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Jacob Have I Loved: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Twins always have double the fun, right? Sara, in Jacob Have I Loved, always is in the shadows of her twin sister. Scholars identify synonyms, answer comprehension questions, foreshadow, and create alliterations as they read about how...
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The Year of Billy Miller: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Can you really knock the sense into someone? It seems that the bump on Billy's head changed his perspective on things in The Year of Billy Miller. Readers discover that after his injury, Billy appreciates his parents more and is nicer to...
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Character Building - Brick Wall

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers build a wall of kindness. For this character education lesson, students design a character trait bulletin board that features noteworthy student acts of kindness.
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The Roots of Good Character: Kindness

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this character education worksheet, learners examine situations where they could show kindness. Students also learn the word forms: kind, kindly, kindness. Learners read 6 illustrated situations and place the proper form of "kind" in...
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Character Ambassadors

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars act as ambassadors. In this character education lesson, students take on the roles of ambassadors of the character traits listed. Young scholars write essays regarding the character traits they select.
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Word Search: Personal Character Traits

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this character education word search worksheet, students locate 15 words. All are positive character traits. This puzzle is in the shape of a lock and key.
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Honesty

For Students 1st - 8th
In this character education learning exercise, students review the trait of honesty as they analyze the picture and message depicted on this mini-poster.
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Bridges for All: Better Way

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore organizations founded for the common good. For this character education lesson, students read about organizations that developed for the common good during the Civil War and Reconstruction. In small groups, learners...
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Dogfighting Unit Lesson Five--The Media and Propaganda

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the implications of dogfighting. In this character education lesson, students examine propaganda in advertising and then create their own anti-dogfighting advertisements.
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the importance of friendship. In this character education lesson, students read the book Will You Be My Friend? and invite college level students into the classroom. Students discuss what they have in common with the...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate the concept of friendship. For this character education lesson, students read the book Best Friends and discuss what friendship means. Students create a picture book about their likes and dislikes.
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Building Communities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the ADL's Pyramid of Hate and use it to identify bullying instances they are aware of. In this character education lesson, students discuss their findings and design activities or programs to combat bullying in their own...
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Sticking Together: Sharing Our Stories, Our Differences, and Our Similarities

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a classroom community. For this character education lesson, students discuss the functions of communities and then work in small groups to write stories to be shared with their classmates.
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Outsiders Unit Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete novel analysis activities for the The Outsiders. In this novel analysis instructional activity, students complete three weeks of lessons that help them analyze the text and character education lessons within the novel.
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Poems of Respect

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write poems of respect. In this character education lesson, students use the words "please," "thank you," "excuse me," and "I'm sorry" in acrostic poems that define the polite words and phrases.
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Passing Notes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate how to give compliments. In this character education activity, students are given an envelope with strips of paper to write compliments on. Students are asked to give one compliment to each classmate. The students...
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Citizenship

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss and define the term citizenship. For this character education lesson, students explore the responsibilities of citizenship in small groups. Additionally, students compare events in history and discuss their personal...
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Honesty

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this honesty word search instructional activity, students find 20 words pertaining to character education. The words include "fairness," "respect," and "truthfulness."
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How to Answer Moral Questions

For Students 7th - 9th
For this character education worksheet, students respond to five short answer questions related to ideal moral judgment. First, they explain why it is important, which components is most difficult, and how one engages in rational and...
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Teamwork Poster

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this character education poster worksheet, students read the teamwork caption and examine the picture the exemplifies teamwork.
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In-Group Favoritism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how to cross social boundaries. In this character education lesson, students discuss the positive and negative impacts of  favortism they witness in their local community as well as the international community....
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Challenging Discrimination

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore discrimination. In this character education lesson plan, students define discrimination and discuss instances of it. Students brainstorm methods of encouraging diversity.
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What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify feelings and learn how to handle conflict. In this character education instructional activity, discuss what to do when a friend is feeling sad and develop positive ways to handle negative feelings.
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The Beagle Brigade

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students brainstorm how to handle conflict scenario.  In this character education instructional activity, students read a story and respond as to how the characters should handle the conflict. Students examines feelings...

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