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70 resources with the concept self discipline

Confucius: The Most Famous Teacher in China Worksheet

Confucius: The Most Famous Teacher in China

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5th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewIntroduce young philosophers to the wisdom of China's most famous thinkers with a short bio. The reading comprehension passage includes an answer key.
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Lists to Live By: Developing a Self-Improvement Plan Lesson Plan

Lists to Live By: Developing a Self-Improvement Plan

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6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Ben Franklin was a man with a plan. Learners investigate his plan for self-improvement using excerpts from Franklin's autobiography. Then, pupils develop their own plans and discuss how to sell them to others using the two-session lesson...
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Diffuse the Situation Lesson Plan

Diffuse the Situation

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6th
CCSS: Designed
A scholar is wrongly accused of cheating on a test. How should he or she respond? Learners brainstorm ideas for diffusing a difficult situation. Next, they work in small groups to complete a conflict scenario role-play worksheet. As an...
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But I’m Mad! Lesson Plan

But I’m Mad!

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6th
CCSS: Designed
How can people handle anger productively? Scholars discuss peaceful and productive ways to respond to anger and share their own experiences with the emotion. As an optional science extension, learners conduct an experiment to determine...
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Talk It Out Lesson Plan

Talk It Out

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6th
CCSS: Designed
Is it easier to squeeze toothpaste out of a tube or push it back in? Through activities scholars make the connection that it's much harder to take back angry words than to use them. Additionally, they sit in a talking circle to share...
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Understanding Anger Lesson Plan

Understanding Anger

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6th
CCSS: Designed
Can anger actually have positive side effects? To begin the first of four Resolving Conflicts Peacefully lessons, pupils discuss the ways anger can be both helpful and hurtful. Next, they watch a brief video about anger management before...
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Planning Time Lesson Plan

Planning Time

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9th - 12th
Ever feel there's just not enough hours in the day? Young adults explore an important part of personal development using a group of activities. After comparing how they actually spend their time with how they would like to, scholars...
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Roadmap to Success Lesson Plan

Roadmap to Success

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6th
CCSS: Designed
Life is a highway ... where will yours lead? Scholars pave the way toward success in the fourth of five college and career readiness lesson plans. Using the SMART system, individuals begin mapping out the steps they will follow to...
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WOOP Lesson Plan

WOOP

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7th - 12th
Achieving your goals can be as easy as Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, and Plan! Show your class how to turn their personal and academic desires into reality using a time-proven process. The resource focuses on self control and guides users...
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“Sounds Like” Game Lesson Plan
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“Sounds Like” Game

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7th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Would you describe your class as active listeners ... or just active? Turn the tables and become the distractor using a lesson on listening and self-discipline. Pupils work together to identify sounds you play for them while you make...
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Coping With Stress Research Project Lesson Plan

Coping With Stress Research Project

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7th
CCSS: Designed
To learn more about the current medical and psychological studies on stress, seventh graders conduct individual or group research and discuss what they found in a series of evaluation questions. They then decide whether they would use...
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Random Acts of Kindness: Peer Pressure
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Random Acts of Kindness: Peer Pressure

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8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young people often have the best intentions at heart—but perhaps not the best influences in their ear. Encourage middle schoolers to resist the seemingly irresistible pull of peer pressure with a series that culminates in a research project about historical figures who stood up for others.
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Standing Up for the Rights of Others Lesson Plan
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Standing Up for the Rights of Others

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8th
CCSS: Designed
What makes Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela heroic? High schoolers study historical figures who have famously—and perhaps not so famously—stood up for the rights of others before discussing why their chosen person is an...
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The “R” Word Lesson Plan
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The “R” Word

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7th
CCSS: Designed
At the root of every case of discrimination is simple ignorance. Instruct class members to not only become aware of the plights of others, but of the levels of their own ignorance, with an activity and discussion about cultural and...
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“I” Messages Lesson Plan
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“I” Messages

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7th
CCSS: Designed
Having a hard time expressing your feelings? Most teenagers have the exact same problem. Help them use words to describe the way they feel with a resource that focused on conveying the way they feel, rather than the actions of others.
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Negotiation Skills Lesson Plan
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Negotiation Skills

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7th
CCSS: Designed
What's the most effective way to get what you want? Middle schoolers practice negotiating without arguing in a lesson focused on clear communication.
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Speaking Skills Lesson Plan
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Speaking Skills

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7th
CCSS: Designed
Our technology-rich world often keeps young people from knowing how to communicate without a screen. Help them with these essential skills in an activity that prompts conversation partners to pay attention, ask questions, and show...
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When My Work is Finished Graphic Organizer

When My Work is Finished

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4th - 8th
The most chaotic time in the classroom can be when some people are finished with their work, but others aren't. A checklist and reflection worksheet reminds learners what their options are after finishing their work, including reading,...
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Active Listening Skills Lesson Plan
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Active Listening Skills

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7th
CCSS: Designed
The other part of speaking skills is listening! Seventh graders work together to practice listening about each other's favorite activities, and reflect on how being a better listener can improve their relationships.
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What Does Listening Mean to You? Lesson Plan
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What Does Listening Mean to You?

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7th
CCSS: Designed
If someone talked to you for a full minute, what would you hear? Middle schoolers evaluate their own listening skills with a collaborative activity that incorporates discussing, writing, and guided instruction about active listening.
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Active Listening Lesson Plan
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Active Listening

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7th
CCSS: Designed
Listening to a friend is not just waiting for your turn to talk. Learn more about active listening and what it really means to be a good listener with a lesson that focuses on kindness and compassion for others.
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Facing Tough Situations Book Report Lesson Plan
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Facing Tough Situations Book Report

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8th
CCSS: Designed
You can learn a lot more from a great book than figurative language and elements of plot. A lesson plan that focuses on acts of kindness and facing adversity blends into a book report activity in which learners focus on attributes that...
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Real Time Response Lesson Plan
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Real Time Response

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8th
CCSS: Designed
Is it easier to stand up for yourself, or for another person? Put the question to the test with an activity that prompts class members to consider different scenarios that involve someone pressuring them — and then to consider the same...
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Ways to Respond to Peer Pressure Lesson Plan
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Ways to Respond to Peer Pressure

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8th
CCSS: Designed
It may not be difficult to say no to a stranger who is pressuring you, but what happens when it's your friends? Middle schoolers explore different responses to situations that involve peer pressure with a collaborative activity.
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