Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, students learn about communicating honestly. They explore different ways communication can be changed through interpretation and intentionally misleading.
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Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 8)
Unit: Take a Stand on Bullying
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Grades:
6
7
8
Students work in small groups to research and present a step-by-step plan to take action to prevent bullying behavior at school. They share their presentations and then select one plan to carry out.
Unit: Concepts of Leadership
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
To enable students to identify the personal attributes of those individual volunteers who chose to be involved in the abolition movement and in the fight for women's suffrage.
Unit: Philanthropy is "Phun"
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Grades:
K
1
2
To understand and use different vocabulary words related to philanthropy....
Unit: Comics and Cartoons of a Civil Society (10th Grade)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners gain awareness of the attributes of justice, kindness, peace and tolerance in a civil society as they search for examples in political cartoons and newspaper comic strips. They create cartoons illustrating an aspect of civil society, and write a paragraph of explanation about their...
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners play a game that helps them identify qualities in others that make them trustworthy.
Unit: Community Impact
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Grades:
6
7
8
In this three-day lesson, students analyze self-esteem in themselves and in fictional and nonfictional characters. They discuss the value of having a positive and realistic image of oneself and set goals for developing self-esteem in self and others by identifying strengths and personal talents/...
Unit: Air Pollution and Asthma (11th Grade)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students gain awareness of the negative effects of air pollution, especially asthma. Students identify some of the sources of air pollution in the school and community and possible ways to improve air quality in these areas.
Unit: Why Do People Give?
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Grades:
3
4
5
Students learn the meaning of the word philanthropy and identify examples of philanthropy in their home, school and community.
Unit: For Love of Country
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Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson describes the military's role in our country and highlights service to country as one of the most sacrificial forms of "voluntary action intended for the common good."
Focus question: What is a citizen's responsibility to participate in civil society?...