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class of 2010

Taking a Stand Lesson 5: Perseverance and the Civil Rights Movement

January 30th, 2010 · 45 Comments

I want you to think back about our first unit, Perseverance, and to think about what that quality has to do with the Civil Rights Movement.

Go back to this post, and read some of the comments, review the slideshow, and the video.
Come back here, and pick two questions to answer:

Do you think that the people [...]

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Perseverance Lesson 6b: Frustration, part 2

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments

What situations can cause you to feel frustrated?  What sorts of things frequently make you feel frustrated?

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Perseverance Lesson 5

October 18th, 2009 · 43 Comments

Here is the slideshow with the tips I just shared with you about how to improve your self-control:
Marshmallows
View more presentations from Alice Mercer.

Which one of this ideas will you be trying in the next month? Send me a comment.
Here is the video on the “Marshmallow Experiment” from last time:

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