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Challenge Games - Ship to Shore

For Teachers 6th - 12th
This is the skeleton lesson of a cooperative challenge game. This lesson assumes the teacher is familiar with cooperative games. If you are familiar then you have probably already done an activity like this one.
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Courage in the Movies

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine the decisions and behaviors of movie characters to encourage awareness of their own ethical decision making. In this character education instructional activity, students discuss integrity and watch one of the listed...
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Dishonesty: Clues and Consequences

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore trustworthiness and dishonesty. In this character development lesson, students discuss dishonest behavior. Students develop scenarios about dishonesty and decide what consequences the person should have.
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Character Book

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the behavior that represents trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness and caring. In this character lesson, students make a collage of pictures demonstrating good behavior.
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How the Cookie Crumbles?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a trust building activity. For this trust building lesson, students discuss the definition of the word "trust." Students understand that by sharing time, talents, and treasures we learn to trust each other....
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Drama: Working Together

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students participate in a host of activities designed to encourage creativity, collaboration, and cooperation. They experience walking in different ways, greeting various types of people, and mirroring, where one student duplicates the...
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"Hector's World": Welcome to the Carnival

For Teachers Pre-K
Students view a cartoon that introduces the concept of trust. For this trustworthiness lesson, students evaluate behaviors and traits of the characters in "Welcome to the Carnival" and identify who can be trusted. Students complete a...
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Hector's World - Lesson Plan Episode 3 - "It's a Serious Game"

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students analyze how to tell if an adult is trustworthy. In this trustworthiness lesson, students watch an episode of "Hector's World" and discuss how to tell if an adult is trustworthy or not. They draw a picture of a person who they...
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Trustworthiness

For Students 4th - 8th
In this trustworthiness worksheet, students answer a set of true/false questions about whether or not they can be trusted, answer a set of questions about a referenced video and complete writing assignments and students activities as...
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Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss communities and why rules are important. In this community lesson plan, students compare and contrast communities with and without rules and play with parachutes and balls.
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Two Trustworthy Texans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read essays.  For this character education lesson, students read about two Texans, answer question about them and discuss their contributions.
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What is Tact?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify tact and how to use it when being honest. In this tact lesson, students discuss examples of tact and complete a related worksheet.
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Be a Good Egg

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use an eggshell decay to represent what happens when a person loses someone's trust. In this trust lesson, students discuss decay and complete an eggshell decay activity. Students use the experiment to represent what happens...
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars use fables to learn about trustworthiness and character education. In this trust lesson, students discuss the fable of the boy who cried 'Wolf' and discuss the importance of telling the truth. Young scholars answer the...
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Trust throughout the day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students draw a picture of a world with and without trust. In this trust lesson plan, students discuss how trust plays a role in their lives every day and how the world would be if we couldn't trust each other.
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When People Steal From Me

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify the effects of theft to learn that stealing is wrong. In this stealing lesson plan, students discuss what it feels like to have something stolen. Students make a list of their six favorite things and list why they are...
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A Monument to Value

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners build a monument to represent trustworthiness. In this trustworthiness lesson plan, students discuss traits related to trustworthiness, suggest images that represent trustworthiness, and build a monument with those images.
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Building Trust

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities about trust. In this trust instructional activity, students discuss trust and working together. Students work in groups to build a LEGO creation using trust and cooperation. Students discuss the overall...
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Community of Trusted Learners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm the characteristics of trusted learners. In this social skills lesson, students brainstorm what a 'community of trusted learners' would look like. Students create a continuum of distrustful to trustful individuals...
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Defining Trustworthiness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the trait of trustworthiness. In this character education lesson, students discuss the attributes of people they trust. Students create a group definition of trustworthiness.
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Earning Trust

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore trustworthiness. In this character development lesson, students brainstorm communities to which they belong and generate common traits of these communities. Students discuss how trust is gained and write a reflection on...
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A Loyal Friend

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the attributes of trust. In this character education lesson, students read the Irish folktale "Beth Gellert". Students discuss the folktale and how they can earn the trust of others.
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Trust Circles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore trustworthiness. In this character development lesson plan, students brainstorm synonyms for trustworthiness. Students consider two communities to which they belong, and compare and contrast these communities by...
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Naming Trust

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a poem. In this character lesson, students read a quote about trust and friendship and discuss what they mean. Students write an acrostic poem using the letters in their name and come up with a phrase or word that...