Unit
Purpose
Guiding question
Purpose is the answer to the question, “why do I exist?” It is the reason for which I exist; it is my goal, that thing to which my actions are directed. It is our answer to the question “what are you for?”
- 16 Lessons
- 16 Activities
- American Revolution
- Founders
- African American History
- Civil Rights
- Cold War
- Commander in Chief
- Equality
- Foreign Policy
- Native Americans
- Personal Liberty
Founding Principles
Virtues
Lessons:
All lessons can be found below!
- A Pox to You! Cotton Mather, the Inoculation Crisis, and Purpose
- Elizabeth Eckford, the Little Rock Nine, and Purpose
- Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Purpose
- John Deere: From Purpose to Prosperity
- Thomas Wilson Dorr: The Working Class Right to Vote
- Carrie Chapman Catt: The Woman of the Hour and Purpose
- Stephen Decatur and Purpose
- For Honor and Liberty’s Cause: Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary Leadership, and Purpose
- To Have a Voice: Tecumseh’s Purpose
- The Schechter Brothers’ Purpose
- Purpose and the Invention of Kevlar: Stephanie Kwolek
- He Snatched the Lightning from the Sky and the Scepter from Tyrants: Benjamin Franklin, the Kite Experiment, and Purpose
- Thirteen Days: John F. Kennedy, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Purpose
- One Minute of Pain: Louis Zamperini, Iron Discipline, and Purpose
- A Project of Moral Perfection: Benjamin Franklin’s List of Virtues and Purpose
- Sitting Bull’s Purpose at Little Bighorn
Lessons
In this lesson, students will learn about the work and life of Cotton Mather and how it was shaped by his purpose. They will explore how his actions and his identity helped him achieve a great advancement for modern medicine and through his example, learn how they can pursue their own purpose for the greater good of mankind.
What about Elizabeth Eckford and the other 'Little Rock Nine' drove them to help advance freedom and equality?
What about Rosa Parks’ purpose lead her to participate in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
How did John Deere work with purpose to invent a new plow that made farm work much more efficient?
How did Thomas Wilson Dorr led an effort to expand the right to vote in Rhode Island?
How did Carrie Chapman Catt work with purpose to advocate for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote for women?
How did Stephen Decatur's sense of purpose drive him to successfully complete the daring raid on the U.S.S. Philadelphia?
How did Daniel Morgan display dedication to his purpose through many trials and tribulations and at great personal sacrifice?
How did Tecumseh attempt to form a strong Native American Confederacy?
What struggles did the Schechter Brothers face running their business and how did they refuse to give up their values or compromise their purpose?
How Stephanie Kwolek work with purpose to conduct research in her chemistry lab?
How did Benjamin Franklin's purpose help him achieve great discoveries in science?
How did President John F. Kennedy achieve his purpose of protecting the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
How did Louis Zamperini 's purpose help him through excruciating ordeals?
How Benjamin Franklin's dedication to the practice of virtue throughout his life show his purpose?
How did Sitting Bull fulfill his purpose throughout the Battle of Little Big Horn?