Young American Heroes from EDSITEment

[Joe Phelan]

Young American Heroes: True Stories of Young People in U.S. History

http://edsitement.neh.gov/websites/young-american-heroes-true-stori...
Young American Heroes tells stories of ordinary young people who have done extraordinary things in American history. The Young American Heroes web site enables those who visit the site to do more than simply take in what others have already created. Visitors can add to the stories already told here. Educators (teachers, parents, home-school learning coaches) can allow their students to use all of the video, graphic novel, and other tools available on the site for creating new story materials .The stories of these young American heroes are told on this web site as well as through television programs shown on some PBS stations. Those television programs can also be viewed here. This site includes graphic novel versions of the stories that are freely available for downloading and reading on screen, or for printing out. The site also features selected videos, graphic novels, and other story materials that other users have created.