Embedded Files
Plain Elementary School: A School Family - Positively Committed to Excellence"
Greenville County Schools: Building a Better Graduate
Unsung heroes are people who have done great deeds,
but have received little or no recognition for them.
Sample Unsung Heroes Essay Rubric (Note: Your teacher may choose to use a different rubric)
Unsung Heroes Outline
Life Before the Heroic Moment/Heroic Work
What was this person’s childhood like?
What education did they receive?
What jobs had they held?
What hobbies and interests did they have?
Were they married and did they have children?
What events shaped or changed this person's life?
The Heroic Moment/
Heroic Work
What specifically did this person (or these people) do?
What happened just before, during, and immediately after their heroic work?
Where did this (or this person’s work) take place?
Why did this person (or these people) do what they did?
Did this person overcome any obstacles? Take risks? Get lucky?
Life After the Heroic Moment/Heroic Work
What happened to the person (or people) after their heroic moment or their heroic work?
How were the lives of others changed because of what this person (or these people) did?
What honors, awards, or recognition did this person (or these people) receive?
Has this person (or these people) written books or spoken about their heroic work?
Unsung Heroes Research
Book Search
*Rudolf Anderson (U2 pilot from Greenville, SC shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis)
John D. Bulkeley (received the Medal of Honor for helping evacuate General Douglas MacArthur and Philippine President Quezon from Manila Bay to the southern Philippines)
Bob Fletcher (man who looked after his Japanese-Americans neighbors’ farms during their internment during World War II)
Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles Japanese Daily News)
Time of Remembrance: Marielle Tsukamoto
Grace Hopper (female computer programmer, coined term debugging)
Maurice Ralph Hilleman (microbiologist who developed over 40 vaccines)
*Malala (Pakistani girl who was shot while speaking out in favor of educating girls)
*Tony Mendez (CIA agent who went on a secret mission to rescue employees of the embassy in Iran who were in hiding)
Navajo Code Talkers (bilingual Native Americans who communicated battle plans during World War II)
Alice Paul (woman who worked to win women the right to vote)
*Rick Rescorla (ordered the evacuation of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11)
Joseph John Rochefort (an intelligence analyst who helped decode Japanese military and diplomatic messages during World War II)
*Tuskegee Airmen (America’s first black military pilots)
Dr. Mary Walker (the first woman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for her work as a surgeon during the Civil War)
Women Airforce Service Pilots (women who delivered airplanes, towed gunnery targets, transported people and equipment, and tested airplanes that had been repaired during World War II)
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps /Women's Army Corps (U.S. Army unit created during World War II that permitted women to serve in noncombat positions)
Mavis Batey (World War II Female Decoder)
Charles Joseph Coward (British Soldier World War II, Saved Jews)
Mike Dorsey (World War II Soldier, Local Hero)
Georg Duckwitz (German Diplomat that help Danish Jews flee Denmark)
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds (World War II Soldier who saved Jewish Soldiers)
John R. Fox (AA Soldier of World War II, Sacrificed Unit)
Bob Hope
William Overstreet, Jr. (Pilot fo D-Day, Flew under the Eiffel Tower)
Radia Perlman (Mother of the internet)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Army Pvt. George Sakato (Japanese American soldier, World War II received Medal of Honor)
Ben Skardon (Clemson Alumni World War II)
Julian Snipe (AA Soldier from World War II)
Valentina Tereshkova (Female Russian Cosmonaut)
Code Breakers of World War II (Joseph Rochefort)
Women’s Land Army
Women of NASA (Mary Jackson, Katherine Globe,...)
Mr. Luzadder's Study Groups
Rudolf Anderson: Teddy, Sabien, Cassidy, Parker & Mia
Bob Fletcher: Bryson, DJ, Jaxon, & Isaac
Malala: Maria, Riley, Calise, Vivian, & Camila
Tony Mendez: Aiden, David, Gavin, Sarah L.,
Rick Rescorla: Bryce, Conner, Sarah M., Mason
Tuskegee Airmen: Brayden, Elijah, Damara, John,
TBD: Camila, Mia, Na'miyah
Page updated
Report abuse