Past and Future Heroes
Teacher: Ms. Jennifer Edhlund, Daniel
S. Wentworth Elementary School
Suggested grade/s: 3
Illinois
Learning Standards
English Language Arts 1-5
Social Science 16, 17
Fine Arts 25, 27
Estimated time: three weeks
Mural/s addressed
James McBurney, Abraham Lincoln Delivering
the Gettysburg Address, from
the 26-panel, Twenty-Six Historical Scenes, c.
1914, oil on canvas, Wentworth Elementary School
James McBurney, Scenes from Native-American
Daily Life, from the 26-panel, Twenty-Six Historical Scenes,
c. 1914, oil on canvas, Wentworth Elementary School
Objectives
Students explore the characteristics of heroes
and how heroes can be represented in art.
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Key terms
- mural
- hero
- Native American
- character
- plot
- setting
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Materials
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Procedures
- Ask students: What is a mural? What is
a hero? What do they know about Native Americans?
- Have students fill in a K-W-L chart for
each term.
- View the McBurney mural panels on this
Web page or the original murals at Wentworth Elementary. Assign
one panel to each student. Have students write a brief story
about the action and elements in the image. Encourage them to
determine setting, plot, and characters.
- Give students an overview of the mural
panels and the subjects in them. Have the students read biographies
or stories about Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans. Ask students:
How are the subjects in these murals heroic? How can these
subjects be interpreted as heroes? Discuss the concept of
named and unnamed heroes.
- Have students select a person they consider
a hero. Ask them to illustrate this person on a piece of paper.
- Have students write a short report on their
chosen hero and read this report aloud.
- Display these images under a Heroes Hall
of Fame banner in the classroom.
Evaluation
Base students’ achievement on their written,
creative, and oral work.
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