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Character Education: Respect
Second graders design and share care and consideration banner. Students listen to stories about caring and considering others.
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To Tell the Truth
Students participate in a discussion designed to help them discern the truth from lies. They discuss picture cards and make true and false statements regarding the information on the cards. Students also listen to various fables about...
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Character Education Read Alouds
Students listen to the story Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and discuss the way each character interacts with the others. They role play pares of the story to practice showing compassion, and how to positively interact with their peers.
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Character Education: Honesty
Students explore the character trait of honesty. They listen to the book, Jamaica's Find, identify the examples of honesty and dishonesty, role-play scenarios from the story, and draw a picture about a time they were honest.
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Character Education - Tolerance "The Big Orange Splot"
Students explore the character trait of tolerance. They listen to the story, The Big Orange Splot, discuss the concept of tolerance, and create a house out of a cereal box and other craft materials.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. for Early Elementary
Learners study the accomplishments of Martin Luther, Jr. and investigate how he worked to further tolerance and respect for others.
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Personality Development
Students participate in a variety of activities to help them define their own personalities. They complete questionnaires, play personality Bingo, and compare kaleidoscopes and candy to the variety found in humans.
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Goal Setting
Learners discuss the importance of setting goals, then set goals, and keep a record of their achievements. They read books about goal-setters and listen to a guest speaker.
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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poems
Young scholars create poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. They write an original poem detailing how a person can spread joy during the holiday season. The poem is formatted in the shape of a Christmas tree.
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Looking at the Man in the Mirror
Students reflect on their behavior by listening to an audio tape of Michael Jackson's song, "The Man in the Mirror."
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Benjamin Franklin's Wisdom
Students explore Benjamin Franklin's personal accomplishments and his wisdom on self-discipline. In this social studies instructional activity, students analyze Benjamin Franklin's quotes and discuss their meaning. Students...
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Good Judgement and Honesty
Seventh graders write about the importance of honesty. For this character education lesson, 7th graders reflect about the value of honesty and following the rules. This lesson is part of a larger unit on honesty.
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Puppets and Tolerance
Learners study tolerance in a puppet activity. In this tolerance lesson, students watch a puppet performance to learn about tolerance, diversity, and understanding.
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Character Education: Responsibility
Students study Manuel de Zavala and his role in the history of Texas. In this character education activity, students read about Manuel Lorenzo and underline the responsibilities he took on in his life. Students then answer questions...
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Taking on a Task
Eighth graders identify ways to persevere. In this character education activity, 8th graders work in small groups to complete a task using strategies to persevere.
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Don't Give Up
Eighth graders demonstrate perseverance. In this character education lesson, 8th graders define the word perseverance and identify difficult tasks they face regularly which require perseverance.
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Living With Two Faces
Learners discuss bullying situations and list reasons why people may bully. In this character education lesson, students look at a bullying picture involving popular learners that teachers like who are bullying a new student. The...
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Stocking the Shop
In this things valued worksheet, students respond to 3 questions by drawing pictures of the things that they value and want to see sold in the shop.
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Kindness is Never Puzzling
In this character education worksheet, students learn an important lesson about friendship and kindness. Students cut apart a mixed up puzzle, put it together and read the message.
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Citizenship
For this character education worksheet, students read a short cartoon about some people picking up litter in order to keep their city clean.
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Unity In Diversity
Students discuss the meaning of diversity in the world. They practice how to act around others and appreciate the different types of people that exist. The lesson includes a section of vocabulary and the reading of a story to illustrate...
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Spirit of Enquiry
The lesson includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...
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Acting With Honesty
Students analyze stories to study the value of honesty. Songs and role playing are included in this lesson of character education. Activities include: brainstorming situations that would be easy to be dishonest, drawing pictures to...
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Little Zoh's Submissive Trunk
Young scholars listen to and discuss story, Little Zoh's Submissive Trunk, define submissiveness and explore how it could be applied to daily life, and complete comprehension worksheet.