WHO IS YOUR SUPER HERO?

Our students have heard the story of Esther and Mordechai, and King Achashverous and Haman for many years, and they did a pretty good job retelling the basic story in class this week.  Taking the plot a bit further, we talked about the characters in the story of Purim, and our students had the opportunity to look at the qualities of the heroes and villains in the ancient text. 

Students spent some time defining what a hero is, and then they were asked to think about what makes a hero.  Were Mordechai and Esther heroes?  Were they good, but not good enough?  Should Esther have hidden her true identity, and should Mordechai told her to lie?  Was Vashti a victim?  What about the qualities of Achashverous?  Was he a hero, or an accomplice to Haman and his evil ways?  Our discussion was quite lively, and students were asked to make a list of the qualities of a hero.  

By consensus, students thought a hero was selfless, brave, smart, kind, accepting, willing to take risks, and honest. Others said a hero puts others before themselves, and thinks before acting.  After debating the qualities of a true hero, students were asked to think of their personal super hero.  We wrote descriptive paragraph as about our super heroes, and we hope to tweak our papers before presenting our papers in class.  

Please ask your child to share their ideas of what a super hero is, and who their hero is.