4th grade wonders: what does it take to be a good leader?

4th grade's How We Organize Ourselves unit explored the central idea: Conditions within a community dictate the type of leaders that emerge. To help students understand this big idea, they hosted a panel of leaders. We had members of the community- our PTA president, Mrs. Olesen, Cristy Crowder and Ms. Welebob as well as Ms. Haynes and Ms. Herbst. Students asked the panel of leaders questions about what it takes to be a leader, qualities of a leader and how they became leaders. Students asked some great questions and were able to make connections to some of the leaders and leadership types they had been learning about in class.