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Action skills

 A note to parents
3. Community heroism
go to Action lesson 1go to Action lesson 2You are at Action lesson 3Go to Action lesson 4Go to Action lesson 5Go to Awareness lesson 6

Key ideas
1. Communities of individuals can act heroically.

Activity
Heroic action can occur as a cooperative action. Each individual finds and puts courage into action and find encouragement and support from others trying to achieve the same goal. Sometimes, cooperation is necessary. For example, one child might not be able to intervene and stop a bully successfully. But several children who work together could overpower someone stronger than any of them individually. Discuss this concept with the children, challenging them to think of examples of community courage. You could introduce the following examples if you wish.

The White Rose
The coal miner strikes in the first half of the twentieth century
The Civil Rights movement
The Alamo

Conduct web searches to investigate the importance of group or community heroism.

Thanks to Harriet Shaklee, Idaho extension specialist, for suggesting this activity.
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