Character Teacher Resources

Students discuss hero tales. In this character education lesson, students identify heroes from the movie Star Wars and explain how the hero showed courage. Students reflect upon their own definition of courage and present it to the class.

Students consider the implications of respect. In this character education instructional activity, students create a list of attributes that people use to size others up when they first meet them. Students discuss how to show others...

Eighth graders define caring. In this character education lesson, 8th graders examine the attributes of compassion as they discuss altruism, empathy, and selflessness.

Students explore trustworthiness and dishonesty. For this character development lesson, students discuss dishonest behavior. Students develop scenarios about dishonesty and decide what consequences the person should have.

Students discuss how to solve problems in the community. For this character education lesson, students brainstorm major problems in their neighborhoods and list them on the board. Students are divided into groups and focus on one topic...

Students demonstrate compassion for others. In this character education lesson, students view photos from magazines and interpret what they see. Students discuss the feelings they get when viewing the photos.

Students develop and recognize positive traits and random acts of kindness through modeling, positive reinforcement, class discussions and activities and charting the traits. This continues throughout an entire year.

Middle schoolers discover the meaning of fairness. In this character education lesson, students create their own meanings of fairness and compare them to their classmates' definitions. The middle schoolers discuss fairness in different...

Fifth graders inquire and research using secondary and primary resources.  For this leadership traits unit, 5th graders investigate information about Harry S. Truman and present on his early life and leadership abilities. Possible lesson...

Students examine the story elements of characters, plot, and setting. They identify the story elements from various "ingredients" taken out of a pot, and add their own story element "ingredients" on index cards into the pot.

Students examine the meaning of the word icon as it relates to media and pop culture. They watch and discuss film clips, write a mini-biography, take a Film Icon Quote quiz, and write a written response to the film clips.

In this character figure number three worksheet, students color and illustrate the character posing as number three for decorations.

In this language arts worksheet, students focus upon the characters of a novel and take the time to discuss this literary element.

First graders watch a version of the story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and listen to the book, The Rainbow Fish, and identify the story elements of characters, character traits, setting, problem and solution.

Fourth graders conduct Internet research on George W. Norris and identify his accomplishments. They analyze their research information, list George W. Norris's character traits, and create a flipbook.

In this number two character figure activity, students pronounce the number, cut the number two out and then color the number two.