Grades:
6
7
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.
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Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 7)
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
The students will set a personal goal and make a plan for using self-discipline to meet the goal. They will reflect on their level of self-discipline and their determination to increase that level as they mature.
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Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
This third lesson on integrity focuses on Frederik de Klerk as an example of integrity.
Unit: Philanthropy: Individuals and Their Surroundings
Grades:
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
An activity and picture book discussion illustrate the tendency for people to see differences as a reason to fight. As we see in political divisions, society can be torn apart by factions. Differences provide an opportunity to be curious about someone else. Factions may also have a...
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Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners determine different ways that they show caring. They write the things they care about in word webs related to "how" they care about each thing.
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Self-Discipline is a little hard to define because it varies by personal experiences. This activity uses discussion and analysis to define self-discipline through examples and non-examples.
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Unit: Mighty Pens: Writers for Positive Change
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners write personal narratives to document activities, insights, research, impact, and discoveries of their firsthand experience with civic engagement, service, and volunteerism. By explaining involvement in action for the common good, learners raise awareness of a social issue, the need for...
Unit: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades:
K
1
2
The conversation centers on bringing individuals together in community, as they learned from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We each have individual strengths, and we are stronger together as we share our hopes for a world united in generosity for all. The children bind individual pages together...
Unit: Living History-An Intergenerational Philanthropy Project
Grades:
3
4
5
Young people prepare for their visit to the retirement home by writing an autobiography. They work together to come up with questions to ask their senior friends. ...
Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners reflect on the relationship between courage and fear, and identify the different character attributes that guide us when facing a challenge.