Character Development Lesson Plans
Perseverance
Elementary

Developed by: W. Huitt
Last revised: January 2005


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Reading/Language Arts

Grade Level: 1st

Content Area: Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Write sentences related to a topic, identify main idea and supporting details in reading selections

Virtue/Character Trait:

Perseverance

Lesson Title

We Can/Character Education

Lesson Summary:

After reading the story the Little Engine that Could, students complete a chart of things they had to use perseverance to accomplish and then draw or write their accomplishments on tag board cut in the shape of train cars.

URL:

http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/ (go to grade level and content area)

Mathematics

Social Studies

Grade Level: 2nd

Content Area: Social Studies; Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Fact/opinion, identify issue, cause/effect; write sentences on a topic

Virtue/Character Trait:

Perseverance

Lesson Title

Character Ed/Perseverance

Lesson Summary:

After reading the story Amazing Grace, students discuss the story in terms of Grace’s perseverance.  Following the discussion, students write and illustrate a page for a class book on perseverance.

URL:

http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/ (go to grade level and content area)

Science

The Arts

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