Summer Break

Hello everyone!

As of today, we will be taking a summer break from the regular, weekly posts.

Fear not, there will be an occasional hero’s journey or news story, so check on us every once and while and I’m sure you’ll find something new.  You can sign up to receive any new posts by email using the link to the right.  That way you’ll know exactly when we write something new.

Have a great summer everyone!

This Week in Heroes: Indiana Jones

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This week marks the return of Indiana Jones to the silver screen with the fourth installment; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The film is set 19 years later in 1957, accounting for the gap between the third film and this one. meantime, here is Indy’s hero’s journey from the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Hope you enjoy the movie!

Hero’s Journey: Mulan

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Today’s hero’s journey is Mulan, a Disney character from the movie by the same name. She disguises herself as a man in the army in order to save her father from being hurt.

Mulan learns many things on her journey, most meaningful being that family is more important than anything. She saves the Emperor and brings honor to her family.

Read her journey here!

This Week in Heroes: Florence Nightingale

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Today is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. It is also International Nurses Day, honoring Nightingale and all other nurses around the world.

Florence was born into a wealthy family but instead of using her status doing something high-profile like her family wanted her to, she became a pioneer of modern nursing. She became known as The Lady In Chief for the way she cared for the soldiers during the Crimean War.

Read more about her here!

Hero’s Journey: Mrs. Incredible

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With Mother’s Day in mind, our Hero’s Journey of this week will be Helen Parr, otherwise known as Elastigirl and Mrs. Incredible.

Mrs. Incredible can stretch every part of her body and is extremely flexible. She marries Mr. Incredible right before the government makes all the superheroes go into hiding. They have three children: Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack.

She is an amazing mother and cares for her children very much and helps save her husband when he gets capture by Syndrome.

Here is her hero’s journey!

This Week in Heroes: Mother’s Day

Hello Everyone!

Mother’s Day is coming up, this Sunday to be exact. Most people use this day to honor their mother’s for all the work they do and all they give up for their children. I know my mom is a hero of mine and I’m certain that at least a majority of you feel the same way.

Mom’s can inspire us to do great things or simply help us realize that they’ll always be there for us. I want all of you to think about your mother or the motherly figure in your life and write down all of their heroic traits. Writing these down may help you realize how important and amazing they are.

Don’t forget to thank them and give them a hug either!

Hero’s Journey: Tony Stark

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Well, tonight’s the night I’m going to see Iron Man. After I see the movie, I will write up the hero’s journey for Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) and post it in here.

Read his journey here!

This Week in Heroes: Iron Man

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This Friday is the opening weekend for the movie Iron Man. I’m incredibly excited because I love this character and I’ve always been a fan of comics in general.

So in honor of the movie coming out this week, I wanted to write up a profile for Tony Stark, the man who invented the suit to become the technologically advanced superhero, Iron Man.

Here is his profile!

Sit tight for the hero’s journey of Tony Stark from the movie once I see it!

Thursday Posts

Hello everyone!

Well, as you’ve probably noticed…we’ve gone through all the 11 heroic traits. So, from now on, on Thursdays I’ll be writing about a hero’s journey.

If you have any other suggestions about what you want to see on the blog, please feel free to comment!

This Week in Heroes: Earth Day

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow is Earth Day. It’s a day that people have created in order to teach about the Earth and help people find ways to help protect and clean up the environment.

A lot of people ask themselves, “What can I do to help? I’m only one person!”

Here are some websites that can get your brain going on ways that you can become an environmental hero:

Government Website for Earth Day; For Kids

Earth Share; Simple Ways You Can Help The Environment

Environmental Kids Club; Ideas and Ways to Help

You can also look through Google or any other search engine to find ways you can help. Remember, you can do the little things every day to make a huge difference!