Perseverance Cultural Festival

Lesson 4

Learning Goals

1. I can celebrate what I have learned about perseverance.

Preparation:

Identify the venue for the festival – a large classroom, hall, or outdoors.
Identify a cultural dance step to teach pupils, or appoint someone at your school who can do this.
Ensure the pupils in the Drama Troupe practice the drama (see Step 10 of Lesson 3: Support Systems).
Prepare the music needed to go with the dance step.
Identify someone to lead the national anthem (if this was not assigned to a pupil).
Identify an Emcee (if not yourself)
Consider how to share your pupils for the Doughnut game. It is recommended that there are no more than 4 rounds (e.g., if you have 12 pupils in the class, have 4 rounds of 3 pupils going at a time. If you have 40 pupils, have 4 rounds of 10 pupils going at a time)
Consider encouraging your pupils dress in cultural attires for the festival.

Materials:

Speakers or instrument to go with the dance step

Plastic plates

Blindfolds: Enough for the number of pupils to be blindfolded in each round of the Doughnut Game

Snacks: Doughnuts and drinks for all invitees (see Step 9)

Agenda

S/No	Item	Taken By	Length
	Set-Up Arrange chairs and create a platform	Everyone	20 min
1	Opening Prayer	Pupil	2 min
2	National Anthem	A Teacher	3 min
3	Welcome Address Welcome special guests Explain that the purpose of this cultural festival is to celebrate what the pupils have learned about perseverance	Teacher	5 min
4	Speech: What I learned about Perseverance	Pupil	5 min
5	Perseverance Song	Choirmaster	5 min
6	Drama of Support System	Drama Troupe	10 min
7	Perserverance Dance Explain that learning a dance step takes perseverance – when you dance, you can get tired, but you have to persevere through Teach a cultural dance step After teaching the dance step, instruct pupils to dance like they are Perseverance super-heroes like Pam Perseverance and give them a few minutes to dance	Teacher or other appointed person	15 min
8	March Pass Perseverance in bean seed speech (pupil) Perseverance in mat making speech (pupil) A few pupils march pass with their bean plants and a few more march pass with their mats	6 to 10 pupils	10 min
9	Doughnut Game Explain that many games require perseverance – you have to keep trying even when faced with challenges Explain the doughnut game: One person will be blindfolded and try to eat a doughnut without seeing it Explain that each child will have a partner. That is their “support system.” As they are blindfolded, their support system can help them move in the right direction, ensure the plate does not fall off the table, or tell them what to do. However, the partner CANNOT touch the doughnut. Give children advice on being a good support system to their partner. To be a good support system, they should watch their partner the entire time and constantly talk to them to tell them what to do Arrange the pupils in partners. Have the first half of partners go first – one child is blindfolded to eat the doughnut. The other child is the support system who helps guide them in persevering to eat the doughnut blindfolded Rotate partners, so the next partner is blindfolded. Have the other half of the partners come up to repeat the game.	Teacher and a few pupils	20 min
10	Refreshments	Teachers	10 min
11	Vote of Thanks	Pupil	3 min
12	Closing Remarks	Teacher	5 min
13	Closing Prayers	Pupil	2 min

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