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Respectful Listening

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of respectful listening.  For this listening skills lesson, students discuss and demonstrate good and bad listening skills.  Students work in groups to decide what is easy and hard about listening respectfully. 
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School Safety Survey Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate safety issues at school. In this citizenship lesson, students discuss things they are fearful of at school. Students then conduct a school survey asking what others are fearful of.
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The Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Pumpkin

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore using descriptive words to describe physical appearance. In this appearance lesson, students look at pumpkins and discuss how there is not a perfect pumpkin. Learners also hypothesize about what the perfect pumpkin's...
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What's the News? Articles of Deception

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students choose a event in the news involving deception.  In this deception lesson, students develop questions and share them.  Students answer critical thinking questions about their event and describe what they learned about honesty. ...
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Fairness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore fairness. In this fairness instructional activity, students recieve a envelope of materials, not all envelopes contain the same materials. Students cut shapes to specific measurements and get money for them. If the...
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Respect for Non-Native Students

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students develop and understanding that people born in other countries deserve respect and appreciation. In this ethnic background appreciation lesson, students discuss the different countries that classmates are born in. Students then...
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Who Needs My Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students think about helping others. In this citizenship instructional activity, students think of people in their lives who could use their help. Students illustrate the things they do to help others.
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Following the Footsteps of Einstein

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students inquire about creating inventions. In this inventions lesson, students read the biography of Albert Einstein and discuss ethics. Students brainstorm ideas that will change their community.
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High Five

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners discuss making choices, behavior and goals. In this responsibility lesson, students make list of goals they want to achieve. Learners share their lists with each other and decide if they make choices that help them achieve their...
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Understanding Other People's Decisions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students analyze people's choices from different points of view. They read different scenarios and explain how they would react personally in that situation. Then they analyze what they would do in another character's position and...
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Promises, Promises

For Teachers 6th - 7th
If someone breaks a promise, is that person no longer trustworthy? Present your 6th and 7th graders with a series of statements and have them debate their opinions with supporting evidence. As an extension, have your learners write a...
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Honesty in Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Help your class construct an honest and clear writing piece. They explore tactics in advertising and identify deceptive language. They then write a statement about a community issue using honest language.
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Obstacles to Perseverance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What does it mean to persevere. Young historians review the definition of perseverance then brainstorm a list of obstacles colonists and revolutionaries had to overcome during the American Revolution. Using this list, they identify...
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Mosaic Posters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in group activities to learn about mosaic art and the six Pillars of Character. For this Six Pillars of Character lesson, students study mosaic posters and describe them in terms of character. Students rate a list of...
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Kids for Character Pledge

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss character and values and discuss what it means to be a good citizen. In this character lesson plan, students also sign the Kids for Character pledge and pledge to be good citizens.
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True Champions Practice Points-Responsibility

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore personal responsibility.  In this character development lesson, students discuss and analyze a quote from Mia Hamm, a U.S. soccer player. Learners brainstorm short and long term personal and team member responsibilities...
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Quote Bookmarks

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make bookmarks of quotes they created themselves based on the characteristics of good leaders. For this character lesson plan, students study the character of role models, read quotes they have said, and come up with their own.
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Financial Plans

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create an economic system based on responsibility and caring. In this economics and character lesson, students receive Character Currency and practice using the money for a good cause. Students brainstorm charities they would...
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Trust Circles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore trustworthiness. In this character development lesson, students brainstorm synonyms for trustworthiness. Students consider two communities to which they belong, and compare and contrast these communities by completing a...
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It's Who I Am

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use banners to share information about themselves. In this art-based character lesson, students make a banner with an acrostic made from their name, then share the banner and information about themselves with the class.
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Persevering Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice perseverance by practicing and memorizing a poem. In this perseverance lesson plan, students see how their hard work pays off when they eventually memorize their poem.
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Picture (More) Perfect

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students help their community. In this character counts lesson, students discuss problems facing the world and their community. They come up with solutions to some of these problems. 
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Respectful Interview

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners interview elderly people in a senior citizen community center. In this character counts lesson, students interview the elderly about how society can be more respectful.  They videotape and watch the interviews together. 
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Circle of Caring

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. For this service learning lesson, students study the works of well-known philanthropists and write an acrostic poem using the word CARING.

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