University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "What If?"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting student interest in history and helping students understand how the past influences the present.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Feelings"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on a student's feelings in providing them with a sense of self-discovery and understanding of their value. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education: My Name Is Me
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. The purpose of this activity is to build students' awareness and appreciation of who they are through enhancement of their skills. Good resource.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Kabam! Comic Creator
Choose a scenario and decide the best choice of dialogue to use in the situation. Then create a comic to play out the rest of the situation.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "History's Heroes"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students appreciate historical events, enhancing students' understanding of the difference between narrative and expository text, and...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guides for K 5
Guides for teaching life skills that range from trustworthiness to conflict resolution. These guides were created for use with a set of videos, "The Six Pillars of Character," but most of the information and ideas can be used without...
Scholastic
Scholastic Teacher Resources: Character Makes a Comeback
Describes three examples of programs that effectively teach responsibility. Discusses how responsibility can be developed.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Reach for the Stars, Not Drugs"
This lesson involves decorating a classroom door for red ribbon week with different kinds of candy. The door is a symbol for students to resist temptation and has several extension activities that help students discuss temptation,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Character Education "Respect"
This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on integrity. Young scholars will apply research skills, open-ended discussions, and cooperative learning experiences to investigate the meaning of "respect."...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Character Education Integrity
The purpose of this lesson is to identify some of the skills and attitudes that are essential for solving problems effectively. This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on integrity. The meaning of integrity...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hey! I'm Talking to You!!
This lesson teaches communications sklls by focusing on audience, appropriate tone, timing, and word choice.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Hero by Any Other Name. . .
In conjunction with a study of literary or national heroes or in recognition of 9/11 week, students select a hero from among their family and friends, gather information about him/her, and prepare a multimedia presentation of their...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Never, Ever Give Up!
This lesson plan introduces the importance of perseverance. Students will discover that success comes through perseverance. Students will also have the opportunity to research Abraham Lincoln on the Internet to document examples of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nanavi, a Girl From Benin, West Africa
Students use a chart to track character development and write a statement to express the ways in which a particular young girl from West Africa has changed over a three year time span.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: First Week of School, Day 5
Sixth graders understand what the bucket of kindness is and how they can use it to earn rewards as a class.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Asu Compass for Courage: Module 1 Practice Challenge
Match It! Game Cards to print, cut out, and play at home. Characters (top row) and Feeling Words (bottom row). This game reinforces what students have learned about the ways anxiety, worry, or fear show itself. It can be completed...
PBS
Pbs: Practice Being a Good Sport
Explore the feelings associated with winning and losing. Model possible encouraging statements to say as a winner and a loser in a game.
Other
Bible Crossword Puzzles
This site is full of interactive crossword puzzles for students about the bible. Puzzles range from Genesis, Exodus, Noah, Moses, to character education.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Character Bully
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart addresses lessons that teach strategies for children to deal with bullies. There are also links to games on the CDC website.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Friendship
[Free Registration/Login Required] Kindergarten - Character Education Integration
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Getting to Know You
[Free Registration/Login Required] In the beginning of the school year, introduce your students to each other by answering the questions on this flipchart.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Manners
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches proper table manners.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: Tyrone the Big Bad Bully [Pdf]
This ebook shares the story of a small dinosaur named Boland who gets picked on by the bully named Tyrone the T-Rex. Students can read to see if a character change in Tyrone ever occurs.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: Tyronne the Horrible [Pdf]
This e-book includes the story of a small dinosaur that keeps getting bullied by a T-Rex named Tyrone.