Listen to stories about heroes and the concept of heroism.
Thank you for taking time to share MY HERO resources with your students and community. We have included several inspiring short stories that celebrate the best of humanity. We have been building a global online portal devoted to sharing stories, art, films and music to honor heroes from all walks of life since 1995. We invite you to join in the celebration and hope we will see your stories, art, films and music in the coming year. Please take time to visit our web site. http://myhero.com
Angel Hero: Sadako Sasaki
19-03-2018
"This is our cry, this is our prayer; peace in the world."
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.25MB - Duration: 2:28 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Science Hero: Lene Vestergaard Hau
19-03-2018
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. - Dag Hammarskjold
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.33MB - Duration: 5:49 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Artist Hero: Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
19-03-2018
"Hope can bloom even in the coldest of environments"
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 3.06MB - Duration: 3:20 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Explorer Hero: Sacajawea
19-03-2018
Sacajawea is my hero because she showed that girls can do anything, and she proved herself very tough by co-leading a 6-1/2 month, 4,000 mile journey and carrying her infant child along the way.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.63MB - Duration: 6:09 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Freedom Hero: Nelson Mandela
19-03-2018
Nelson Mandela is one of the world's true freedom fighters, and his life and personal triumphs will be remembered long after the world has forgotten the evils of Apartheid.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.61MB - Duration: 2:51 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Business Hero: John Tu
19-03-2018
"I often tell people, you know, I think in one’s lifetime if you have just touched someone, one person, and made a difference, then I think you are already very, very, successful."
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 3.66MB - Duration: 3:59 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Explorer Hero: Yuri Gagarin
19-03-2018
"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!"
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.86MB - Duration: 5:18 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Teacher Hero: Robert Moses
19-03-2018
"The most urgent social issue affecting poor people and people of color is economic access. In today's world, economic access and full citizenship depend crucially on math and science literacy. "
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.09MB - Duration: 4:28 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Family Hero: Ronald V. Dellums
19-03-2018
My father is my hero and the hero of the invisible, the oppressed, depressed, lost, shattered, despised, abused, faceless and nameless all over the world.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.86MB - Duration: 5:18 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Explorer Hero: James Herman Banning
19-03-2018
Life does not give us all the same opportunities, so when underdogs find a way to succeed anyway they create hope for others.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.72MB - Duration: 2:58 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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