*NEW* Walk with Me
Students in Virginia are developing a major performance under the direction of a 2001 Milken Educator Stephanie Bishop. The collaboration between the LMC and Stephanie began when she completed her Lowell Milken Center Fellowship during the summer of 2011.Read More
*NEW* Portland Freedom Trail Unsung Heroes
Six students from Lowell Milken Center Fellow, Richard Meserve's classes, have begun work on an unsung hero project. Amos Freeman was involved with the Underground Freedom Trail in Portland, Maine. Rich's school is located in Portland.Read More
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
NationwideThe Life in a Jar project has been called one of the finest educational projects in American history. Students from Bourbon County and the Lowell Milken Center continue their effort to share the story of Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler.
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*NEW* "Let's Bring the Memory Back"
This Polish teacher is using heroes and great stories to remember the Holocaust. Her students decided how they wanted to develop the project and divided themselves in several sections, according to their own preferences, each section was responsible for a particular part of the project.Read More
*NEW* Will that day come?
2011 Lowell Milken Center Intern, Jessica Biernacki, has much experience in writing scripts and performing stories of heroes in history. She has portrayed Miep Gees of Anne Frank in an individual performance at the world's largest children's museum, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. She has also been the lead in a number of dramatic performances in universities and Community Theaters.Read More
*NEW* A Courageous “Coward”
While searching for an unsung hero to develop a project around, Max Stucky Halley came across a box of family letters. After reading several letters, Max became absorbed in the letters and other materials in the box. His grandfather Carl Stucky, was making the decision to become a draft resister, which led to imprisonment.Read More
*NEW* Dorothy Harrison Eustis
The first grade students in Anna Hull’s class at Patronis Elementary in Panama City Beach, FL are becoming researchers as they embark upon their journey to learn about the life of Dorothy Harrison Eustis. Our unsung hero was a pioneer, paving the way for service animals, as well as serving as an advocate, in early times, for the disabled.Read More
Ralph Lazo: An Unsung Hero in History
Solano Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnsung heroes make great role models for students. The students of Shannon Garrison at Solano Avenue Elementary in Los Angeles are working on a project based learning performance over the story of Ralph Lazo. The students are in 4th grade; however, students from other grades are being incorporated. Shannon is not a drama teacher, but crosses disciplines in a collaboration with the Lowell Milken Center.
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An Anthology of Unsung Heroes
Lowell Milken CenterSarah Powley’s 9th grade English class will write and publish Unsung Heroes in Our Community: Volume III, a collection of essays about individuals in the Lafayette, Indiana, area who have selflessly served others with no intention of receiving recognition or reward. Follow Sarah’s class as they develop a definition of an unsung hero, research the causes that impelled the heroes to act, and write the essays that celebrate the heroes. Specific lessons, handouts other teachers can use, and photographs of the students as they work on this project will be posted in this space.
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Artist from Ravensbruck
Solano Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles, CaliforniaRavensbruck, a small village, was located fifty-five miles north of Berlin, Germany. A name that is synonymous with Ravensbruck is Violette Rougier Lecoq. As a nurse for the Red Cross in France at the outbreak of World War II, Violette immediately joined the French resistance movement and created a military hospital. As a result, she would help prisoners escape by providing clothing and driving directions.
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Changing the World: Films of Tolerance
Bloomington, IndianaThe students of Jeff Rudkin, Milken Educator in 2007, are working on numerous filmmaking projects concerning the Holocaust and respect. The Center is featuring the work of this outstanding educator and will connect other educators who want to replicate his work.
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Bringing Africa to the Silver Screen
Osa and Martin JohnsonThe Johnson's are inspirational "unsung heroes." Their story is not well-known. Martin and Osa Johnson's amazing story of establishing contact with African tribes comes to life through a student-produced performance. These Midwest students are focusing on Martin Johnson's innovative use of photography and documentary film to establish contact and develop relationships with tribes in Kenya, Tanzania, and the Congo. According to an article by Haidy Geismar, "Malakula: a photographic collection," Johnson's "real magic was the ability to use his photographic images to connect contexts, to bring New York City to Malakula."
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They Wore White Gloves
Little Rock, ArkansasThis is a student performance depicting the life of Ann Williams, a junior at Little Rock Central High School in 1957-1958, and of her courageous mother, Francis Williams. This was a pivotal year of school integration in America. Ann Williams became friends with Elizabeth Eckford, the most notable of the Little Rock Nine, and Carlotta Walls.
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The Heroes Project
Lowell Milken CenterThe population of the Weimar Hills School community is far from diverse, and we wanted our students to “see” more of the real world. After viewing the Center’s project about Holocaust survivor Irena Sendler entitled “Life in a Jar,” we were inspired to create The Heroes Project. The project was designed to bring more diversity into our classrooms, to teach the real meaning of what a hero is, to educate students about outstanding character, and to help students understand what it means to overcome adversity.
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Lakota Sioux Nation Unsung Heroes
Knollwood Heights Elementary School, Rapid City, South DakotaCary Roller, Milken Educator, '08, is developing a core values unsung hero project, "Be the Change: It Only Takes One," that features the history of the Lakota Nation. This first grade teacher is currently seeking Native Americans who match core values from the Lakota Sioux Nation. She can be contacted through the Lowell Milken Center.
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Osage: Children of the Middle Waters
The Osage ruled this area of the Midwest for over two hundred years. Little is known of this tribe from the 17th to early 19th centuries. They are an unknown people, called "Children of the Middle Waters." We feature this tribe and shed light on its history, featuring an unsung hero of the Osage, Chief Tal-lee. Chief Tal-lee is shown in our exhibit through a George Catlin painting and a life size mannequin. He was a leader of the Osage in a dark time of land lost to pioneers and the U.S. Government. His leadership, though much unknown in history, would give the Osage hope during the great changes in the American native way of life.Read More
Ken and Ann: Miss McGalin's Speech Class
Little Rock Central High SchoolTwo unsung heroes who touched the lives of nine black students at Little Rock Central in 1957-58, provide the topic for this story. Ken Reinhardt and Ann Williams can teach us all about understanding. Their story is one of making a difference on a daily basis.
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Fort Scott: Our Jewish Past
Seeking the Jewish Legacy of Fort ScottA member of the community, elementary children, students from the middle school and a university student, are collaborating with the center on the following:
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Sisters of Mercy: Unsung Heroes
Sister Mary Theresa Dolan left Michigan for California in the winter of 1885, stopping in Fort Scott, KS, for a Sunday mass. She decided to stay in Fort Scott where she would develop the Mercy Hospital system in this area. The exhibit was inspired by and curated by Sister Concetta Cardinale.Read More
Partners in Crime
CollaborativeThis documentary focusing on Hiram Bingham IV is being produced by high school students. During World War II Hiram Bingham IV was a diplomat in Marseilles, France. He gave out around 2,000 visas and helped the refugees immigrate into the United States.
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African American History of Fort Scott
Developed by the Lowell Milken Center in collaboration with several elementary schools in Fort Scott, Kansas, this project teaches respect. This exhibit displays the vast history from Gordon Parks, to George Washington Carver, to present citizen, Robert Nelson, the black community in this region has a fascinating past.Read More
The Forgotten Man Who Won the War
KansasStudents are developing a website on Andrew Higgins, hailed as the "man who won the war for us" by inventing landing craft that equipped US soldiers on pivotal D-day.
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13 Cokes, 12 Students and 1 History Teacher
MidwestTo honor Clara Luper and the work of her students, the Center is working with two junior high students on an exhibit. The students are studying the Civil Rights Movement and the innovative social movements that were used to push for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and equality.
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Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun: Unsung Hero of the Korean War
OklahomaThe Center staff has researched and compiled a list of many topics for teachers and students, including the topic of an amazing Korean War POW hero, Emil Kapaun. Students from Oklahoma search through primary sources for the project. LMC Program Director Megan Felt is working with the Oklahoma teacher and students, who are creating a film documentary.
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