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How Did Wilma Rudolph Use Perseverance to Become an Olympic Champion?

K-5
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Identify the challenges Wilma Rudolph faced in becoming an Olympic athlete
  • Describe the ways Wilma Rudolph practiced perseverance
  • Identify and retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story
  • Use evidence to answer the question: “How did Wilma Rudolph use perseverance to become an Olympic champion?”
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Overview

Historians learn from the past. In this mystery, students learn how Wilma Rudolph’s persistence and determination exemplified perseverance as they answer the mystery question: How did perseverance help Wilma Rudolph become an Olympic champion? Students will analyze images, study primary sources, and identify the perseverance behaviors she used in her life.

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