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Working in small groups, learners match the classic hero traits to an activist who took social action for the common good.
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Unit: Character Education: Courage (Grade 8)
Unit: Book Builders
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Grades:
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In an effort to make an awesome school year, students draft and share a simple book describing the strengths and needs at the school to challenge everyone to make the school great. They learn the importance of community/social capital by building positive experiences with students of...
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In an effort to strengthen community, students draft and share a book about a character traits. Students learn the importance of community by evaluating the traits required to make a community healthy and functional. Students will publish their completed books and share their works with...
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In an effort to strengthen the notion that individual voluntary action can have a significant impact, students will create books where one key historical figure's actions turn from philanthropic to selfish. They will imagine what the world would be like in the absence of great...
Unit: Building a Caring and Inclusive Classroom
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K
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Students gain empathy and use language to describe the mixed feelings that come with being new to a community. They watch and discuss video clips and compare character traits. Then they read a book and discuss how the book guides them to welcome new students to the classroom as the year...
Unit: Be the Change: Core Values
Grades:
9
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Students explore identity traits through some reflection and discussion activities. They discuss how a community is strengthened by similarities and differences among them. Each student writes a biographical poem using the provided template and their discussion notes.
Unit: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Grades:
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As demonstrated in these folktales, even the smallest things, when shared, can be examples of philanthropy. ...
Unit: Cinderella Stories
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In this lesson, the children compares a Native American version of the Cinderella story with other versions. ...
Unit: Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
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8
The learners will reflect on quotations about self-discipline and relate them to personal goals.
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Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
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Through a choice of prompts, the learners reflect on and express their understanding of being responsible.