Ambition Graphic Organizer
Ambition Graphic Organizer
Objective:
- I can differentiate between self-sacrificing and self-serving ambition by naming examples and supporting my claims with evidence.
Directions
Make a list of three examples in stories or movies of characters who were ambitious to serve the larger good and three who pursued their own self-interested ambition. Then complete the rest of the chart. The first row is done for you as an example.
Essential Vocabulary
| self-serving | Using one’s talents and ambition to only serve oneself |
| self-sacrificing | Using one’s talents and ambition for the greater good |
| Character from Movie/Book/Story | Self-Sacrificing OR
Self-Serving Ambition |
Evidence
(What did they do?) |
Why?
(Explain your reasoning for labeling this character as self-sacrificing or self-serving.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example: Gingerbread Man | Self-serving | Bragging about how fast he is and how no one can catch him | Ultimately, failed for trusting a fox to help him in his ambition to be the fastest. His ambition blinded him to the fox’s interest of eating him. |
| 1. | Self-serving | ||
| 2. | Self-serving | ||
| 3. | Self-serving | ||
| 4. | Self-Sacrificing | ||
| 5. | Self-Sacrificing | ||
| 6. | Self-Sacrificing |
Reflection and Discussion Questions
- How do you know when ambition is self-sacrificing or self-serving?
- Why is ambition directed toward self-sacrifice and public service a civic virtue, whereas self-interested ambition is a vice?