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Through writing, students share their insights into taking responsibility with the resulting benefits or consequences.
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Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
Grades:
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Students take a stand on several statements about the importance of promises. They work in a group to verbalize a point of view about each statement.
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Students read about two very different Texas pioneers and identify how they earned the trust of others.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
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8
Students identify the different communities with which they engage. They explore what it means to develop reciprocal trust within different communities.
Grades:
6
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In this lesson, learners brainstorm the traits of a community of trusted learners, describing what it would look like if students and teachers in a classroom felt a high level of trust with each other. They have the opportunity to rate how their classroom community falls on a trust...
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6
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Students learn about public trust and identify characteristics of public figures that merit trust. They also discuss how they can use their own time, talent, and treasure to support trustworthy politicians, sports figures, corporations, and celebrities.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 7)
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Lesson Three provides an example of someone who acted with integrity, Patrick Henry.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
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6
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Students participate in a role-play of fair and unfair decision-making. They identify behaviors that promote and create barriers to making decisions. After a read-aloud, students compare the lesson in the text to real-life situations.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
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This lesson provides an example of a politician known for his honesty. Students identify why they depend on politicians to be honest, and discuss why it is difficult for politicians to be honest....
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners play a game that helps them identify qualities in others that make them trustworthy.