Grades:
6
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8
Learners analyze the meaning of personal best and recognize the value of persistence in doing their best.
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Unit: Character Education: Perseverance (Grade 7)
Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 8)
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.
Grades:
6
7
8
Through writing, learners reflect on their own plans for taking responsibility rather than leaving things to others.
Unit: Character Education: Responsibility (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
The learners examine the responsible choices of Lorenzo de Zavala who was a leader in Texas and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Grades:
6
7
8
Through a choice of prompts, the learners reflect on and express their understanding of being responsible.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
We define what fairness means and compare and contrast definitions. Participants build empathy as they discuss others' experiences with fairness.
Grades:
6
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8
Learners reflect on a role-play scenario demonstrating fair and unfair decision-making techniques. They identify behaviors that promote or create barriers to making decisions. A Dr. Seuss book provides a discussion starter.
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners define the meaning of impartial and connect it to fairness through the use of a Frayer model graphic organizer.
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners recognize that we all have biases, but we aren't always aware of them, which can create an unfair situation. Since people have different experiences, we all develop different biases.
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.