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About the Big Question (English)

Overview

Being true to yourself means doing what you know is right, even when you feel pressure to do something else. Your beliefs and values help you decide what to do in these situations.

Short stories are works of fiction, usually about a character that faces a conflict. Short stories usually focus on just one event and have one or two major characters.

Reading stories about other people who face difficult choices will help you figure out how you can stay true to yourself.

Web Resources

What do you value?
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001709/
This website contains video clips of students discussing personal values, important people in their lives, and how to honor life's special moments.

Anne Hutchinson
http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_hutchison.html
Read about Anne Hutchinson, a woman who stood up for her religious beliefs in 1637, when America was still a colony of Great Britain . By expressing her beliefs, Hutchinson set the stage for religious freedom in America.

Julia Butterfly Hill
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40230-2004Sep21.html
For over two years, Julia Butterfly Hill lived in a redwood tree, never setting a foot on the ground. Read how Julia stayed true to herself while saving a redwood forest in California.

Standing Up for Democracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
On June 4 th , 1989, the peaceful protest for democratic reform led by a group of students in China's Tiananmen Square turned violent. The students were protesting against the Communist government in China, which they felt was too extreme and corrupt. After seven weeks of protest, the Chinese army sent tanks and soldiers into the square to break up the protest. Hundreds of peaceful protesters were killed and thousands were injured. Read more about this struggle for democracy.

The Right to Vote
http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony dedicated their lives to winning American women the right to vote. Check out this site for video and audio commentary about the women's suffrage movement.

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