periodic Table of Courageous Kids 1809 - 1852 1894 - 1983 L B F E Louis Braille Frank Epperson 1928 - 2014 1929 - 1945 1939 - 1994 - 1994 - 1994 - 1954 - 1976 - S T A F C C S B P J B S R B D D Shirley Temple Anne Frank Claudette Colvin Shree Bose Param Jaggi Boyan Slat Ruby Bridges Dominique Dawes 1982 - 1983 - 1986 - 1991 - 1997 - 1997 - 1997 - 1997 - 2000 - 1997 - ca. 1998 - 1995 - 1996 - 2004 ca. 1997 - LOVE YOURSELF L L C P C C Z H M Y S B D C K L T C J A M K C D M A S S J Lang Lang Christopher Paolini Charlotte Church Zach Hunter Malala Yousafzai Simone Biles Dimitri Coutya Katie Ledecky Théo Curin Jack Andraka Moshe Kai Cavalin Dylan Mahalingam Alexandra “Alex” Scott Sanah Jivani 1990 - 1990 - 2004 1996 - 1996 - 2000 - ca. 2000 - 2000 - 2000- , 2002- 2000 - 2002 - ca. 2000 - 2001 - 1999 - 2000 - 2000 - I H M S T G Z J A N H X M M W & I W C K T K T S M D T S J J M P Isaac Hernández Mattie Stepanek Tavi Gevinson Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman Jaylen Arnold Natalie Hampton Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Melati and Isabel Wijsen Chloe Kim Takeru Kitazono Teagan Stedman Marcus Deans Tom Schaar Jazz Jennings Maya Penn 2001 - 2001 - 2001 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003 - 2002 - ca. 2004 - 2005 - 2003 - ca. 2003 - 2004 - Artists & Performers A d F I R T M A J S D-S Z O G T A P A W G R S G A N R N Autumn de Forest Isabella Rose Taylor Mohamad Al Jounde Sage Dolan-Sandrino Zuriel Oduwole Greta Thunberg Aaliyah Powell Adonis Watt Gitanjali Rao Samantha “Sam” Gordon Asia Newson Robby Novak Activists & Advocates 2007 - 2007 - 2004 - 2005 - ca. 2007 - 2007 - ca. 2005 - 2008 - ca. 2007 - 2009 - 2005 - Athletes Scientists, Mathematicians, & Inventors Trailblazers A A C L A J M D R B A C R C S B A G A Q J R Aelita Andre Christian Li Asean Johnson Marley Dias Robbie Bond Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny Rafe Cochran Sky Brown Addisyn Goss Ayan Qureshi Jordan Reeves This set of Amazing People celebrates 62 Courageous Kids who made a difference in one of five areas. Each has changed the world in small and large ways. This list could have been much longer! We chose people who were unique in their accomplishments, who demonstrated personal qualities that would resonate, and who could generate high interest in students. We want students to know that they can dream big. Someone just like them, at one time, did, and changed the world. The short biographical sketches below are offered as a brief introduction to each of the courageous kids included in this set. They highlight some achievements and qualities that set these young people apart. There is, of course, much more to each story. We leave the rest of the story for students to research and enjoy. Psst! All of the information was correct at the time of printing. However, life goes on and things may change. Carson Dellosa will make every effort to make updates and corrections available in a timely manner. © Carson Dellosa • CD-110516 1 Artists & Performers Aelita Andre is an Australian painter Christian Li is an Australian-Chinese who may be the youngest professional violinist who first picked up a violin at age artist ever. She began painting before 5. He was an international superstar by she could even walk by crawling onto age 10 and signed a record contract at a canvas and smearing paint. Within age 12, the company’s youngest ever. a year, she had finished 60 paintings. He practices for four hours a day during Her first paintings were shown in a the week and more on weekends, but gallery before she was two. She is a still finds time for reading and watching teenager now and still painting wild movies, especially Harry Potter. and colorful artworks. Her canvases have sold for as much as $50,000! Christopher Paolini did not want to learn to read. But his mother worked Anne Frank was a German-Dutch girl with him until one day, at a library, he whose family had to hide in an attic discovered the magic of fantasy books. during the Holocaust because they were Captivated by fantasy, he decided to Jewish. The hiding place was very small. write it and published his first book at She had to stay quiet all day, so she age 15. The book, “Eragon,” was about started writing about her life in a diary. a boy who discovered a dragon egg . After two years of hiding, her family was that hatched. It is the first in a series of discovered and taken to concentration four books and was made into a movie. camps. She died a year later. Her diary was found and published, which is how Isaac Hernández is a Mexican ballet she came to be known and loved. dancer and actor. He took his first dance lessons from his father. Ballet is not big Autumn de Forest has been an artist for in Mexico, so he trained further in a US most of her life. Her skill was recognized school for dance education. He has won at age four when she brought home a numerous awards and is known worldwide. watercolor called “Elephant.” At age He is also an arts and tourism ambassador eight, a group of her paintings brought for Mexico. The president of Mexico in over $100,000 at an auction. Her first awarded him the Outstanding Artist Award. solo exhibition was held when she was 10. She paints for a few hours every Isabella Rose Taylor is a talented fashion day. Her greatest wish is to change designer and artist. She went to a sewing the world for the better with her art. camp when she was eight and started making clothes for herself and then for Charlotte Church, a musician from her friends. At 13, she placed her line Wales, began singing publicly when she of clothing in a luxury department store. was three. By age 11, she was performing She is also an accomplished painter and on TV, which led to concert bookings poet. She began painting at age three and a recording contract. Her first album and selling her artworks at age eight. was called “Voice of an Angel.” She was the youngest singer to have a No. 1 classical album. In addition to many other performances, she has sung for a queen, a pope, a president, and a prince. © Carson Dellosa • CD-110516 2 Artists & Performers Lang Lang is a Chinese concert pianist Tavi Gevinson was only 12 when she who became known worldwide while still started a fashion blog for teenage girls a teenager. He started piano lessons at called “Style Rookie.” Within a short time, age three and performed at his first piano she had more than 30,000 followers, recital before he was five. He left China invites to Fashion Week, and a spotlight and came to the United States to pursue in the fashion world. She later founded a career as a concert pianist. Some years an online zine called “Rookie,” where she later, he has sold millions of albums and focused on the role of females in pop has played for many world leaders. culture. Since then, she has acted in a number of movies and theater plays. Mattie Stepanek was a poet who published seven books of poetry and essays about Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman’s peace before he died at age 14. He had name, Zendaya, means “to give thanks” a rare disease and his fingers sometimes in an African language. She has a lot to bled when he wrote. But that didn’t stop give thanks for. She began her career as a him. His first book was called Heartsongs, child model and backup dancer. Her dance because his words were messages from training included hip-hop and hula dancing. his heart. It became a national bestseller, She became a Disney Channel star at age as did the six books that followed. 14 and continues to star in blockbuster movies. She also sings and at 16, she Shirley Temple was the most famous released her first studio album, “Zendaya.” child actor of her time. She sang and danced and wowed big audiences who loved the little girl with the bouncing, blond curls. She played in Carolina, her first Hollywood film, at age six. She starred in more than 20 films. In her later years, she dedicated herself to helping others in roles such as diplomat or ambassador. © Carson Dellosa • CD-110516 3 Athletes Aaliyah Powell is a world-class British Katie Ledecky made a big splash as a taekwondo athlete. She has earned world-class swimmer. She broke two world numerous awards including gold medals records, earned four world championships, at the 2018 Junior World Championships and won an Olympic gold medal before and the Luxembourg Open in 2019. she was old enough to drive! She started Despite all the hours she puts into training, swimming at the age of six. She was the she works hard to keep up with her youngest member of the US Olympics schoolwork in order to have the tools she team in the 2012 games. Her many needs after her athletic career is past. awards include five Olympic gold medals and 15 World Championship titles. Adonis Watt is blind due to a rare condition of congenital glaucoma.