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Optimism

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson to build the character trait of optimism. They use two quotations to begin the class discussion. Students brainstorm to come up with a definition of optimism. Then they read a story that is used as an...
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I Will Not Let You Down

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the social skill of honesty and trust. They diagram how the two are related and participate in class activities in order to strengthen cognitive connections of how honesty and trust are related. The lesson...
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Tough Boris Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice their expressive voices. In this Tough Boris lesson plan, students read the story by Mem Fox, discuss feeling, and use their own voice to express emotions.
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In-Group Favoritism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discover how to cross social boundaries. In this character education lesson, students discuss the positive and negative impacts of  favortism they witness in their local community as well as the international community. Learners...
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Challenging Discrimination

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore discrimination. In this character education lesson, students define discrimination and discuss instances of it. Students brainstorm methods of encouraging diversity.
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Pumpkin Fallacies

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete circumference activities using a pumpkin and explore treating people fairly in regards to their physical characteristics. In this math and character instructional activity, students view images of pumpkins and describe...
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"Phil"-ing Good

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine what it means to help their community. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students watch a video and read a book that give examples of philanthropic acts. Students make a list of these acts and discuss the emotions...
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Character Education: Caring- Oprah Winfrey

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore celebrity philanthropy. In this character development instructional activity, students read an article and discuss Oprah Winfrey's involvement in several charitable organizations.
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Bullying

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate bullying. For this character education lesson, 7th graders participate in a class discussion on how to make the school a more respectful place. Students brainstorm ideas and develop a plan to create a...
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Character Education- Respect

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discuss what respect means. In this character education lesson, students read the book Cynthia Ann Parker and discuss the philanthropic acts in the book. Students answer questions about the text on the provided worksheet.
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One Small Act

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the trait of caring. In this character education lesson, students discuss acts of kindness and collaborate to promote a kindness campaign.
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A Loyal Friend

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the attributes of trust. For this character education lesson, students read the Irish folktale "Beth Gellert". Students discuss the folktale and how they can earn the trust of others.
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Valuing the World Around You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this character education lesson plan, students examine a quote from John Muir regarding the value of nature.
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Project Based Learing: Social Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore social responsibility. In this service learning lesson, students participate in 4 weekly activities that require them to research "communitarians", write poems about their contributions, and create works of art that...
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Student-Led Parent Conference

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students prepare for student-led parent conferences. In this communication activity, students collect data to build portfolios for use during parent conferences. Students practice their presentations in preparation for the actual...
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All About Me Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this biography/autobiography lesson, students read a few biographies and discuss the term and it's characteristics. Students then brainstorm what makes a good biography/autobiography and create an 'All about me' poster. Suggested...
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Leader for Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop their leadership skills. In this character education lesson, students discuss the characteristics of leaders and create leadership books that feature leadership pointers.
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Dear Mr. Henshaw

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read Dear Mr. Henshaw and identify the character trait of self-respect as exhibited by Leigh throughout the story. They evaluate the author's use of letters to tell the story and discuss how the story would be different if...
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Spookley the Square Pumpkin

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students complete activities with the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin. In this holiday lesson, students listen to the story and create their own Spookley pumpkin with Popsicle sticks and paints. They use their character counts traits...
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ESL Activities: Our Paths to Australia - 15 September 2004

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils identify their own feelings about coming to a new country. Students understand vocabulary associated with emotions. Pupils recognise that their emotions are not unusual amongst people with similar experiences .
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Response to Literature:

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students write about how the book makes them feel, or they can write about what they think the characters are feeling. They share their personal reactions to this very powerful chapter.
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Lesson 2 - Music: A Uniting Force?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain an understanding of the role music plays during a crisis such as wartime. They discuss emotions associated with war and how music connects with these feelings.
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Ideational Stimuli With Color

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students make a creation using colored construction paper. They produce and express a correlation between their particular creation and different qualities of movement by transferring their feelings and/or emotions into a movement...
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Revolutionary Newspaper

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a newspaper article about an important event or cause of the Revolutionary War. In small groups they participate in a jigsaw activity, and return to their original group to report on their new information. Students...

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