Students explore the concept of healthy body image through an exploration of media messages. They create commercials that celebrate different bodies’ shapes and sizes. Students learn about obesity and design a comic strip or graphic poster to educate others about healthy eating,...
During this lesson students will remember a time when they felt left out of a group. They will explore how this made them feel, what they did to try to fit into the group and what the group could have done to include them. The students will learn about social groups. They will identify the...
Students will consider obstacles to persevering and write creative "one-liners" to help them face obstacles with creativity, determination and humor....
In this lesson, students brainstorm universal obstacles to completing tasks and/or meeting goals....
In this lesson, students learn to identify bullying behavior using two literature books, Mr. Lincoln's Way and The Secret Bully. They compare and contrast two examples of bullying behavior portrayed in the books and create a peer/staff/family survey...
Students build on their understanding about homelessness, seeking to discover the actual facts and statistics about homelessness locally and nationally.
In this lesson, learners will research and evaluate both personal and community strategies for creating a more respectful, inclusive school community, and present recommendations to the school board and administration. Learners will also examine the role of language in fostering inclusion and...
The students investigate their perceptions about bullying and its relationship to respect. Students brainstorm ways to promote respect of self and others as individuals and as a class/school.
In this lesson, students brainstorm examples of honesty and communicate its value and benefits to the community, family, friends, and self.
Often conflicts arise between different groups in society and lead to conflict. This lesson will look at ways to resolve such issues and respect the rights of others to be heard.