The extraordinary contributions of ordinary citizens often go unnoticed in a community. Finding and honoring these ordinary heroes has become an annual cross-age service-learning project for fifth- and ninth-graders in Sharon, Massachusetts. During the year-long Ordinary Heroes Project, students explore the nature of heroic acts through literature and interviews with local citizens who exemplify heroic virtues. They also hone their interviewing, writing, listening and speaking skills. Excerpted from Community Lessons: Promising Curriculum Practices by Julie Bartsch.

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