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In this lesson, students brainstorm universal obstacles to completing tasks and/or meeting goals....
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Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 8)
Grades:
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Students will consider obstacles to persevering and write creative "one-liners" to help them face obstacles with creativity, determination and humor....
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Students will define perseverance and identify the need to persevere in completing tasks. They will explore obstacles and excuses that deter perseverance....
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Perseverance involves staying with a task even if it is difficult. Students identify obstacles they must overcome in order to stay on a task and/or reach a goal. Students identify having a plan and team work as strategies to persevere....
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In this lesson, as a reflection exercise on perseverance, students illustrate a conversation about perseverance between Lyndon B Johnson and an imaginary person.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
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Students review the Civil Rights work of Martin Luther King, Jr. as discussed in Lesson One. They create an acrostic about his life and work. Then students identify his goals and relate goals to perseverance.
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Each student sets an individual goal using a goal-setting strategy. The class reflects on perseverance and how to persevere when the plan gets difficult to carry out.
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Students brainstorm a variety of short-term and long-term goals and then they discuss the logistics of carrying out some of the goals. They brainstorm about what resources are needed, what needs would be met, and how they can ensure perseverance in reaching one or more of the goals.
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
Grades:
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Students look for examples of personal best in a movie about perseverance and discuss the value of working toward personal best even when it is difficult.
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Students discuss what it means to do their personal best. They find, through a simple physical activity, that they can do a good job in something, but they still have more talent and drive to do better if they persevere. They recognize that perseverance can help them do their personal best...