We’re continuing our discussion about what makes someone a hero.

• We’ve looked at a historical hero, Rosa Parks, and what she did for the civil rights movement. (You practiced summarizing paragraphs.)
• You’re familiar with Terry Fox and the work he did, and his foundation continues to do, to raise awareness of cancer treatments and research. (You wrote a letter.)
• Today, you’ll research someone who’s made an impact to the Calgary community along with many parts of the NHL: Chris Snow was the Calgary Flames assistant General Manager. He recently was diagnosed with a degenerative disease, ALS. He passed away last week, but is considered by some as a hero.
  • Your task: research Chris, find out about his background, the qualities he had as a person, how he handled his disease, how the NHL community was supporting him, how he died, and what has happened since his death.
  • You decide if he fits the criteria of a hero and, if so, why.
  • Create a poster about Chris that we’ll hang in the classroom. The purpose of the poster should be to relay the important information about Chris and whether he was or wasn’t a hero.

Overview & legacy of Chris & Kelsie Snow:  https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjQFhALt/

Flames Snoe family puck drop – legacy. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjQNn1af/

Snow testimony on drug trial benefits:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjQFFHHn/

1. Defining and making a list of Hero examples
2. Studying a historical figure recognized as a hero for an act of courage:
   1. Rosa Parks:
      1. 1. PDF excerpt of her story – read the paragraphs and try to summarize each. The challenge with summarizing is to include enough of the main points but not too many of them. Do this for the first 10 paragraphs.
         2. Understanding Rosa’s story: YouTube video
      1. Examples of how people were segregated in the United States in the 1950s.