Students read about the actions and projects of people their age who stick their necks out for the sake of others.
One 20-minute lesson
The learner will:
This character education mini-lesson is not intended to be a service learning lesson or to meet the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice. The character education units will be most effective when taught in conjunction with a student-designed service project that provides a real world setting in which students can develop and practice good character and leadership skills. For ideas and suggestions for organizing service events go to www.generationon.org.
Anticipatory Set:
Say to the students, "Give me an example of an animal that 'sticks its neck out' [get a few responses, including a giraffe]. What does it mean when a person 'sticks his or her neck out'?" [takes a risk or takes action that is out of his or her comfort zone]
Stories of teens who care from www.giraffe.org. Select "Find Giraffes" and then search for state- and age-specific stories by choosing a state location and "Teens."
Lesson Developed By:
Betsy FlikkemaAll rights reserved. Permission is granted to freely use this information for nonprofit (noncommercial), educational purposes only. Copyright must be acknowledged on all copies.