Heroes 4 US!

"50 American Heroes" was :named to the 2002 Teachers' Choice List (Intermediate Level) by the the International Reading Association!

The book was also recommended on PBS's Reading Rainbow site. !

Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe are right: we all need heroes. Real heroes. This book is a great place to meet some. Children (and parents) will love it because it's full of great stories, great deeds, great men and women who set examples worth striving toward."

- Dr. William J. Bennett, Former Secretary of Education, Author of "The Children's Book of Virtues"


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	School Social Studies Services (www.socialstudies.com) named 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet one of its seven featured books for 2004. "50 American Heroes" was :named to the 2002 Teachers' Choice List (Intermediate Level) by the the International Reading Association! The book was also recommended on PBS's Reading Rainbow site. ! Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe are right: we all need heroes. Real heroes. This book is a great place to meet some. Children (and parents) will love it because it's full of great stories, great deeds, great men and women who set examples worth striving toward." - Dr. William J. Bennett, Former Secretary of Education, Author of "The Children's Book of Virtues"	Note: for some of the following, printable PDF versions for handouts are available Just click on the symbol. If you cannot open pdf files, then click on the "Get Adobe Reader" icon to the right and install the reader. NEW! "Returning Heroes to Classrooms and Homes." An article by Dennis Denenberg from the Parents League of New York 2006. "De-ALF The Classroom." - An article by Dennis Denenberg from Teacher Magazine, December 1989 "Yes, Harold, There Are Heroes!." - An article by Dennis Denenberg from The Commonwealth Foundation, February 1996 "Real Heroes ." - An article by Dennis Denenberg from American Educator Magazine, Spring 2001 "Role of Heroes in Character Education." - An article by Fred Smedley from The Millersville Review "Teaching with Heroes." - An article from The Millersville Review, Winter 2000-2001 "A Time for HEROES." - An article by Mary Beth Schweigert from The Lancaster New Era "It's a Bird, It's a Plane ... No, It's a Real Hero!" - An article by Jo-Ann Greene from The Lancaster Sunday News "Joy Rice's Heroes Song" "Ideas to Prepare for a Guest Speaker" "Quick and Easy HERO Classroom Ideas" "Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)" - a song by Amy Shirk "Ode to Thurgood Marshall (1908 - 1993)" - a song by Tammy Herbein Some thoughts by Dr. Albert Schweitzer Heroes Idea Chart "I Can" Message "Let's Add Real Heroes" handout "A Tribute: Who Are Your Heroes?" - a new handout from the revised edition