How Did the Founders Learn About Civic Virtue?
Mystery
Historians make connections. In this lesson, students conduct a card-sorting activity to gather evidence to answer the mystery question: How did the Founders…
Overview
Historians make connections. In this lesson, students conduct a card-sorting activity to gather evidence to answer the mystery question: How did the Founders learn about virtue? Students will examine photographs to identify some ways people can learn about virtue and make connections to how kids can learn about it today.
Grade Levels
- K-5
Learning Objectives
- Use evidence to answer a historical question
- Listen to clues and match them to ways to learn
- Analyze stories and connect them to learning about virtue
- Develop and refine a claim to answer the question: “How did the Founders learn about virtue?”