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National Geographic

National Geographic: American Genius: Perseverance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the importance of failure to the process of innovation by investigating several items that were invented by accident. They share one "failure to success" story by creating a 3-panel comic strip poster, and then write...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Keep Going! Building a Culture of Perseverance in Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This learning module includes several lessons that will help coach secondary students to have perseverance in math class. This module addresses the Problem Solving and Perseverance standard from the Common Core Standards for Mathematical...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Lee Duckworth

For Students 7th - 9th
A learning module that begins with "The Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Lee Duckworth accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Power of Perseverance: The Story of Reuben Inch by e.s. Elliott

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Power of Perseverance: The Story of Reuben Inch by E. S. Elliott (1884), a children's novel.
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Other

Bright Hub Education: Preschool Lesson on Perseverance

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this lesson, learners will read a book about how a character perseveres when the task is difficult. They will identify the challenges and how the character overcame the challenges. These activities will show your students that that...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Perseverance in Love" by Honore De Balzac

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Perseverance in Love" by French author Honore de Balzac. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Keys to Success

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the lives of famous people who have achieved their life's goals by highlighting seven core principles that helped them to succeed. These include passion, vision, preparation, courage, perseverance, integrity, and pursuit of an...
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Professional Doc
Edutopia

Edutopia: Harnessing the Power of Productive Struggle

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Teaching that struggling is part of learning math encourages creativity and builds engagement and perseverance. This article describes Mrs. Tambor's second-grade math class in which the format of the lesson reflected her desire to build...
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Article
Other

Little Minds at Work: Persevere! A Lesson About Never Giving Up

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How do you teach students all about this big word - perseverance? Young students need a visual lesson to be able to grasp this abstract concept. Watch this kindergarten teacher gives a demonstration to help her students learn about...
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Website
Other

Five Steps to Teaching Solid Character in Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The author of this article argues that character development must be taught in schools and that teachers must take steps to make sure students understand what perseverance, determination, empathy, responsibility, respect, and caring are....
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Activity
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Diligence

For Students 9th - 10th
What is diligence? What does it mean to be a diligent person? Discuss these questions through the questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas provided at this website.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: The Mars Rovers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn why rovers are important and details about the Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance.
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Website
Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Tuhaalruuqtut Ancestral Sounds

For Students 9th - 10th
With the use of Inuit Art, photograph, and audio accounts (in the languages of the Inuit Peoples), the suffering, culture, and perseverance of Aboriginal settlements in the Canadian North is explored in an in-depth manner.
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Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Gilded Age (1877 1900)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
As Reconstruction came to an end in the United States the country began to evolve into an industrial nation through the perseverance and ingenuity of masterminds like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Through a collection of...
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Activity
Genius Brands International

Secret Millionaires Club: Webisode Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Backed by Warren Buffett, "the world's most famous investor," the Secret Millionaires Club teaches children about saving and investing money, about how businesses and credit cards work, and about the personal qualities that support...
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Marines Confirm Mistaken Identity in Iwo Jima Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
The photograph has been ingrained in American culture since almost the moment it was taken - a steadfast presence in high school textbooks and an enduring symbol of U.S. perseverance. But it appears we've been wrong about Joe Rosenthal's...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: The Quest for Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger piece on Segregated America, this section focus is on the commitment and perseverance of African Americans in the post-Civil War South to overcome the obstacles standing in the way of an education. Offers teachers and...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Never, Ever Give Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan introduces the importance of perseverance. Students will discover that success comes through perseverance. Students will also have the opportunity to research Abraham Lincoln on the Internet to document examples of...
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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Defeats and Victories

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the Americans suffered severe setbacks for months after independence was declared, their tenacity and perseverance eventually paid off. During August 1776, in the Battle of Long Island in New York, Washington's position became...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Hello, America by Livia Bitton Jackson

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Eighteen-year-old Elli has a number tattooed onto her arm. It is an indelible remnant of a terrifying past a life lived, for many years, in the death camp of Auschwitz. When Elli arrives in New York City, she can not speak English, and...
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Website
Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The World at Our Doorstep

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Virtual Museum of Canada pictorial exhibition highlights the perseverance of a working class that is dealing with big changes that have taken place in Cape Breton over the last decade (closure of the steel plant in 1999; closure of...
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Handout
Other

Planet Science: Out There: Marie Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know one of the most famous women in science, Marie Curie. Learn more about her exciting discoveries and the perseverance it took for her to get there.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 2: Famous Americans

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn about famous Americans and their role in history. This builds on students' knowledge of US presidents, national symbols, and the election process. Students study various characteristics of famous Americans, such as...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Code.org: Building a Foundation

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
For this activity, students work in small groups to construct a tower that will support a book using everyday materials. The goal is to develop persistence in continuing with a task even when experiencing some failures. This is modeled...

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