Winston Churchill – Perseverance
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill
Big Idea
Every student knows what failure and success are. They pass and fail tests. They lose and win games. Students are just beginning to learn about what they are capable of, what they excel at and what they may be lacking that will always make them question whether they should persevere or quit.
Claim
Here Winston Churchill is saying that you should always have the courage to continue what you are doing, regardless of whether you fail or succeed.
Counterclaim
But sometimes quitting is the right thing to do. When we fail at something, it means we should stop doing it so we can free up our energies to do things we are good at.
Essential
Question
How do we know if we should quit or keep going?
Student Video
Lewis and Clark – Perseverance
When teaching students about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the impact these explorers had on the future of Westward Expansion, I see a great opportunity to frame the expedition as a story of hard ...
