What Makes People Great?

A research and reflection on famous people.

1. Do you have idles? Who is your idle? 2. How will you describe your idles? Awesome? Famous? or great? 3. Which word is more powerful to you? Awesome? Famous? or great?

 What does great mean exactly? What is the difference between ordinary
people and great ones?

Great?

What makes people great? What makes ordinary people great? Or, what makes a famous person great?

What is what?

Perhaps, we can explore this word in another way.

A Brainstorm!

How to play this brainstorm?

1. Ill show you a picture of a celebrity. 2. Cry out the first thing that pops into your mind as fast and aloud as you can. 3. Dont think! If you think, you lose and fail.

Sample:

Ready?

Go!

What makes people great? What does it take to make people great?
Lets look at these things:

What features can make great people,

whom can be respected and remembered by us?

#1

Beauty?
Angelina Jolie, the top Hollywood actress in current, was born in June 4, 1975, Los Angeles, California, the U.S. She has been at the top of some lists of great people. Is it because of her beauty?

It is said that the most beautiful Chinese woman is Ziyi Zhang, who was born in Beijing in 1979. She has starred in many movies that have been worldwide hits and has won a string of awards.

#1

Beauty?
Mother Teresa was born in Albania in 1910, and died in 1997. An international survey ranked her as the "most admired person of the 20th Century."

Sister Feng, the name got popular on the internet for quite a while. From a cashier works in Carrefour, from nobody to somebody, what has beauty brought to her? Wait, is she beautiful?

#1

Beauty?
Beautiful? Famous? Great?

What makes people great? What does it take to make people great?

#2

Wealth?
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He is one of the world's richest people and perhaps the most successful businessman ever. Time magazine voted Gates as one of the biggest influences of the 20th Century. Scientists named the Bill Gates flower fly after him.

Yao Ming is probably Chinas most famous sports star. He plays basketball for the China national team and for the Houston Rockets in America. He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, measuring 2.29 metres. Yao has been Chinas richest celebrity for over five years.

#2

Wealth?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most important leader of the American civil rights movement. His efforts to end racial discrimination earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated on March 29, 1968. The day is now a national holiday in the USA. King was a priest. How rich can a priest be? You tell me! Brother Sharp was a beggar hanging around the Central Business District of Ningbo. He suddenly became extremely popular on the Internet. He was named the "Prince of Beggars" and "Brother Sharp" by netizens and became a hot target pursued by many online media groups.

#2

wealth?
Wealthy? Famous? Great?

What makes people great? What does it take to make people great?

#3

Position?

Michael Joseph Jackson was born in 1958. He died in 2009 at the age of 50.

#3

Position?

#3 position? Any conclusions?

Position? Famous? Great?

What makes people great? What does it take to make people great?

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"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm ... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others."
Audrey Hepburn was an award-winning actress, and was considered to be the third greatest actress of all time. She also became a fashion and cultural icon, and continues to be so today. She was also a magnificent humanitarian. she served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for several decades. Hepburn was born in 1929, and died in 1993 but remains a much-loved legend.

We cannot close ourselves offand ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering.

Angelina Jolie helps refugees, disaster victims, and orphans. When she was 31, she began work with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Sierra Leone in 2001, the year she became a goodwill ambassador. She has effectively used her stardom to highlight world problems. She donates one-third of her income to charity, and her three children adopted. In addition to acting awards, she has received wide recognition for her humanitarian work. She became the first winner of the UNs Citizen of the World Award.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love.

Mother Teresa began the humanitarian work in 1950 and for over forty years, she looked after the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She was an international symbol of charity, visiting many countries to help poor children. At the time of her death, her organization was operating in 123 countries. After she died, the Pope started the process that might one day make her a saint!

If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act.

Bill Gates had a vision that computers could change everyones life. He helped make this vision come true and developed many products that are now part of modern life. Gates stepped left the position of Microsoft CEO in June 2008. He now spends his time with his wife, Melinda, focusing on their charitable foundation. They provide funds for global problems that are ignored by governments and other organizations.

If you agree that they are great people in the world, can you tell what makes them great? Or what makes you think so?

From our discussion, I can see that the feature that is most important in making a person great is not beauty, wealth, or position. Its about whats inside you and what you can give, to contribute to the people, and to the world. The inside is what can make people great.

 Is a great person perfect? Suppose that someday, the person you consider great did something unexpectedly disgusting, such as picking their nose in public, talking rudely and spitting on the street. Would you still think that he/she is great? Is it possible for a nobody to be a great person?

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