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The All About Me Poster
Students discover the literary genre of biographies. In this creative writing lesson, students write about their own life experiences and personal stories. Students create a poster about their lives, a biographical collage.
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Feeling Flashbacks
Students investigate feelings with their class. In this feelings lesson, students mingle with their class and share a specific personal feeling with a random student. Students record their experience in their journal.
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Safety With Animals
Students identify the proper way to care for animals. For this animal welfare lesson, students discuss the fact that animals have feelings. Students read an article included in the lesson plant about animal feelings and ways to be gentle...
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Make a Peace Windsock
Students explore "peace." In this character development instructional activity, students define "peace" and discuss instances that reflect examples of peace. Students create a windsock using symbols for peace. Directions for the windsock...
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Bullying-Role Play
Students investigate the effects of bullying. In this character education lesson, students role play various situations and discuss how to resolve them properly.
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Feelings: Scared
In this feeling worksheet, students draw a face that shows what they look like when they feel scared on a black line outline of a face. They write a short open response that describes a time when they feel scared.
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Welcome to the Class
Students read "The Brand New Kid" and identify the behaviors of a student who helps others with their work. In this conflict resolution lesson, students predict what will happen and how the problem will be resolved. Students discuss the...
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Smiles Change the World
Young scholars explore their feelings when someone smiles at them. In this smiles lesson, students practice listening skills while discussing what makes them smile with a partner.
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Smiles Change the World
Students develop speaking and listening skills while evaluating a list. In this consensus lesson, students define consensus and discuss how it might be used at recess. After students understand how consensus works, students review and...
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Building Bridges: Living in a Diverse Society
Young scholars participate in various activities that help them build esteem, and explore racism. In this multicultural lesson plan, Students increase their awareness of, and appreciation for, cultural differences and similarities. ...
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All About My Pet
In this personal information worksheet, students fill in the blanks with information about their pets. They tell what their pet is, its name, and what they like best about their pet. They see a black line pictures of pets at the top of...
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You
In this emotions instructional activity, students look at 4 faces with corresponding adjectives such as happy, sad, mad, and sleepy. Students complete 4 questions about the pictures.
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THE FLOW OF MUSIC AND POETRY
Young scholars explore their feelings about rain through art, music, and poetry. They listen to music as they think about rain and determine how they feel about rain. Students create either poetry or artwork about as they listen to music...
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Perceptions
Students gain a better understanding of perceptions and how different points of view about the same set of events leads to conflict.
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I Am...
In this personality activity, students complete 14 fill in the blank questions regarding personal reflection. Students analyze their answers in order to gain an understanding of who they are.
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Classroom Jobs
Students explore responsibility by participating in class exercises. For this classroom community lesson, students utilize flash cards which assign one of six jobs to every student in the class. Students perform their class...
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The Segregated Pencil Sharpeners
Students explore racism through pencil sharpeners. In this civil rights lesson, students utilize a pencil sharpener with one of two colored pencils and explain how some people were not allowed to use certain items because of the color...
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What Can I Do?
Learners identify ways of handling a conflict. In this conflict resolution instructional activity, students identify things that make a person feel sad and ways to help people feel better. Learners write a story about a situation when...
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RESILENCE-"WINNIE THE POOH AND CHRISTMAS TOO"
First graders view a clip of Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They disucss the problem and ask students to predict what happen next, and they briefly summarize the story line.