Cereal Box Heroes in the Library
After reading biographies of famous people, second graders shared what they learned on all sides of a cereal box. They built a timeline, drew a cartoon illustrating the person's life, collected important facts, and created the hero's image on the front. Then, they took turns presenting their hero to their classmates, Mrs. Barksdale, and Mrs. Lawrence.
These second graders learned a great deal about heroes who stood up for what was right, overcame prejudice to reach their goals, helped others, and made a lasting contribution to society. Look below to see their creativity and read one fact about their hero or heroine.
These second graders learned a great deal about heroes who stood up for what was right, overcame prejudice to reach their goals, helped others, and made a lasting contribution to society. Look below to see their creativity and read one fact about their hero or heroine.
Albert Einstein was known for his theory of relativity.
Barack Obama is the first African-American President of the United States.
Squanto helped the pilgrims at Plymouth learn to fish and fertilize crops.
Benjamin Franklin started the first library in America.
Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth President of the United States.
Abigail Adams was the wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams.
Joan of Arc led the French Army in many victories.
Joan of Arc became a Saint in 1920.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the third President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to help end slavery.
Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence.
Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize.
Orville & Wilbur Wright flew their first glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Martin Luther King helped the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to get signed into law.
Thomas Jefferson appointed Lewis and Clark to explore and map the western United States.
Sitting Bull led thousands of warriors in a battle at Little Big Horn.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
The Rosa Parks stamp was issued Feb. 4, 2013, as a Forever stamp celebrating freedom, courage, and equality.
Christopher Columbus discovered America.
George Washington was the first President of the United States.
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American baseball player in the major league.
Helen Keller received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Johnson.
Marco Polo’s travels in Asia became a famous book.
Harriet Tubman was so brave she risked everything to help others.
Helen Keller was the first deaf/blind person to graduate from college.
Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart set a transatlantic crossing record in 1932 of 13 hours and 30 minutes.
Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors in history.
Annie Sullivan taught Helen Keller.
Neil Armstrong’s first trip into space was on the Gemini 8.
George Washington Carver was the first African-American man to earn a Master’s Degree from a predominantly white college.
Ella Fitzgerald was “The First Lady of Song”.
Martin Luther King led a march of 200,000 in Washington, D.C.with a famous speech.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt started the New Deal to help the poor.
George Washington was “The Father of Our Nation.”
Florence Nightingale was a nurse who helped injured soldiers.
George Washington Carver was the first African-American professor at Iowa State University.
Wright Brothers were the first to do motor powered flight.
Pocahontas was an Indian who was friends with Jamestown settlers.
Jackie Robinson won the 1949 National League's Most Valuable Player Award.
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States.
Sacagawea was the only woman on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Gertrude Ederle swam from England to France.
Paul Revere was known for his ride to warn colonists that the British Army was coming.
Sacagawea went on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.