PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Caring for Each Other: Pre K and K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, explore caring for each other.
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen [Pdf]
Helping a child become responsible isn't always an easy process. This comprehensive site is directed towards parents (and can be easily adapted for educators) who would like to teach their children to become responsible citizens.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Lying, Cheating, Stealing
A four part NPR series on contemporary ethics, one part talks starts with whether one should eat a grape in the supermarket without paying for it, and then expands the topic. The second part is corporation/business ethics. The third is...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guides for Middle School
Although these teaching guides are designed to be used with a video series called "Big Changes, Big Choices," most of the material here can be used without the videos. The topics covered in this series include both life skills and...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guides for High School
The pages in this website were created to accompany two video series, "In Search of Character" and "Not for Sale - Ethics in the Workplace, but most of the material can easily be used without the videos. Character topics include traits...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Character Education
This site is loaded with resources for developing and maintaining a character education program in your school, class or team. It includes information on service learning, ethics in the workplace and leading class discussions as well as...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Responsibility
Learn about the importance of being responsible at home, at school, and in your community. This website, meant to accompany a video on responsibility and good character, provides several discussion questions, writing prompts, and more.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Responsibility, Doing the Right Thing, and Respect
Learn about the "3 R's of Growing Up:" responsibility, doing the right thing, and respecting yourself. This website lists several ways in which you can fullfil the "3 R's" as well as questions for discussion, writing prompts,...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Challenge [Pdf]
"The Challenge" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a boy who is careless and loses or breaks things. When he broke his drum by using knives on it, his mother gave him a challenge to learn responsibility. It is followed by...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Lost Dog [Pdf]
"The Lost Dog" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a boy who let his dog out alone instead of walking him. The dog ran away with another dog, and he spent the day hunting for the dog in the cold. It is followed by...
Other
Senior Magazine Online: Teaching Responsibility
The qualities of a responsible person can be described but it can sometimes be a difficult concept to teach. This particular article frames this topic from the perspective of a parent but many points can be applied in a classroom setting.
Other
Five Steps to Teaching Solid Character in Students
The author of this article argues that character development must be taught in schools and that teachers must take steps to make sure students understand what perseverance, determination, empathy, responsibility, respect, and caring are....
PBS
Frontline: Individual Responsibility Classroom Activity
A lesson plan utilizing a PBS Frontline video about a shtetl during the holocaust to teach students about individual responsibility. Includes questions to encourage thinking and discussion.
Curated OER
Kids Health: When It's Just You After School
If you ever spend any time home alone, you know that there are pluses and minuses to the situation. Sometimes it is nice to just have your whole house to yourself, but other times you are lonely and bored. It is very important that you...
Read Works
Read Works: Our House Rules
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Annie who learns some important house rules. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: The Helping List
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage shares a list of ways to be helpful. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
Read Works
Read Works: The Great Escape
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction story shares the story of a girl who is taking care of animals and makes a mistake. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
US Department of Education
U.s. Department of Education: Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen
Help your child develop a strong character and become a responsible citizen through activities suggested in the booklet written by the U. S. Department of Education. The material is available online or as a downloadable PDF document.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Being Responsible
How can you be a responsible person? Discuss this question with friends, classmates, and your parents with the help of useful questions and writing prompt at this website. Includes "Educational goals" and tips on "How to be a responsible...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guides for K 5
Guides for teaching life skills that range from trustworthiness to conflict resolution. These guides were created for use with a set of videos, "The Six Pillars of Character," but most of the information and ideas can be used without...
Scholastic
Scholastic Teacher Resources: Character Makes a Comeback
Describes three examples of programs that effectively teach responsibility. Discusses how responsibility can be developed.
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Citizenship: Attitudes/actions of Responsible Citizenship
Understanding how your values and attitudes influence your views as a citizen can be difficult. This activity will help you become aware of your actions, attitudes, beliefs, and values maybe for the first time. So be prepared to...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Civics: Suffrage
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which they examine how citizens can participate responsibly and effectively in American civic and political life to catalyze a successful democratic society.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: The Six Pillars of Character: Responsibility
Learn how to be responsible with simple tips, discussion questions, and activity ideas. This website, meant to accompany a video on respect, is a good resource for young children who are learning about respect in school and at home.