Developed by: W. Huitt
Last revised: May 2004
Return to: | Character Education | Moral and Character Development |
Reading/Language Arts
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Grade Level: K-8 |
Content Area: Language Arts, Visual Arts, Psychology |
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Learning Objective(s) |
Students will talk about the meaning of the word unique. Draw a truly unique person, one part at a time. Create a totally unique person, with a head drawn by one student, a torso drawn by another student, and lower body drawn by another. Define the most positive qualities of this person. Write about why this person is one of your new best friends. |
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Respect |
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Lesson Title |
Everybody Is Unique: A Lesson in Respect for Others |
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Lesson Summary: |
Teach about respect for others’ unique qualities in this lesson that combines art and language arts. In this lesson, students search for the most positive aspects of some very unusual "people." The activity reinforces the idea that one can’t always judge the quality of a person by his or her appearance; sometimes people can be appreciated for their differences. |
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http://www.teachwithmovies.org/char-devel-index-3.htm#22A Teaching character education through the use of film
Other
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Grade Level: 6-8 |
Content Area: Guidance |
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Learning Objective(s) |
Encourage & reinforce pos. behavior, See respect as valued trait |
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Virtue/Character Trait: |
Respect |
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Lesson Title |
Compassion |
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Lesson Summary: |
Use different measures to teach respect- differences in people |
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