Developed by: W. Huitt
Last revised: January 2005
Return to: | Character Education | Moral and Character Development |
Reading/Language Arts
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Grade Level: 6-8 |
Content Area: Language Arts |
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Learning Objectives (QCC) |
Students will understand both individual families and whole cultures learn about their pasts by collecting and analyzing stories and artifacts. |
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Virtue/Character Trait: |
Respect for Self/Self-Awareness/Knowledge |
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Lesson Title |
Archeology and Storytelling |
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Lesson Summary: |
Students read various folklores that have been passed down from one generation to the next. Students research family traditions, heirlooms, and stories that have been passed on from one generation to the next. Students present findings to class. |
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http://school.dicovery.com/lessonplans/programs/islandsofmystery/ |
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Grade Level: 6-8 |
Content Area: Language Arts |
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Learning Objective(s) |
Recognizes various forms of literature, Uses a writing process |
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Virtue/Character Trait: |
Respect for Self/Self-Awareness/Knowledge |
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Lesson Title |
Positive Words |
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Lesson Summary: |
Provides a fun way to encourage students to respect self and others by writing a word poem. |
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http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ce/strat141.html I Am What I Think I Am! Have students understand that they have some control and power in being the "masters of their own fate".
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ce/strat157.html If I Wasn't Me, What Would I Be? Reflection on perception of self-worth and self-concept
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=13293 Get To Know Yourself! Activities designed to help students develop self-knowledge and self-esteem
Mathematics
Social Studies
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Grade Level: 5-12 |
Content Area: Social Studies/Language Arts |
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Learning Objectives (QCC) |
The students will be able to plan, write, and edit an original personified history story, research a historical event that interests the student, and write a research paper. |
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Virtue/Character Trait: |
Respect for Self/Self-Evaluation/Open-mindness |
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Lesson Title |
History Personified |
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Lesson Summary: |
This activity is designed to allow each student to look at historical events from a different perspective. It helps the students to research a historical event of interest and write about that event in such a way that it will become very personalized for them. |
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http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=J001675F&url=J001675F/ Crossroads of Character: ThinkQuest activity to learn about what it is to have good character
http://www.teachwithmovies.org/char-devel-index-6.htm#35C Teach character education through the use of films
Science
The Arts
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