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Genes and Inheritance

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars explore genes and inheritance. After listening to a story describing a rare genetic disease, students discuss inheritance and how living things pass on traits to their children. In groups young scholars, students...
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Take a Look in the Mirror: What Do You See?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine their perceptions of themselves. In this personal health lesson plan, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to describe themselves and share those descriptions with their classmates. Students...
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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.
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Triumphant Spirit

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students watch a video which allows them to listen to a woman tell her tale as a young girl in Germany. Upon viewing this video and completing the reading assignment, students write about a person with a triumphant spirit.
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Character Education - Tolerance "The Big Orange Splot"

For Teachers K
Students explore the character trait of tolerance. They listen to the story, The Big Orange Splot, discuss the concept of tolerance, and create a house out of a cereal box and other craft materials.
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Posters -- What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the basics of poster productions. In groups, they follow written directions to make a poster about asthma, allergies, AIDS, or personal safety. They present their poster to the class and reflect on the process in a journal.
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The Art of Creating a Character Using a Press Conference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners brainstorm and create list of traits of memorable fictional characters they have read about, write down ten characteristics about new character that they are going to create, discuss ways to make characters come alive, and write...
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Characterization

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students draw pictures to generate ideas about a character. They use prewriting skills to plan written work. They then dictate or write detailed descriptions of familiar person, places, objects, or experiences.
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What was the lesson learned in the story, "One Grain of Rice?"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete activities with the folktale "One Grain of Rice." In this folktale instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss the instructional activity learned in the story. They also tell character traits of the main character...
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"Hector's World": Welcome to the Carnival

For Teachers Pre-K
Students view a cartoon that introduces the concept of trust. In this trustworthiness lesson, students evaluate behaviors and traits of the characters in "Welcome to the Carnival" and identify who can be trusted. Students complete a...
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Lizards

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recall lizards from the text and report their important traits. The teacher adds the information to the map. They watch the map expand while it organizes all of the lizards and their characteristics.
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An Introduction to Citizenship and Sacrifice

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners are introduced to a simple review of citizenship and sacrifice though the lives of Washington and Lee. The lesson plan is portrayed as a play and fosters personal application opf the concepts revealed.
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Personification Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a clay object in which they are to personify. They use their own personal experiences to help the viewer imagine what it would be like to be that particular object. They also watch videos of fables to help them with...
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Local and Global Sustainability Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the characteristics that define a sustainable community at the local and global level. They create and prioritize a list of traits, read and discuss a magazine article, and create a poster.
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Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in the reading of a non-fiction text in order to acquire character traits as displayed in the text.The story builds reading fluency through the teacher modeling correct style and speed.
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Pre-reading for Julius Caesar

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine friendship and leadership by creating "friendship committees" to develop a class friendship constitution. Committees list qualities/traits of a friend, as well as friendship infractions. These committees join together...
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Social Studies: Adolescent Characteristics

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the various characteristics of adolescence. In a Powerpoint presentation they observe the physical, emotional, and social traits of adolescence. In groups, they investigate researchers associated with developmental...
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Ten Crucial Days- George Washington as a Hero Figure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the heroic qualities of George Washington. For this Revolutionary War lesson, students recognize heroic qualities and construct a Hero Hall of Fame. Students construct posters that exemplify heroic traits.
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Responsibility and Jobs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...
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Art for the Common Good: Junkanoo!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore characteristics of effective group work. In this multi-cultural social studies activity, students work in teams to design and construct a headdress similar to what would be worn during the Bahamian festival of Junkanoo....
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Tuesday Tours: Communication

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore communication skills. For this career traits lesson, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Students discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication in the...
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A Picture Book of George Washington

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners discuss the character traits of George Washington. In this George Washington lesson, students read A Picture Book of George Washington, discuss the book, and complete worksheet activities about Washington's self-discipline and...
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Basic Genetic Concepts and Terms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Have you ever wondered why you aren't taller or invisible? It all comes down to your dominant and recessive genes. Introduce your class members to genetics with a presentation that includes worksheets for young geneticists to complete...
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The Value of Behavioral Variation in Homo sapiens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look at the behavioral characteristics of their peers from a historical perspective, and realize that, in the larger scheme of a community, these behaviors do have some value, and that a society as complex as ours does need the...

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