{"id":3099,"date":"2014-09-02T12:36:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2014-06-26T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T09:37:08","slug":"who-is-your-historical-hero-an-independent-research-project-adaptable-for-all-year-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/who-is-your-historical-hero-an-independent-research-project-adaptable-for-all-year-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Who is your Historical Hero?&#8221; &#8211; an independent research project, adaptable for all year groups!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/Year_9\/history-hero.php\">&#8220;Who is your Historical Hero?&#8221; &#8211; an independent research project, adaptable for all year groups!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/Year_9\/hero2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" \/><\/h1>\n<h2>This is a great activity for any year group: I trialled it at the end of Year 9 with my own students, but it went so well that I plan to run it with other year groups too. It was inspired by a tweet by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kenradical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kenradical<\/a>, a constant source of great classroom ideas. Based on his idea of getting students to produce a poster based on their own &#8216;history hero&#8217;, I was particularly keen to get students to:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>consider carefully how we can measure &#8216;historical significance&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>assess the qualities, talents and achievements that could be described as &#8216;heroic&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>be open-minded, personal and original in their choice of &#8216;hero&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>use the study to reflect more deeply on what constitutes an inspirational life in terms of values, behaviour and ambitions.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who is your Historical Hero?&#8221; &#8211; an independent research project, adaptable for all year groups! This is a great activity for any year group: I trialled it at the end of Year 9 with my own students, but it went so well that I plan to run it with other year groups too. 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