Integrated Values and Divinity Presentation: Divinity/Religious Instruction
LO's for Perseverance:
LO's for Values:
Meaning and Root Words
What can you discover about this word?
Great Perseverance Videos/Media
LO's for Perseverance:
- Distinguish between perseverance and falseness.
- Learn that perseverance helps us create goals and standards for ourselves.
- Understand being a person of perseverance can have PMI's.
LO's for Values:
- That values help us to stand tall and strong when others fall over.
- That values enable us to become people who can lead.
- That we can see different points of views (POV) about values.
Meaning and Root Words
What can you discover about this word?
Great Perseverance Videos/Media
More Movies:
Still Scared
Dare to Climb
Media Questions/Activities
Bible on Perseverance
A number of verses from the best selling book in the world, the Bible.
Activities
Perseverance Quotes
Quotes
Poems to check out
Can you write a poem with the letters of the word perseverance, one each at the beginning of each line?
More Questions to Discuss
Still Scared
Dare to Climb
Media Questions/Activities
- Use less than 30 words to retell the important message of your chosen video.
- Use 100 words to retell the message of the video.
- Reflect on: How does the chosen video relate to excellence? What tries to stop perseverance in the movie? What improves or enhances perseverance?
- Take 5 pictures to tell a story of perseverance.
Bible on Perseverance
A number of verses from the best selling book in the world, the Bible.
Activities
- Why not create a short media item (picture or movie and upload to our Media Gallery Competition for this topic.)
- Write in your blog about how you show perseverance at home and school, in teams and in community. What could be your next step in perseverance?
- Why not write a guest blog for your school or class "iNoticed" blog? Just spotting someone showing perseverance and write about it. Send it to Mr Grieve for checking and publishing.
- How does perseverance connect with your school-wide year theme? Write a paragraph about this.
- Take a Picture - Create a short 30sec video - a movie trailer Upload these to our media gallery on the topic of perseverance. A picture can say a thousand words apparently - maybe even one from your class activity.
- Look at the Perseverance Quotes below. Pick one for a poster. Can you add items that will illustrate this quote further?
- Current Events: Bring in articles from newspapers and magazines describing situations in which perseverance or falseness are issues. Talk/write about who is demonstrating perseverance.
- Do a PMI on perseverance.
- Look at perseverance through the six thinking hats.
Perseverance Quotes
Quotes
Poems to check out
Can you write a poem with the letters of the word perseverance, one each at the beginning of each line?
More Questions to Discuss
- Can you think of some interesting other ways to gain the reputation of being a person of perseverance?
- Why is perseverance so important in relationships?
- How is perseverance a journey?
- Can animals show perseverance?
- What can you do to make this a world with more perseverance?
- Do you consider yourself to be a person of perseverance? Why, or why not?
- What does perseverance have to do with the quality of your character?
- Can perseverance be fun?
- Can perseverance be collaborative?