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One Small Act

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore the trait of caring. In this character education instructional activity, students discuss acts of kindness and collaborate to promote a kindness campaign.
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What is Philanthropy?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define common good. For this philanthropy lesson, students review the meaning of philanthropy and define common good. Students share with a partner a time when they did an act of kindness for another person. Students read about...
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Angels of Generosity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write a generosity journal which chronicals acts of kindness after reading the Surat story, Angel Child, Dragon Child.
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Philanthropists: Past, Present, Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of philanthropy. In this philanthropy lesson, students compare the work of antislavery activists to work of philanthropic activists today. Student implement a plan to share kindness with others.
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Words Will Break Your Heart

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice being kind. In this character education lesson, students identify hurtful words they have heard and then share kind words they have heard. Students discuss the impact of hurtful words.
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Justice and Kindness Play a Part: King Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers recognize injustice in the world. In this social justice lesson, students discuss the responsibility they have to be advocates for justice and kindness and identify a time when they felt they were treated unfairly.
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Character Education - Kindness

For Teachers 1st - 6th
How to get students to always remember to be kind to one another.
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Just-Us and Kindness: A Voice for Children: King Day

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, 8th graders read human rights literature and use information gleaned to discuss children's rights around the world. Students discuss scenarios meant to prompt...
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Parents and Children Working Together for Tikkun Olam

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of Tikkun Olam as a way of improving their world. They listen to the story of Hayley Fields' goal to raise money for a new Torah and discuss what inspires them about her story. After discussion, they...
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Sharing our Talents: Art from the Heart

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of giving. In this gifts and talents instructional activity, students read a story about giving one's talents in Native American culture. Students analyze their own special gifts or talents and paint a...
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

For Students 7th - 12th
How many good habits does it take to be a successful adolescent? According to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey, just seven! Using the worksheets, learners answer personal growth questions and develop strategies...
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Understanding Justice, Kindness and Tolerance

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders consider the implications of racism and prejudice. In this character education lesson, 9th graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to consider how self-deception and self-betrayal contribute to racism.
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Jewish Heroes Congress

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Jewish heroes throughout history. For this character development and history lesson, students work in groups to research a Jewish hero. A life-size model of the hero is constructed. Students participate in a Jewish...
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the concept of self-respect. In this character education lesson, students listen to the original "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" story and listen to the song. Students discuss the meaning of the word underdog and the...
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Acting for the Common Goods

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The first of a three-part series on bullying, this plan has class members present skits about bullying, write and sign an anti-bullying pledge, and complete a service project. For the skit, learners use information from previous lessons...
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Special St. Augustine Issue

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The articles and images in the June 1964 edition of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter detail the events in St. Augustine that were instrumental in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stirring...
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Empathy: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers develop an understanding of what empathy is and learn what they can do to show compassion to others with the help of articles and activities in a four-page packet. Learners develop PSAs to post around the school, engage...
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Making Partners

For Teachers K
Partnering with someone new may be daunting. Here a lesson encourages young peers to work collaboratively in physical activity settings. Following a whole-class discussion, scholars participate in several cooperative activities that...
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Kindness Counts Book

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars listen to stories about kindness and discuss kindness in their lives. Students then complete Kindness Counts page, illustrating and telling story, and turn in completed page to teacher to be laminated and assembled.
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2nd Grade - Act. 28: Calendar & Weather Book

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will track the weather patterns throughout the school year. This project spans the school year and takes five minutes per day or less. Measuring, data collection, and predictions are all explored throughout this relevant...
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Animals and Earthquakes

For Students 3rd Standards
Can animals sense an earthquake before the ground starts to shake? Read two short passages that feature stories about animals that acted strangely just before an earthquake. Learners then answer a few reading comprehension questions...
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Civic Engagement and U.S. Immigration Policy

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
To conclude their study of immigration and human rights, class members create a civic engagement project centered on an issue of immigration and designed to influence US immigration policy. They examine examples of attempts to...
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Top Ten Ways to be a Good 4-H Friend

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
A simple bubble worksheet on ways to be a good friend. Inside each circle, children write down a word or a phrase about the ways they can be a good friend to others.
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February Friendship Bugs

For Teachers 1st
First graders select five behaviors from a class web that promote kindness and strengthen friendships. For this random acts of kindness lesson, 1st graders create friendship bugs with corresponding Kindness Tasks....

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