If by Rudyard Kipling: Building Virtue and Strength

If by Rudyard Kipling: Building Virtue and Strength

Learning Objectives

Identify and explain virtues and behaviors for personal development. Recognize the use of conditional statements in poetry and discuss their effect.

What do you already know about personal development and strength of character?

Resilience and Equanimity

The qualities of resilience and equanimity in the face of adversity.

Self-Belief and Patience

The importance of self-belief, patience, and honesty.

Treat Triumph and Disaster Just the Same

The concept of treating triumph and disaster just the same.

Perseverance and Risk-Taking

The value of perseverance, risk-taking, and determination.

Balancing Social Interaction with Integrity

Balancing social interaction with personal integrity.

Making the Most of Every Moment

Making the most of every moment in life.

Virtues and Behaviors

Resilience, Equanimity, Self-belief, Patience, Perseverance, Integrity

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.