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The presentation is aimed at KS2 and involves the children by asking them to discuss various points and to feedback ideas.

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1. Title
2. Particularly elicit concepts such as leadership, bravery, concern for others. Possible discussion point is whether a hero needs to be famous.
3. Take some responses.
4. Marcus Rashford - footballer. Plays for Manchester United. Became famous in the 2020 lockdown for leading a campaign to extend free school meals to the summer holidays. www.savethechildren.org.uk
   Greta Thunberg - environmental activist wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg 
   Sheku Kanneh-Mason - young cellist who played at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. He comes from a family of talented musicians. www.express.co.uk
   Obviously substitute any others you feel appropriate
5. Take some responses.
6. Florence Nightingale – she campaigned for improvement of the care of sick and wounded soldiers and for higher standards in nursing and hospitals in Britain.
   Napoleon – the leader of France at the end of the 18^th and the beginning of the 19^th centuries, he was an outstanding battlefield commander and inspired great loyalty.
   The crew of Apollo 11 who were the first men to land on the moon in 1969.
   Rosa Parks – a campaigner for civil rights in the USA. In 1955 she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. This led to a boycott of buses in Montgomery which eventually led to a change in the law which segregated buses.
7. Take responses.
8. More information on the captains can be found at
   nelson-society.com/life-of-nelson/trafalgar
   www.1805club.org
9. There are a large number of websites about Nelson
   nelson-society.com/about-the-society this page gives a very good review of why Nelson was a hero
   'Nelson’s great victories at the Nile (1 August 1798) and Copenhagen (2 April 1801) made him an international hero in his own lifetime. He was mobbed in the streets, like a modern footballer or popstar and thousands of souvenirs were produced with his face upon them. When he was killed, at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) the whole nation was plunged into mourning and he was given a grand State Funeral and a splendid tomb in St Paul’s Cathedral. Statues of him were erected all over Britain and in the colonies, and yet more '
   aboutnelson.co.uk 
   www.admiralnelson.org
10. There are a large number of websites about the Battle of Trafalgar – these are just a selection:
    www.bbc.co.uk has a great animation of the battle including cannon fire, which you could run in assembly if you have the technology (you will need an up to date version of Adobe Flash Player) 
    www.britishbattles.com useful and quite brief 
    www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk lots of detail if you want more background
11. Take responses
12. Read this text, or substitute your own. Take responses.
13. For more information try:
    www.historicdockyard.co.uk
    www.hms-victory.com
14. Use the prayer, or substitute your own or a secular text on heroism.
    A hero isn't a person who can fly in the sky, or someone who has x-ray vision, it's a person who has good qualities and is admired for courage, outstanding achievements, and unselfishness.   A hero may have changed someone's life forever, or done something amazing and never asked for anything in return.  A hero is a person who is willing to face their own fears, perseveres even in an extreme situation, and puts others before themselves.