Mr. Rogers Tributes and People Unit Writing #3 (due Monday, 3/9)

"Everybody's Next Door Neighbor" by Daniel McGinn

http://www.newsweek.com/everybodys-next-door-neighbor-132609 

"Transitions and Change:  A Tribute to Mr. Fred Rogers" by Mary Lambrecht

http://www.pfl.org/article/transitions-and-change-a-tribute-to-mr-fred-rogers/

Fred Rogers obituary and commentary from New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/obituaries/27WEB-ROGE.html

Reflections of Ben Wagner, documentary filmmaker of Mister Rogers and Me
http://mentalfloss.com/article/49559/46-things-i-learned-making-mister-rogers-me

People Unit Writing Prompt #3 (due Monday, 3/9):

George Haley and Martin Luther King, Jr. were faces of bravery, determination, and tenacity to change the world that they were an integral part of.  They faced the limitations of humanity in their times head on, and did not allow themselves to be defined or stopped by those limitations.

Mr. Fred Rogers was an iconic figure of American children's television for many years,

as recognizable as Sesame Street and Disney to many children.  He lived and worked with a purpose of changing the world and how young children perceive it.  

Consider and compare how he (your choice:  Fred Rogers, George Haley, or Martin Luther King, Jr.) went about achieving his purpose with how your chosen "person of the year" or "runner up" is/was going about trying to change the world.  Support your responses with specifics from the reading pieces.