Assessment task: Semester 1 - Term 2.

Heroes and Role Models.

Heroes represent the human yearning for hope that transcends people’s immediate lives and contributes to their sense of meaning and purpose.

PART A

You are to create a presentation that tells a story about a day in the life of a true hero. The story must demonstrate your understanding of what a true hero is and it may or may not feature you as the main character. You will need to negotiate the mode of presentation with your teacher. Some possibilities include;

1. A collage (Poster) to depict your understanding of a true hero

2. A comic strip to depict your understanding of a true hero

3. A photo story to depict your understanding of a true hero

PART B

Answer the following questions in no more than 300-words.

1. What is your definition of a hero or role model?

2. What personal qualities and values does your hero have that makes them a true hero? Give an example from your presentation to help explain your answer.

3. What is the story about? (Theme, plot, introduction of main character, setting, complications and resolutions that build a climax and conclusion) You can create and present a storyboard for this using Myths and legends story creator or story cube.  
4. Compare and contrast your hero's characteristics to one of the names listed below in List A or B.  Write a small passage providing information explaining why the person you have chosen is considered a hero or a role model. Like in assessment task i of last term, draw a table of the similarities and differences between the two characters. 

RESOURCES

lists below could be used to find examples and ideas of true hero’s for your story.

List A  - from the world of Religion:  Mary Mackillop, Martin Luther King Jnr, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa, Reverend Tim Costello, Pope John

Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus, Saint Paul, St Columban, Dalai Lama,

Mahatma Gandhi, St Maximilian Kolbe, Oscar Romero, Edmund Rice.

List B – from the world of Altruism and Philanthropy:  Fred Hollows, Peter Garrett, Bob Geldof, Bill and Melinda Gates, Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward, Oprah Winfrey, Frederic Ozanam, Sir Richard Branson, Thomas John Barnardo, Elizabeth Fry, Warren Buffett, Graeme Wood, Andrew and Jennifer Brice, Tim and Gina Fairfax, the Irwin family  (NOTE – many of these names will be found on www.answers.com – using ‘philanthropist’ as the Search Word)