*Perseverance

**Citizenship Theme: Perseverance**
1. Tools for Citizenship: Perseverance

2. This website had some great lesson ideas on perseverance http://www.clevelandcountyschools.org/CharacterEd/pdfs/Perseverance/Perseverancelesson.pdf Barb Neuhard

3. Here are some fun perseverance activities ideas! http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/gems/providencespring/Perseverance.pdf pgs. 2-3 have avtivities listed pg. 4 has book/read aloud suggestions

Read the story The Little Engine That Could. Talk about theme "I think I can". How do students use the idea of perseverance in their school day? Activity: Divide up into several small groups. Have a deck of cards for each group and have children build a tower with them.