Journal Grab your journals from the back and

Journal • Grab your journals from the back and answer the following questions: • What is a hero? • What qualities or traits does a hero possess? • Who is a hero in your life and why?

Hero Comparison • Read the article, “Heroes, Not Celebrities” • Think about the traits of a hero you wrote about in your journals and what you think Captain Sully possesses • Discuss the following questions with a partner and be prepared to share with the class: • Do celebrities qualify as heroes? • If they are heroes, what do celebrities have that everyday heroes do not? • Do you agree with what the author is saying? Why or Why not?

Hero Comparison • Watch the following two video clips • Think about whether or not the two people portrayed were heroic or not • Is one more heroic than the other? Why? • What are some qualities or traits that you believe make a hero?

Talk About It • How do people view these heroes? • What obstacles/challenges have they overcome? • How have they affected other people’s lives?

Heroic Scenarios • Your group will receive a scenario. Read through it and discuss whether or not you think the person is heroic or not • List some of the traits that the person has • Create a rationale of why you chose your answer • Be prepared to share in front of the class

Exit Card • Think about your answers in your journal • Does the person you identified as a hero still qualify? • What are some traits that you did not identify, but now consider to be heroic? • Write a new description of what is a hero.

Heroic Links • Ted Talks: http: //ed. ted. com/lessons/what-makes-a-heromatthew-winkler • Cpt. Sully: • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ih 5 CPe. Kl-Ds • The Man in the Water: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Dz 9 JKtv. C_w. E • Disney’s Hero’s Journey: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u. Br 97 za. Wj 8 M • Star Wars Hero’s Journey: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=4 x. Jo. Kilnqfw

Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey • A generalized sequence or pattern that individuals undergo • Cyclical in Nature • Many stories and movies follow or borrow from it

The Call to Adventure • Invites the initiate onto the adventure • The audience meets the initiate and sees his/her everyday life • The initiate wants to begin his/her journey

Mentor or Guide • Keeps the initiate focused on goals and provides stability • Character that encourages the initiate to answer the call

Threshold • The “jumping off point” • The point where the initiate begins his/her journey • The initiate commits to whatever challenges may be ahead

Threshold Guardian (Gatekeeper) • Protects by blocking the initiate from taking the journey before he/she is ready • Sometimes hopes to prevent the journey from happening at all

Unknown • The world full of dangers and challenges • The initiate is not aware of what awaits him/her here • Meets allies and enemies

Abyss • Where the initiate “slays the dragon” • The initiate will typically fail at first • Initiate faces their greatest fear/challenge

Revelation and Transformation • Revelation: During this stage, a part of the initiate dies so that a new part can be born • Transformation: Sudden, dramatic change in the way one thinks

Atonement • Achieved when the initiate is “at one” with himself or herself • Comes to terms with the transformation and journey as a whole

The Return • In this stage, the hero begins contributing to his/her society • In most cases, returns home with a gift or treasure for the greater good

Hunger Games: Katniss Everdeen • • • Volunteers as tribute for her sister Answering the Call: Threshol Leaving District 12 to compete in the d: games champion picked to train her Mentor Previous : Threshold Best friend doesn’t want her to Guardian: leave Unknow Capital City, where she has never been n: before Abyss: The actual Hunger Games Transformation/Revelati Katniss plays by her own rules on: Atonemen Katniss is going to eat the berries, so there is no t: winner home as a champion The Return: Coming

Harry Potter: Harry Potter • • • Harry leaves home to go to Hogwarts Answering the Call: Threshol Going to some forbidden area that he isn’t d: allowed helps Harry in times of need Mentor Dumbledore : Threshold Best friends try to keep him out of Guardian: Unknow Bypassingtrouble obstacles and challenges with n: magic the villain and confronting him/her Abyss: Meeting Transformation/Revelati Harry nearly dies in the on: Atonemen Harry acceptsconfrontation his destiny and overcomes evil t: The Return: Leaving Hogwarts with new knowledge or treasure

Group Journey • Within your group, come up with a story • It can be a popular one already made such as a movie or book • Or it can be one that your group makes up • Break down the parts of the hero’s journey and identify them on the back in a few sentences

Hero Jigsaw • Using the worksheet, identify the parts of a Hero’s Journey with your table • Each person will go to a new table and create their part of the Hero’s Journey from a story or movie on the list or their own • They will then regroup at their regular seats to share their part • Once everyone has shared their part, put together the whole story • They are supposed to sound wacky! • We will share these as a class

Table Duties • 1: Answering the Call, information of the Hero’s every day life, and The Return • 2: The Mentor or Guide and Threshold Guardian (Gatekeeper) • 3: Threshold and Atonement • 4: Unknown and Enemies and Allies and Dangers ahead • 5: Abyss and the Hero’s greatest fear/challenge • 6: Revelation and Transformation

List of Popular Hero’s Journies • • • Batman Iron Man Harry Potter Finding Nemo Lion King Percy Jackson Man of Steel (Superman) Avatar Harry Potter The Goonies • • • Star Wars Lord of the Rings Wizard of Oz Cinderella Lilo and Stitch Thor Captain America Indiana Jones Hunger Games Holes

Your Turn • Using the handout, you are to construct your own Hero’s Journey • It can be about someone in real life, but the story has to be fictional! • Make sure that each part of the journey is accurate about what we learned today