Character Lab
Character Lab: The Soul of Empathy: Getting, Not Taking, Perspective
We have all learned how to imagine how someone else is feeling - empathy. However, maybe there is a better way to "walk in someone else's shoes". This blog explains why we shouldn't guess how people are doing and just simply ask.
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Character Lab: Social Blind Spots: Feedback to Develop Social Intelligence
How do we know when we are being rude? Research shows we can be quite blind to our social blunders. Read about why social intelligence is in the eye of the beholder.
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Character Lab: Naive Realism: Even the Left Think They're Right
Whether we lean left or right, it's common to think we see the world accurately but our opponents don't. It's easy to confuse opinion with fact. This article discusses how to cultivate intellectual humility - recognizing the limitations...
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Character Lab: Making Kindness Common: How to Raise Kind Kids
Kindness is contagious and kindness spreads. If we want our kids to be kind, not only should we model kindness ourselves, we should go out of our way to expose them to examples within their own age group. Read an example in this blog.
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Character Lab: Proactivity
This article discusses the importance of proactivity and three ways to foster it in children.
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Character Lab: Purpose
This article discusses the importance of having a sense of purpose and ways to foster it in young people.
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Character Lab: Intellectual Humility
Intellectual humility is recognizing the limitations of your knowledge. This article discusses the importance of having intellectual humility and ways to foster it in young people.
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Character Lab: Gratitude: Understanding Your Feelings and Using Them Wisely
This article discusses the importance of having gratitude and ways to foster it in young people.
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Character Lab: Curiosity: Wanting to Know More
This article discusses the importance of being curious and ways to foster it in young people.
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Character Lab: Three Good Things: Gratitude
In this daily reflection, you list three things that went well for you, and why they went well. A printable chart is included.
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Character Lab: Two Stories: Grit
In this writing activity, you reflect on a time when you succeeded and the steps you took to succeed, and also a time when you failed and what you learned from that. Printables and examples are included.
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Character Lab: My Values: Grit, Purpose
In this activity, you will choose 2 to 3 values then write about why they are important to you. Printables and an example of a completed activity are included.
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Character Lab: Gratitude Letter: Gratitude
Write a letter to a person who has influenced your life in a positive way. This could be a teacher, relative, mentor, or coach. If you can, read your letter aloud to the person you chose. Printables and examples are included.
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Character Lab: Gratitude Journal: Gratitude
Keep a journal where you write in detail about things you are grateful for in your life. Choose from a variety of prompts and respond in 5-6 sentences. Printables and examples are included.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Appreciating Yourself
Learn how to teach children to appreciate themselves through activities, writing prompts, and discussion questions about self worth.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger (Spanish)
The Spanish version of a collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young students in learning to control their anger.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger
A collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young students in learning to control their anger.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Who Do You Think You Are?
Students will demonstrate an understanding of character through improvisation. Students will imagine and clearly describe their characters through performance. They will relate a character's actions and emotions and create a setting.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Hooray for Heroes
Find out what characteristics define a hero when you check out this resource. This site provides activities and lesson plans.
EL Education
El Education: The Wolf That Would Forgive
Middle school students write fables for intermediate school students based on a personal experience that taught them an important lesson about life. Students in both age groups learn from this exploration of social and emotional issues...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)
This lesson focuses on denotation and connotation including the abilty to distinguish words according to their emotional or cultural meaning. Your ability to do so can help you understand the author's purpose or more about a character in...
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...
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.
Other
Abwag: Learn About Acting
Student awareness and appreciation of acting will be enhanced after discovering the tricks of the trade. They will learn how to act, feel and think in an acting environment.