By engaging in an arts-based activity, 2nd graders explore peace in the classroom. They listen to the story The Rainbow Fish, then create their own fish to hang in the classroom. They write three things that make them happy on...

Students work with younger students to collaborate to create a painting. In this instructional activity, students read Life Doesn't Frighten Me. High School students write and discuss fears with Kindergarten children, and then create an...

Students hear the story, "The Sand Castle" and answer a given set of questions. They discuss their answers and then perform a skit of the story, "The Sand Castle." Students practice and sing a new song about sharing and caring.

Students explore the importance of family communication and cohesiveness.  In this family life lesson, students complete activities which demonstrate the characteristics of a strong family that is committed to staying together.

First graders read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They consider when they have shared with someone or expressed caring. They write, illustrate and compile a fish book that tells of their caring and sharing experiences.

Mem Fox’s Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge provides the labels for a graphing activity. Class members create an illustration of a memory item brought from home, and place their illustration in the proper column of a graph. When the...

Youngsters create class rules by determining the environment they would like to have in their classroom. They come to a consensus about how to have a safe, fair, fun learning environment by discussing the rules in the Karla Kustin poem,...

Middle schoolers determine how they are included in "Circles of Strength." In this character activity, young scholars reflect on how they are part of "Circles of Strength" in the "Circle of Life." They make an individual circle that...

Students examine how artists depict the idea of caring in works of art. They create drawings of themselves that use the principles of design to express their feelings of caring for something.

Observe the National Day of Service and Remembrance with a service learning lesson plan. After discussing the events of September 11, 2001, learners plan and implement their own service learning project in honor of American...

Students participate in a global art project in which students from around the world share their art. They explore different cultures and languages as they view different types of art.

Students compare and contrast likenesses and differences to others by creating a life-size picture of themselves. In this character building lesson plan, students dictate a sentence about comments on sharing and display them with their...

Students discuss respect, responsibility, and honesty, and participate in a project that reaches beyond the classroom.

Second graders examine the skills they need to have in order to function successfully in a family unit. They look at how families are different from one another and at the dynamics that exist in the families in this unit of lessons.

Students write an acrostic poem and analyze a work of art. In this art lesson plan, students look at a picture and answer questions about it, write a poem, write about the setting in the painting they saw, and answer short questions...

Students identify different kinds of lines in art and nature. They use continuous, curved line to create a drawing.

Students increase listening comprehension and use critical thinking skills to make a picture. In this philanthropic behavior lesson plan, students draw pictures in three parts. Each part is drawn by another students. Students share their...

Students investigate ways to protect themselves against AIDS while learning compassion for the those with the disease. In this HIV/AIDs lesson, students discuss ways to protect themselves against contacting the disease. Students discuss...

Youngster learn the importance of cooperation and sharing through a fun art project! Following a brief introductory discussion in which the class brainstorms how they can use their hands to share, youngster get divided into pairs to...

Students explore how to make something out of nothing. In this recycling lesson, students discuss the importance of recycling and what effects their choices could have on future generations. Students create something new out of used...

Students explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy lesson, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy helped the tree....

Students investigate the concept of being part of a global community. In this global community lesson, students learning the definition of stewardship as it relates to taking care of the Earth. They listen to the lyrics of the song,...

Students create their own yarn painting using glue and scraps of yarn and wool.

Students interview senior citizens. For this communications lesson, students read the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and discuss how to be sensitive to people of a different generation. Students develop interview questions and...