Grade Subject

Social Studies
6th
Learning Objective

SWBAT research a public figure in order to determine the obstacles that they faced in life and the different
ways they can overcame challenges.
Essential Question(s)
How does being persistent help you overcome challenges in life?

Materials: TIMER <Teacher Script>

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Do Now
1. What does it mean to be persistent? Give examples of people
being persistent?

Introduction to new Today we are going to learn about how being persistent can help you
material overcome challenges in life. We all have an understanding that being
persistent can be beneficial in life but what we fail to realize is that
many individuals that we look up to had to use this very habit to get
where they are today. Being persistent is not a habit that we can just
use in school but a habit that can help us in all of our endeavors.
Model
(I Do) Today you will research different individuals that you admire, and
research the obstacles that they have faced in their life. Based on those
obstacles, students will have to determine how that particular
individual overcome their obstacles.

You will have to create a PowerPoint or Google documents that

explains these individuals used the habit of persistence.

Guided Practice Students will use laptops to research their particular individuals. As
(We Do) students are researching they will be required to fill out their
graphic organizer of the person they are interviewing. The graphic
organizer will outline the individual their accomplishments,
obstacles and ways they demonstrated the habit of persisting.
Independent Practice
(You Do)
Students will finalize their presentation by including all of the
information on their PowerPoint or google documents.

Exit Ticket Explain how the individual you researched helped you determine
ways you can be more persistent in life.