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. The program is designed by teachers for teachers, (one D.Ed., two Masters of Education and one B.Ed.). Our materials feature comprehensive, teacher-friendly lesson plans that will excite teachers and empower and motivate children.
Teachers: While motivating students to notice and celebrate the Hidden Hero (positive role model) that lies within each one of them and also within the ordinary, everyday people in their families, communities and schools, 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 integrates well with learning outcomes for language arts, personal planning, social studies and ethics. It also supports programs such as the Virtues Project and anti-bullying programs.
Although developed in British Columbia, our lesson plans and student exercises have been well received by teachers in Alberta, Ontario and Western Quebec.
Direct links to the Ontario Curriculum and Toronto District School Board's Character Development Initiative are available in the "Our Hidden Heroes Overview" in the teachers' section.
Students learn to: * Identify the positive roles models (Hidden Heroes) that surround them in their families, schools and communities * Analyze the values, characteristics and strengths that make these people Hidden Heroes * Seek out, study and activate the Hidden Hero that lies within each one of them
Bullying: Although, by design, the word “bullying” is never used in our materials, many teachers have reported Our Hidden Heroes to be a “proactive anti-bullying program.”
