Grades:
6
7
8
Learners use respectful language to debate in a scenario that doesn't have a clear right and wrong choice. They try to persuade the group about what is the responsible thing to do.
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Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
Unit: Civic Virtue in Modern American Democracy
Grades:
9
10
11
12
As a group we define good citizenship, including the classic Roman concept of civic virtue (putting the common good above individual need).
Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Each learner sets an individual goal using a goal-setting strategy. The group reflects on perseverance and how to persevere when the plan gets difficult to carry out.
Unit: What Respect Means to Me
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Grades:
3
4
5
We all want our schools and other places we gather to feel safe, a place we all can be ourselves. In this lesson, we explore how respecting ourselves and others can promote an inclusive and safe community of belonging.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
11
12
To introduce students to the grantmaking process (through a Harvard Business School case study) using all of the concepts learned in class this semester.
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Unit: Teamwork: Unit One of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson helps students become more aware of their own values and sense of self by describing themselves and their choices.
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Play a fast-paced game to practice saying names. Discuss the importance of using names.
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Unit: Global Education: Equity
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Grades:
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Youth explore the effects on themselves, the community, and the world if the government failed to provide U.S. children with an education.
Unit: Character Education: Honesty (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
In this lesson, learners brainstorm honesty and its value and benefits to the community, family, friends, and self.
Unit: Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 7)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners read the metaphor drawings of the other groups and copy strong words and phrases that help define trustworthiness. They identify traits of people they know (including themselves) and write a definition of trustworthy.