The learners read about two very different Texas pioneers - William Goyens and Mary Maverick - and identify how they earned the trust of others....
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Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 8)
Learners play a game that helps them identify qualities in others that make them trustworthy.
The learners identify the different communities with which they engage. They explore what it means to develop reciprocal trust within different communities.
Learners compare two communities to which they belong using a Venn diagram and descriptive words related to trustworthiness.
Unit: Book Builders
In an effort to strengthen the notion that individual voluntary action can have a significant impact, students will create books where one key historical figure's actions turn from philanthropic to selfish. They will imagine what the world would be like in the absence of great...
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
The students will demonstrate self-respect by learning good habits for taking care of their emotional and physical health. The students will be provided with an opportunity to practice treating oneself and being treated by others with respect. They explore why caring for self and others is good...
Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 8)
In this activity, the learners get character snapshots of several different real-life heroes and look for patterns and lessons they can take away. ...
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 6)
The students will define self-discipline and compare and contrast discipline and self-discipline.
Unit: Our Playful Community
Communities come in many different configurations and may be defined by place or purpose. A family, which also comes in many different configurations, is a community that comes together in the same space and/or with the shared interest of caring for one another. The young people describe the...
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
Learners use a decision-making model to identify the issues they feel most concerned about. With those in mind, they explore how perseverance and doing their personal best are more effective ways to address needs than looking at the short term.