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How Did Perseverance Help Americans Land on the Moon?

K-5
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Identify behaviors used to practice perseverance
  • Analyze primary source photographs and connect them to perseverance
  • Use evidence to answer the question: How did perseverance help Americans land on the Moon?
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Overview

Historians solve problems. In this mystery, students learn how Katherine Johnson and others at NASA overcame challenges to send astronauts to the moon. Using a read aloud, students will listen to a story about Katherine Johnson, and analyze images to answer the mystery question: How did perseverance help Americans land on the moon?

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