CERCA Slides: Perseverance

Perseverance

These lessons highlight the work of determined individuals who persevered against all odds to achieve their dream. These stories of strength, resilience, and unwavering commitment to a vision offer lessons in solving big problems, achieving seemingly unattainable goals, and carving new paths for others. Dive in and learn more about what it takes to persevere.

CERCA Slides by Grade

Grade 3: Florence Nightingale: The Lady Of The Lamp

How did Florence Nightingale overcome challenges to make a difference in the world? (CCSS.RI.3.1-3.10; CCSS.W.3.10)

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Student Guide

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Grade 4: Gandhi's Challenge: A Handful Of Mud

How were Mohandas Gandhi’s actions successful in gaining independence for India? (CCSS.L.4.1-4.4; CCSS.W.4..4)

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 5: Transport That Changed History

How did Jewish parents in Germany and people in other countries work together to save Jewish children from the Holocaust? (CCSS.L.5.1-5.4, CCSS.W.5.10)

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 6: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

How did William Kamkwamba’s perseverance and inventiveness benefit people in and beyond his village? (CCSS.L.6.1-6.4, CCSS.W.6.10)

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 7: The Path To The Moon: The Story Of Katherine Johnson

How did Katherine Johnson defy the norms of her time and place to become a mathematician at NASA? (CCSS.RI.7.1-7.6, CCSS.W.7.2)

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Grade 8: Homeless To Howard

How did Ward and Sutherland work together to give Ward and others better opportunities for higher education? (CCSS.L.8.1-8.4; CCSS.W.8.10)

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 9: Jackie Robinson: Civil Rights On The Playing Field

How does the way in which the author chooses to explain the events in the life of Jackie Robinson make a strong case that Robinson should be considered an American hero? (CCSS.L.9-10.4; CCSS.W.9-10.10)

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 10: Overlooked No More: Jovita Idar, Who Promoted Rights Of Mexican Americans and Women

How does the author characterize Jovita Idaŕ in the retelling of her life? (CCSS.RI.9-10.5, CCSS.W.9-10.2)

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Grade 11: She Went Blind. Then She Danced.

What does dancer Marion Sheppard’s story show about whether or not perseverance can be taught or learned? (CCSS.RI.11-12.6; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

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Grade 12: Shirley Chisholm: Presidential Candidacy Announcement

How did Shirley Chisholm incorporate the theme of perseverance into her 1972 presidential candidacy announcement? (CCSS.RI.11-12.6; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

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Perseverance

CERCA Slides by Grade

Grade 3: Florence Nightingale: The Lady Of The Lamp

How did Florence Nightingale overcome challenges to make a difference in the world? (CCSS.RI.3.1-3.10; CCSS.W.3.10)

Grade 4: Gandhi's Challenge: A Handful Of Mud

How were Mohandas Gandhi’s actions successful in gaining independence for India? (CCSS.L.4.1-4.4; CCSS.W.4..4)

Grade 5: Transport That Changed History

How did Jewish parents in Germany and people in other countries work together to save Jewish children from the Holocaust? (CCSS.L.5.1-5.4, CCSS.W.5.10)

Grade 6: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

How did William Kamkwamba’s perseverance and inventiveness benefit people in and beyond his village? (CCSS.L.6.1-6.4, CCSS.W.6.10)

Grade 7: The Path To The Moon: The Story Of Katherine Johnson

How did Katherine Johnson defy the norms of her time and place to become a mathematician at NASA? (CCSS.RI.7.1-7.6, CCSS.W.7.2)

Grade 8: Homeless To Howard

How did Ward and Sutherland work together to give Ward and others better opportunities for higher education? (CCSS.L.8.1-8.4; CCSS.W.8.10)

Grade 9: Jackie Robinson: Civil Rights On The Playing Field

How does the way in which the author chooses to explain the events in the life of Jackie Robinson make a strong case that Robinson should be considered an American hero? (CCSS.L.9-10.4; CCSS.W.9-10.10)

Grade 10: Overlooked No More: Jovita Idar, Who Promoted Rights Of Mexican Americans and Women

How does the author characterize Jovita Idaŕ in the retelling of her life? (CCSS.RI.9-10.5, CCSS.W.9-10.2)

Grade 11: She Went Blind. Then She Danced.

What does dancer Marion Sheppard’s story show about whether or not perseverance can be taught or learned? (CCSS.RI.11-12.6; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

Grade 12: Shirley Chisholm: Presidential Candidacy Announcement

How did Shirley Chisholm incorporate the theme of perseverance into her 1972 presidential candidacy announcement? (CCSS.RI.11-12.6; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

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