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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students examine what Anne Frank's writing and a video dramatization of her diary reveal about her character and how it changed while she was in hiding.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Character 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this three-lesson unit, students learn how to identify language within a text that describes a character, use evidence from a text to describe a character, and to use details from a text to identify...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What a Character!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson opens up the world of writing by introducing students to the point of view in a story. Students will have the opportunity to read a new version of a classic story and see how it changes when it is written from another...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to change the action in the turning point of a tragedy in order to see the effect on the rest of the play. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Metallic Character: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe metallic character and describe how it changes throughout the periodic table. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Metallic Character."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Metallic Character

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show presentation describes the metallic character of elements, and explains how that changes throughout the periodic table.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: How and Why Characters Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan examines and makes inferences into the change and development in characters. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character Development

For Students 9th Standards
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about how characters Grant and Jefferson have changed throughout the story.
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Character, Tone and Theme

For Teachers 9th Standards
Ninth graders will read chapters 28- 31 of A Lesson Before Dying. They participate in a whole-class discussion about the changes that occur in the main characters and how these changes relate to lessons being learned. Students will...
Activity
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Teaching Guides for Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Although these teaching guides are designed to be used with a video series called "Big Changes, Big Choices," most of the material here can be used without the videos. The topics covered in this series include both life skills and...
Website
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Handling Emotions

For Students 2nd - 8th
Know that it is normal to experience different emotions and learn positive ways to deal with your emotions. This website, which is meant to accompany a video on emotions and good character, provides questions for discussion, activity...
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing Our Street [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Changing Our Street" is a one page, realistic fiction, reading passage about how the problem of people driving too fast in a neighborhood was solved. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide...
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind? [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a party. Mom said her son and daughter could each have 5 friends (5 boys and 5 girls). The girl wanted all girls so the party was cancelled. It is followed...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Metallic Character: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe metallic character and describe how it changes throughout the periodic table. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Metallic Character."
Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Introduction to Character Traits

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan young scholars will better understand what and how to generate the traits of a character. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.
Article
Character Lab

Character Lab: Lemons and Lemonade: Whatever Life Give You, Give Back

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As the Dalai Lama once said, "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." This article explains what happened to one man when he had an epiphany that changed the trajectory of his life.
Handout
Virginia Tech

The Psychological Changes of Adolescence: A Test of Character

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the crises of adolescence, using Erikson and Kohlberg, and then discusses those ideas as reflected in the writing of Cormier. Cormier.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Ehistory: The Changing Character of Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Images and stories of Immigrants to the United States in the early part of the 20th century. Tells why these people came to the United States and what effect that this had on US foreign policy.
Website
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Dealing With Feelings

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Through the exercises presented at this website, students with "Learn that other kids experience the same kids of emotions as they do," "That it's important to understand what we're feeling," and "That we can often benefit by discussing...
eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Tyrone the Big Bad Bully [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ebook shares the story of a small dinosaur named Boland who gets picked on by the bully named Tyrone the T-Rex. Students can read to see if a character change in Tyrone ever occurs.
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LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Tyrone the Cheater [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ebook shares the story of a small dinosaur named Boland who keeps being the victim of a bully named Tyrone the T-Rex. In this story, Tyrone keeps cheating in games. Can Boland and his friends devise a plan to stop the cheating?...
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Other

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Can the world become a kinder place? The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has a multitude of ideas for changing the world one step at a time. Authors list 100 "Ideas for Kindness" that range from "Give the Gift of your Smile" to "Host...
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Other

The Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to Each One Special [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Each One Special by Frieda Wishinsky and Werner Zimmermann is a story about fairness. The lessons in this teacher guide are for Grades 1-3 and lead students through critical thinking exercises about the story where they learn to evaluate...
Article
Backstory Radio

Back Story Radio: Looking for Work: A History of Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
BackStory Radio episode in which historian Alexander Keysar takes a look at unemployment over the years and discusses with callers to the show how it had shaped our national character and perceptions of joblessness. This is the...

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