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Heroes and Villains: The Quest for Civic Virtue

Grade: 6–12
Duration: 1 min
Topics: Citizenship
Published: Mar 3, 2015

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Founding Principles

Civic Virtue, Individual Responsibility

Virtues

civil discourse, contribution, courage, honor, humility, integrity, initiative, justice, moderation, perseverance, respect, responsibility, resourcefulness, self-governance, vigilance

About this video

Heroes and Villains: The Quest for Civic Virtue uses narratives to discuss the concepts of civic virtue in all classrooms. Topics range from Alice Paul and perseverance to Benedict Arnold and treason. Each virtue narrative includes corresponding discussion guides, journal templates, a toolbox with additional activities, and suggestions for further reading on each topic or virtue.

0:01 did you know that virtue isn’t just important for people but for countries too in heroes and villains the Quest for civic virtue we’ll explore why virtue is essential for happiness and success through 11 historical narrative based activities students learn about virtues analyze stories of virtuous and not so virtuous behavior and explore

0:21 what it means to have virtues so get started today

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