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Good Character: School to Work: Ethics in the Workplace

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can become involved in "thorny scenarios" that showcase the need for various workplace ethics such as honesty, personal responsibility, positive attitude, teamwork, and professionalism. The site offers a video-based learning...
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Good Character: Ethical Dilemmas for Classroom Discussion Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
An archive of challenging ethical dilemmas relevant to the experiences of high-school students. Use this solid set of resources as the foundation for lessons that teach about ethical choices and values based on real-life contexts and...
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Good Character: The Socratic Approach to Character Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A how-to article that illustrates how teachers can educate students about making choices that are consistent with their ethical values. A comprehensive plan for using the venerable Socratic method to reinforce critical-thinking skills by...
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Good Character: Teaching Guides for Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Although these teaching guides are designed to be used with a video series called "Big Changes, Big Choices," most of the material here can be used without the videos. The topics covered in this series include both life skills and...
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Good Character: Teaching Guides for High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The pages in this website were created to accompany two video series, "In Search of Character" and "Not for Sale - Ethics in the Workplace, but most of the material can easily be used without the videos. Character topics include traits...
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Good Character: Character Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is loaded with resources for developing and maintaining a character education program in your school, class or team. It includes information on service learning, ethics in the workplace and leading class discussions as well as...
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Good Character: Trustworthiness

For Students 9th - 10th
Material at this website is meant to accompany a video in the "In Search of Character" series. However, a self-evaluation quiz, definition of "Trust," discussion questions, writing assignments, and activity ideas can be used with...
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Good Character: Caring

For Students 9th - 10th
An online guide to accompany a video in the "In Search of Character," series, this website includes a definition of "Caring," discussion questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas. Good ideas for discussing how we care about other...
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Good Character: Integrity

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a definition of "Integrity," along with discussion questions, activity ideas, and writing prompts. Learn whether you are a "Person of integrity," through a self-evaluation quiz and learn ways to promote integrity among your friends,...
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Good Character: Honesty

For Students 9th - 10th
What is honesty? How can you be an honest person? Find the answers to these questions as well as discussion questions, essay prompts, a self-evaluation quiz, and activity ideas.
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Good Character: Fairness: Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn whether you are a fair person with a self-evaluation quiz, then discuss fairness and justice with others using questions, activity ideas, and essay prompts.
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Good Character: The Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you be trustworthy? Find simple ways to be a trustworthy person, discussion questions, and activity ideas. This website accompanies a video from "The Six Pillars of Character" video series, but can be used by itself or as part of...
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Good Character: The Six Pillars of Character: Caring

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Do you know how to be a caring person? Find answers to this question, discussion prompts, writing ideas, and activities for children learning about what it means to care for other people.
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Good Character: The Six Pillars of Character: Fairness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn how to be a fair person. This website lists simple things you can do to be fair to others as well as discussion questions and activity ideas through which young students can think critically about what it means to be fair.
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Good Character: Do the Right Thing

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Choose to do the right thing when faced with tough decisions. This website helpd you use good judgment by providing simple questions and example situations. Includes ideas for writing and activities as well as notes for parents.
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Good Character: Courage

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a self-evaluation quiz to find out if you are a "Person of courage." This website, a guide to accompany a video on courage, includes discussion questions, activity ideas, and writing prompts for students learning about what it means...
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Good Character: Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you a good citizen? Take the self-evaluation quiz at this website and find out. Also, learn how being a good citizen helps you not only to build good character but also to make good decisions in your community.
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Good Character: Respect

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about what it takes to be a respectful person through a self-evaluation, writing prompts, activity ideas, and discussion questions.
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Good Character: Responsibility

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the importance of being responsible at home, at school, and in your community. This website, meant to accompany a video on responsibility and good character, provides several discussion questions, writing prompts, and more.
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Good Character: Diligence

For Students 9th - 10th
What is diligence? What does it mean to be a diligent person? Discuss these questions through the questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas provided at this website.
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Good Character: Responsibility, Doing the Right Thing, and Respect

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the "3 R's of Growing Up:" responsibility, doing the right thing, and respecting yourself. This website lists several ways in which you can fullfil the "3 R's" as well as questions for discussion, writing prompts,...
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Good Character: Getting Along With Parents

For Students 3rd - 8th
Getting along with your parents can be difficult at times. Learn how to improve your relationship with your parents and family members by discussing your problems and needs with your classmates. This website includes several discussion...
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Good Character: Preventing Conflicts & Violence

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how conflicts arise, how to prevent conflicts, and how emotions and attitudes affect conflicts. Also, learn how to speak out against violence with the help of the discussion questions, activity ideas, and writing prompts provided...
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Good Character: Saying No to Alcohol and Other Drugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discuss negative peer pressure and learn about the harmful ways that drugs and alcohol can affect your body and mind. This website provides several discussion questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas through which you can talk and...