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Learners reflect on the relationship between courage and fear, and identify the different character attributes that guide us when facing a challenge.
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Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 8)
Grades:
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Learners choose their favorite heroes from the "Star Wars" movies and identify acts of courage. They read about and discuss the traits of a classic hero from literature.
Grades:
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Students work in a small group to identify the circumstances and courage of a hero who acted for the common good.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
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Students role-play familiar scenarios in ways that follow the rules and support straightforward communication and also ways that do not support the rules. They discuss the value of rules for promoting the common good. This lesson extends over this class period and the next (Lesson Three is a...
Unit: Character Education: Respect (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
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8
This lesson challenges learners to recognize prejudice and examine how they perceive others. Learners discover how prejudices are learned, and they reflect on recognizing their biases....
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
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In this lesson, students choose two causes or issues from a list of twelve causes or issues that they feel most concerned about. With those in mind, they explore how perseverance and doing their personal best are the most effective ways to address needs rather than looking at the short...
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, as a reflection exercise on perseverance, students illustrate a conversation about perseverance between Lyndon B Johnson and an imaginary person.
Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
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8
Reflecting on a quote or a personal experience, students will share their thinking on responsibility defined as following through on a committment or task.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson explores how people can be honest with themselves. Students reflect on how they can be honest with themselves and take personal responsibility.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
In the final reflection, students connect the concepts of fairness and philanthropy through written response to a quote or personal experience.