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Program
Shooting Challenge
Focus areas
Overview
Students learn about the fear caused by polio and Jonas Salk’s role in developing an effective vaccine. The lesson focuses on Salk’s belief that the vaccine should benefit humanity rather than become a source of personal fortune. Students consider how values guide decisions, how service can become part of a person’s purpose, and how both large and small acts can improve the lives of others.
Action plan
1. Read the lesson and identify the decision Jonas Salk made about the vaccine. 2. Think about the values that appear to have guided that decision. 3. Answer the grade-appropriate questions in your own words. 4. Identify one way your own abilities or time could be used to help another person or community.
Coaching lens
The lesson helps students connect personal purpose with social responsibility. Salk’s example gives students a concrete case for examining how knowledge, talent, and opportunity can be used in service of others and how values influence important choices.