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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Definition of Cool
Talk with your children about what it means to be cool. Encourage them to realize that being cool means feeling good about your actions and yourself.
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Appreciating Talents
Boost children's self-esteem by helping them to create awards recognizing their personal strengths and abilities.
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Understood.org: Trouble With Self Regulation: What You Need to Know
Self-regulation skills develop gradually, and there are ways to help your child improve. This article discusses working on self-awareness, impulse control, and goal-setting to help your child learn to self-regulate.
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Pbs Teachers: Tutu & Franklin: A Journey Towards Peace (Lesson Plans)
A downloadable teacher's guide for use in conjunction with the PBS documentary "Tutu and Franklin," a film about the views of Desmond Tutu and historian John Hope Franklin. The guide includes general discussion questions and four...
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Pbs Teachers: What Is Affluenza? (Lesson in Materialism and Overconsumption)
A lesson plan developed for in-class screenings of the PBS documentary "Affluenza," but which could easily be adapted to support any instructional activity on understanding personal consumption choices. Students will compare and contrast...
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Wise Brain: Noble Eightfold Path: Right Mindfulness [Pdf]
WiseBrain, maintained by neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, Ph.D., provides access to articles on Buddhist wisdom and insight. Follow this link to Hanson's explanation of right mindfulness, one of the elements of the Eightfold Path, which...
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Critical Reading: How the Language Really Works: What's Critical Thinking?
Reading and writing are essentially thinking. This site examines the aspects of critical thinking, including rationality, self-awareness, honesty, open-mindedness, discipline, and judgment. RI.11-12.10a Text Complexity
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Pbs Teachers: The New Zoos: The Wilder, the Better
Investigate how scientists study the mirror self-recognition of orangutans. Perform an experiment to see how sense of self can become distorted when a reflection doesn't match the sense of body position and movement.
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Tv Star
Help students celebrate their talents by creating their own television special.
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Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Self Portrait
Help students create self-portraits and autobiographies.