Nation Builders

Our National Heroes

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

A Leader is the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.

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Nation builders are those people who take the initiative to develop the national community through government programs such as education.​

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

​1. Who is a leader?

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

​2. Who are nation builders?

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

​3. Which two National Builders will we be discussing today?

Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica.

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

Born: 1822, St. Thomas Parish

Died: October 24, 1865, Morant Bay

Nationality: Jamaican

Parents: Cecelia Bogle

Place of burial: National Heroes Park, Kingston

Siblings: Moses Bogle, Maud Bogle

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

​4. In which year and parish was Paul Bogle born?

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​5. When did he die?

George William Gordon was a wealthy mixed-race Jamaican businessman, magistrate and politician, one of two representatives to the Assembly from St. Thomas-in-the-East parish. He was a leading critic of the colonial government and the policies of Jamaican Governor Edward Eyre

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

​6. What race was George William Gordon?

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​7. . Would you describe George William Gordon as poor? Say why or why not?

Born: Jamaica

Died: October 23, 1865, Morant Bay

Nationality: Jamaican

Place of burial: National Heroes Park, Kingston

Parents: Joseph Gordon, Ann Rattray

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

by Mitzie Burns

Leaders & Nation Builders​

​8. When did George William Gordon die?

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​9. Do you think George William Gordon deserves to be honored as a National Hero? Say why or why not?