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Purpose:
The learners discuss a quote from Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and reflect on the meaning of respect for themselves as individuals. They commit their support to a plan for promoting respect in their school.
Duration:
One 20-minute lesson
Objectives:
The learner will:
- discuss a quote from Barbara Jordan.
- reflect on the personal meaning of respect of self and others.
- determine at least one individual act they can take to promote respect.
Service Experience:
Learn more about the stages of service-learning.
This character education mini-lesson is not intended to be a service learning lesson or to meet the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice. The character education units will be most effective when taught in conjunction with a student-designed service project that provides a real world setting in which students can develop and practice good character and leadership skills. For ideas and suggestions for organizing service events go to www.generationon.org.
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Display this quote:
"If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority."
--Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
- Give the learners a little background on Barbara Jordan: Barbara Jordan was born and raised in a Houston, Texas, ghetto. As a young African American woman, she became active in politics during John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960. Jordan served in the Texas House of Representatives and in the Texas Senate. She was the first African American woman to be elected to the Texas Senate. She then served as a U.S. Congresswoman from 1972-1978.
- As a class, discuss Jordan's quote as it relates to respect, disrespect, and especially bullying or another school issue.
- Ask the learners to reflect in their journals about respect. The journal entry should include their personal definition of respect, including self-respect, respect for the world, and respect for others, and at least one thing they will do to promote respect.
Lesson adapted from the Learning to Give Grade 6-8 unit Herstory in History
Cross-Curriculum Extensions:
Review the charts of plans made during the second lesson. Determine which of the plans still are of interest to the students. Hold a class discussion about how and when they might put some of the plans of interest into action so that the "wrongs" in their school do not go unchallenged.
Lesson Developed By:
Betsy FlikkemaAssociate Director
Learning to Give
Barbara Dillbeck
Director
Learning to Give
Handouts:
Unit Contents:
Overview:Character Education: Respect (Grade 7) Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Respect and Democracy
- 2.
- Bullying
- 3.
- Cynthia Ann Parker
- 4.
- Valuing the World Around You
- 5.
- Advocating for Respect
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