by Carol Cross | Sep 19, 2020 | Blog
This isn’t a typical blog post for me, at least on this site. Usually, I write about books or other educational issues. However, I think this video IS very educational…not necessarily about literature, but maybe about life. Plus, most of my students this...
by Carol Cross | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog
Who comes to mind when you think of the word “Fearless”? For me, one current incarnation of that word is Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala came to my attention, at least, in 2012 when she was shot in the head...
by Carol Cross | Aug 23, 2020 | Blog
Saturday, August 22 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ray Bradbury, the American author most credited for bringing science fiction into the literary mainstream through such books as The Martian Chronicles. The Library of Congress, along with other libraries...
by Carol Cross | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
As I was researching World Myths for my upcoming Fall 2020 classes, I ran into a traditional myth about how disease came into the world. I was already familiar with the myth of Pandora, so I started to think: Could this be a resource I could create for families to...
by Carol Cross | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog
At Heroic U, we offer fun, relevant literature classes for creative and independent-thinking students. So it’s no surprise that such creativity spills outside of the classroom and into the real world! Three Heroic U students who spent several years...
