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Learners play a game that helps them identify qualities in others that make them trustworthy.
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Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 6)
Unit: From Struggle to Success
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Students follow the example of philanthropists who impacted their community by cooperating rather than competing. Students identify their own giving passions and cooperate with each other and a community organization to plan a project. Examples of "cooperative philanthropists" are taken from the...
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Students learn from examples of people who have experienced a struggle and used surrounding resources to make something better for themselves and the people around them. Examples of "servant leadership" are taken from the Our State of Generosity...
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 8)
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Students will define perseverance and identify the need to persevere in completing tasks. They will explore obstacles and excuses that deter perseverance....
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Unit: Community Impact
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Students explore the choices they have and the influences that make up their identity. They choose a method of presentation to share a representation of their identities and how their identities contribute to the common good.
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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: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
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Students discuss biases and recognize that we all have biases, but we aren't always aware of them. Since people have different experiences, we all develop different biases. Students learn that a bias can create an unfair situation....
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8)
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6
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Students analyze survey results, choose a community health need, and design a service project to address it.
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: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
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Students trust another to take them for a blindfolded walk. They discuss what it feels like to be in each role. They discuss the role of trust in communication.
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