Grades:
6
7
8
Learners define the meaning of impartial and connect it to fairness through the use of a Frayer model graphic organizer.
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Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
Play a simulation game that illustrates each individual's power to take action for the good of others.
Grades:
6
7
8
In response to the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, learners reflect on the barriers and challenges to addressing an unfair situation. Given a list of ways to respond to unfair situations, they match them to a list of unfair situations.
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson challenges learners to think of their personal responsibility to act when they observe unfair treatment. They respond to a scenario and work in small groups to make a plan of action in a specific situation of their choosing.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
On their own, learners take a stand on several statements about the nature of promises. Then in a group, they argue and discuss a point of view about each statement.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners look at different scenarios and explore the pros and cons of acting with integrity when no one is watching.
Grades:
6
7
8
In three scenarios that challenge one's integrity, the young people discuss and provide rationale for their decision-making.
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
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Grades:
3
4
5
After learning about the definition of respect toward self and others, we explore the idea of respect for property or the environment.
Unit: Character Education: Integrity (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
We explore the integrity of Elizabeth Cady Stanton who fought for the rights of women when many people disagreed they should be allowed to vote. She was strong in her cause for women, but in the mid-1800s, she didn't speak up for Black women who were fighting the same right to vote.
Unit: Character Education: Respect (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners investigate their perceptions about bullying and its relationship to respect. They brainstorm ways to promote respect of self and others as individuals and as a group.