Unit
Diligence
Guiding question
Diligence is intrinsic energy for completing good work. Students will learn about how acting diligently in pursuit of a goal or objective can help them build their character.
- 16 Lessons
- 18 Activities
Lessons:
All lessons can be found below!
- To Accomplish the Most Good: Booker T. Washington’s Education
- The American Success Story of Alexander Hamilton and Diligence
- Champion of Liberty: James Madison and Diligence
- Selma to Montgomery Marchers: Crossing the Bridge
- The Diligence of Henry Ford
- Steve Jobs’ Diligence
- Great Falls, Great Beauty, Great Difficulty: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and Diligence
- Bird Woman’s River: Sacagawea’s Diligence in a Historic Journey
- The Regulars are Coming Out: Paul Revere and Diligence
- Henry Knox, the Guns of Ticonderoga, and Diligence
- It is a Fact Man Can’t Fly: The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk and Diligence
- Admiral of the Ocean Sea: Christopher Columbus and Diligence
- John Smith and Diligence
- Eli Whitney: Diligent Pioneer of Modern Industry
- Lighting the Way: Thomas Alva Edison and Diligence
- A Peaceful World: Eleanor Roosevelt, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Diligence
Lessons
In this lesson, students will read about and discuss how Booker T. Washington remained diligent about obtaining an education. They will draft an illustrated “map” of Booker T. Washington’s journey toward an education, and they will discuss how they can be diligent in their own lives.
In this lesson, students will understand the importance of being diligent in their lives by examining the life of Alexander Hamilton. They will read a narrative about Hamilton and discuss the ways in which he remained diligent in different periods of his life. They will analyze Hamilton quotations to understand how he acted with diligence and how they can act with diligence in their own lives. Finally, students will create a plan about how to act diligently regarding a project, task, or situation in their own lives.
In this lesson, students will analyze James Madison’s contributions through diligence to the establishment of the United States Constitution and early republic, exploring events that earned him the title, “Father of the Constitution.”
How did the Civil Rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 demonstrate diligence?
How did Henry Ford display diligence and what is How did Henry Ford display diligences relationship to success?
How did Steve Jobs display diligence and how can students be diligent in their own lives?
Students will explore the difficulties faced by the Lewis and Clark expedition as they faced the challenges of portaging around the unexpectedly vast Great Falls of the Missouri River. They will read and discuss the narrative and ask questions about identity, purpose, and motivation.
In this lesson, students will understand the diligent behavior Sacagawea displayed throughout her journey with the Lewis and Clark expedition. They will also think about ways in which they can be diligent in their own lives.
In this lesson, students will learn about the actions of Paul Revere during his midnight ride in April of 1775. They will study how his diligence in working towards American independence helped to advance the cause and use this example to better understand how they can be diligent in their own lives.
In this lesson, students will review Henry Knox’s diligent actions in leading his troops to provide the weapons needed to force the British to evacuate Boston and end their eleven-month siege of the city. Henry Knox and his brother, William, led a group of men on a roughly 500-mile round trip to recover artillery from Fort Ticonderoga, move it across land and water in the depth of winter, and position it to overlook the city and port of Boston.
In this lesson, students will learn from the example of the Wright brothers about how they can act diligently.
How did Christopher Columbus’ display diligence while voyaing across the Atlantic?
How did John Smith display diligence while establishing the Jamestown colony?
How did Eli Whitney display diligence as an inventor? What did it help him achieve?
How did Thomas Edison display diligence on his quest for knowledge?
How did Eleanor Roosevelt display diligence while craft the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights? How did it help them advance freedom?