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Perseverance: A Character Trait and Its Activities for Students, Lecture notes of Space Flight Mechanics

A lesson plan on the character trait of perseverance for students. It includes questions to ask, examples of people who have shown perseverance, suggested books and activities, and quotes to inspire students. The activities include 'Icy Perseverance', 'Sink or Swim?', 'All Shook Up!', 'Reach for the Stars', 'Act It Out!', 'Hands of Perseverance', 'Try, Try, Try Again!!', and 'I Think I Can, I Think I Can...'. The goal is to help students understand the importance of perseverance and to encourage them to keep trying when faced with challenges.

What you will learn

  • How can we show perseverance in our daily lives?
  • Who are some people who have shown perseverance?
  • What is perseverance?

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Perseverance
Pre-teach: Greet the students and tell them that today you will be discussing the trait
perseverance
. Ask the
following questions and call on different students for answers. Listed below each question are examples of
responses you are looking for. You may need to rephrase students’ answers or guide them along.
(Ask)
What is
perseverance
?
1. Staying with the task and not giving up.
2. Showing commitment, pride and a positive attitude in completing tasks.
3. Trying again and again and again.
4. Being patient and willing to work hard.
(Ask)
Can you name some people who have shown
perseverance
?
1. Lance Armstrong, Thomas Edison, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, etc.
Book: Read and discuss a story that teaches a lesson on perseverance. (Book suggestions attached)
(Ask)
What are ways you can show
perseverance
?
1. When you are near the end of race and struggling to finish, find a burst of energy to cross the finish line.
2. Try a new sport or skill that is difficult and don’t quit.
3. Study and work hard to improve your grades.
4. Save up your money and do extra chores to buy something special.
5. Help a younger child learn to ride a bicycle or play a new game.
6. Spend hours practicing to play an instrument.
7. Always finish what you start. Do not give up when things get tough.
8. Try something again, even if you failed the first time. Remember you had to learn to walk before you could
run!
Activity: Complete an activity to go along with your lesson.
(Activity suggestions are attached)
You can incorporate
your activity at any time during your lesson.
Closing comment: It takes perseverance to fulfill your dreams.
(Pass out Perseverance bookmarks with below
quote. Bookmarks are attached. Make copies as needed.)
“Be like a postage stamp, stick to something until you get there!” ~Josh Billings
"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill
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Perseverance

Pre-teach: Greet the students and tell them that today you will be discussing the traitperseverance. Ask the

following questions and call on different students for answers. Listed below each question are examples of responses you are looking for. You may need to rephrase students’ answers or guide them along.

(Ask) What isperseverance?

  1. Staying with the task and not giving up.
  2. Showing commitment, pride and a positive attitude in completing tasks.
  3. Trying again and again and again.
  4. Being patient and willing to work hard.

(Ask) Can you name some people who have shownperseverance?

  1. Lance Armstrong, Thomas Edison, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, etc.

Book: Read and discuss a story that teaches a lesson on perseverance. (Book suggestions attached)

(Ask) What are ways you can showperseverance?

  1. When you are near the end of race and struggling to finish, find a burst of energy to cross the finish line.
  2. Try a new sport or skill that is difficult and don’t quit.
  3. Study and work hard to improve your grades.
  4. Save up your money and do extra chores to buy something special.
  5. Help a younger child learn to ride a bicycle or play a new game.
  6. Spend hours practicing to play an instrument.
  7. Always finish what you start. Do not give up when things get tough.
  8. Try something again, even if you failed the first time. Remember you had to learn to walk before you could run!

Activity: Complete an activity to go along with your lesson.(Activity suggestions are attached) You can incorporate

your activity at any time during your lesson.

Closing comment: It takes perseverance to fulfill your dreams.(Pass out Perseverance bookmarks with below

quote. Bookmarks are attached. Make copies as needed.)

“Be like a postage stamp, stick to something until you get there!” ~Josh Billings

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

Perseverance Activities

Icy Perseverance (Suggested for grades 2 – 5) Materials : an ice cube for each student with a penny frozen inside Begin your lesson by giving each student an ice cube. Explain that the first person to get the penny out of their ice without putting it in their mouth or hitting it with another object is the winner. You may want to continue your lesson until you have a winner. Afterwards discuss:

  1. How does melting the ice cube compare to reaching your goals?
  2. Did you ever feel like quitting? Why do some people quit before reaching their goals?
  3. Could you have gotten the penny quicker had you broken the rules? Would you feel as good about winning if you didn't follow the rules?
  4. How do hard work and perseverance help you achieve your goals?

Sink or Swim? (Suggested for grades K- 3) Materials : Clear glass bowl with water, modeling clay (Not Play-Doh) Roll clay into four balls, three of them small and one a little larger (like small and big marbles). Drop each small one into the water and watch them sink. Tell the students that each ball represents a person that feels discouraged or frustrated by life's difficulties. We all feel like that at times. Just like the clay balls, you may want to give up and

sink into a sad state of despair.(You can give the clay balls pretend names and talk about why each one might be

feeling low. For example, Susie is struggling to finish her science project on time and wants to give up...) Next, take

the larger clay ball and start reshaping it to form the shape of a simple canoe. Talk about how this person is not going to give up when faced with a problem. They are choosing to have a positive attitude and show perseverance. Discuss how it's possible to work through the challenges and achieve your goal by "reshaping" your attitude. Put the "boat" in the water and watch it float. Now take each small ball and put them inside the "boat". Ask the students what can happen when a person has a positive attitude and decides to persevere. They not only achieve their goal,

but are a positive role model for others.(10-Minute Life Lesson, by Jaime Miller)

All Shook Up! (Suggested for grades K-2) Materials : Three or four plastic jars with tight lids, a plastic bowl, three or four pints of whipping cream, honey, plastic knives, and sliced bread Pour a pint of whipping cream into each container and place the lids on securely. Pass the jars among the students giving each student several moments to shake the jar before passing it on. Remind them not to give up -- with perseverance they will have delicious butter. While the students are shaking the jars you may want to read a story. After a few minutes of shaking, stop the students and ask them what would happen if they gave up now. Explain that quitting keeps great things from happening. If we lose patience and give up, nothing good will develop. It should take about 10 minutes for the cream to separate into a lump of butter in each jar. Carefully remove the butter and place it in a large plastic bowl. Drizzle honey over the butter. Invite the kids to spread the delicious treat on a piece of bread. Perseverance is a "sweet" character trait to generously spread throughout our lives!

(Edible Objects Talks, Lingo)

Book suggestions for perseverance

Kindergarten: The Little Engine That Could,Watty Piper

The Very Busy Spider,Eric Carle

The Carrot Seed,Ruth Kraus

First Grade: Are You My Mother?,P.D. Eastman

The Isty Bitsy Spider,Iza Trapani

Turtles Race with Beaver,Joseph Bruchac

Second Grade: Princesses Are Not Quitters,Kate Lum

Tortoise and the Hare,Janet Stevens

Wanda's Rose,Pat Brisson

Third Grade: Flossie and the Fox,Pat McKissack,

I Have a Dream,Margaret Davidson

Perseverance: The Story of Thomas Alva Edison,Peter Murray

Fourth Grade: Amazing Grace,Mary Hoffman

More than Anything Else,Marie Bradby

Addy Saves the Day,Connie Rose Porter

Fifth Grade: Wilma Unlimited,Kathleen Krull

Fly, Eagle, Fly,Desmond Tutu

I Knew You Could,Watty Piper

Bookmarks for Perseverance

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

"Never, never, never give up!" ~Winston Churchill

(Make copies as needed)