Leading With Character

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 explore civic virtues, historical empathy, responsible decision-making, and clear written explanation through scenarios about the Pilgrims building their new colony. By identifying character traits such as honesty, cooperation, responsibility, courage, and fairness, learners connect personal values to early self-government and the collaborative spirit of the Mayflower Compact.

Skills Reinforced

• Civic Virtues (Grades 4-6) – Recognize traits that support fair and effective community-building
• Early Self-Government – Understand how character and cooperation shaped colonial decision-making
• Justifying Answers – Explain choices using complete, thoughtful sentences
• Social-Emotional Learning – Build empathy, responsibility, and respect for others

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper elementary social studies, ELA, and SEL goals
• Scenario-Based Learning – Encourages students to apply values to real-life historical situations
• Writing Practice Included – Reinforces sentence structure and clear explanation
• Flexible Use – Ideal for classwork, discussion starters, reflection, or homeschool lessons
• Supports Character Education – Integrates history with citizenship and personal growth

This Leading With Character worksheet helps students see how civic virtues played a vital role in the success of early colonies. By connecting character traits to Pilgrim life and the Mayflower Compact, learners strengthen historical understanding, empathy, and responsible citizenship. It’s a meaningful, no-prep resource for classroom and homeschool settings focused on building strong civic and character foundations.

This worksheet is part of our Mayflower Compact Worksheets collection.