The Our Hidden Heroes Program: Our Hidden Heroes is a renowned series of action-based social responsibility/character education teaching resources developed for grades 1 through 8. Designed by teachers for teachers, (one D.Ed., two Masters of Education and one B.Ed.),the curriculum features comprehensive,teacher-friendly lesson plans that will both excite teachers and empower and motivate children. High school programs are being planned for 2010. Teachers: Each Our Hidden Heroes lesson meets at least two of British Columbia's Social Responsibility Performance Standards, and features a variety of engaging student activities, handouts, self-assessment and teacher-assessment tools. The program also integrates well with learning outcomes for language arts, personal planning, social studies and ethics and supports programs such as the Virtues Project. Developed in British Columbia, the program works well in other provinces. Direct links to the Ontario Curriculum and TDSB’s Character Development Initiative are available here. Students learn to: Identify the positive role models (Hidden Heroes) that surround them in their families, communities and schools.
Analyze the values, characteristics and strengths that make these people Hidden Heroes
Seek out, study and activate the Hidden Hero that lies within themselves
Bullying: Although the word “bullying” is never used in our materials by design, many teachers have reported Our Hidden Heroes to be a “proactive anti-bullying program.”
