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Macmillan Education

Know Yourself

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
After completing a short self-assessment, partners use the provided questions and take turns acting as life coaches.
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K20 LEARN

Just Say No!: Exploring Temptation Through The Lotus Eaters

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teenagers face many temptations, and just saying "No!" can be very difficult. Here's a activity that provides some help. Learners use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast excerpts from The Odyssey, Tennyson's "The Lotus-Eaters," and...
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Curated OER

Using Tableaux Vivants in Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use tableaux vivants to engage in the Much Ado About Nothing playIn this tableax vivants lesson, students read the scen from the play and discuss the key elements in terms of character revelation and action. Students work in...
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Curated OER

Using Inspiration Software to Explore Characters In Stories

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify characters, their qualities, and examples of their qualities and use Inspiration to organize them in a clear and understandable format. After a lecture/demo, students use the program on the next story by themselves.
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Curated OER

Poems Put to Use

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars listen to sample poetry recitations. They discuss times when poetry might be used in real-life situations to move/motivate other people or audiences. They identify particularly moving passages and then quote them...
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Act it Out

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss racial stereotypes.  In this racial stereotypes instructional activity, students develop a character from information given to them on an index card.  Students give their character a race different from their own and...
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Curated OER

Theatre: Persuasive Explorers

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students act like a famous explorer. In this explorer instructional activity, students research an explorer and act out persuasive arguments in which that explorer might be involved.
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Curated OER

Dodging Responsibility

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore responsibility. In this character education lesson plan, students review the definition of responsibility and brainstorm possible consequences of taking responsibility and not taking responsibility.  Student's thoughts...
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Curated OER

Literature Circles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups in order to motivate one another to develop reading comprehension and literacy skills. The skills are built through the sharing of fine literature. They maintain a reading log to keep accountable for the...
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Curated OER

Dramatizing Fables

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students familiarize themselves with fables by listening to several of them. They define fables. They identify the moral of a specific fable. They identify characters, plot and sequence of events. They create a mask of a character in a...
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Convincing Characters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create vivid, active characters for a story. In this character lesson, students discuss the characters in books they are familiar with. Students create a list of novels they have read and discuss the character types. Students...
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Curated OER

Character's Qualities

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze the a character's qualities and the effects of these qualities on the plot and the resolution of the conflict in the story "The Pigman and Me." They develop a list of the qualities, discuss if these qualities were...
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Watergate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are asked to think about their attitudes towards politicans. They describe the character of Richard Nixon and the attitude of his White House. Students are told about the Watergate scandal. They discuss the effects of the...
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Curated OER

Screwing Courage in Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read, analyze, and act out the scenes 1.7.29-79 of the William Shakespeare play, "Macbeth." They discuss motivation, tactics, and obstacles, and improvise scenes suggested by the class.
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Curated OER

Robin Hood: England's Man of Mystery

For Teachers 5th
Students study the tale of Robin Hood to further their knowledge of character traits, improve their vocabularies, and increase their knowledge of the Medieval Ages. In this Robin Hood lesson, students complete 14 lessons that help them...
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Let the Leader Beware

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider the tone of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In this drama lesson, students read the first two acts of the play and discuss tone of the acts. Students also respond to questions about the characters and their motives.
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Dear Young Philanthropist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the lives of philanthropists from history and role-play as them. They write letters to students explaining their motivations for helping others. They prepare visual presentations of their chosen philanthropists.
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Curated OER

African-American Autobiography for the Middle School Student

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. For each author, they research their life and works and discuss why it reflects different time periods of African-Americans. In groups, they brainstorm characteristics...
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I'm Thankful For...

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in a lesson plan that demonstrates the character trait of thankfulness. The teacher enthusiastically shares something to be thankful for with the class. Then they spend the time to draw an idea of something to be...
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Curated OER

Integraded Skills and Speaking: Speed-Dating

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils practice speaking and using adjectives to describe someone's character. They also revise question formation structures.
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Letter Writing from a Different Perspective

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a letter from one character to another in a story they are reading. In this writing lesson plan, 3rd graders demonstrate their understanding of perspective.
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The Amazon Rain Forest

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders perform a play about the Amazon Rain Forest. They practice assigned parts and sing a song about the Rain Forest. They create costumes for the characters and discuss the role each character plays. They perform the play...
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What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify feelings and learn how to handle conflict. In this character education lesson, discuss what to do when a friend is feeling sad and develop positive ways to handle negative feelings.
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Discovering Our Legacy of Giving

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the characteristics of philanthropists.  In this cross- curricular lesson, 7th graders evaluate the character traits of people from a film. Students write a metaphor about responsibility to community.