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Achieving Belonging for All

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore ways of belonging. In this social science lesson, students discover non-violent ways for belonging similar to Mohandas Gandhi.
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Confidence

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore communication and confidence issues. In this communication and confidence lesson, students discuss fear, stage fright, phobia's in relation to the planks of confidence. Students view a related film. Students explore...
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Feelings about Current Events

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore feelings about negative events. In this health and social studies lesson, students discuss and write about personal feelings about events that have had an impact on their life, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and plane...
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Mystery World

For Students 5th - 6th
In this personal decision making worksheet, students read 8 controversial statements. Students rate each according to how believable they think they are-- from 1 ("are you mad?!") to 5 ("of course it is possible"). Example: Some people...
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Communication--Conversation

For Students 4th - 6th
In this communication and conversation worksheet, students web out the skills they think people need to have to be able to have successful conversations.
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All About Me Glyph

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this all about me instructional activity, students practice following the instructions to filling in a glyph with a variety of colors to create an all about me glyph.
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COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the feeling of having self confidence in a world that attempts to take it from you daily. They brainstorm and discuss the quote "Courage begets strength by struggle with hardships: Develop the courage to act accordingly...
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INTEGRITY

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the concept of acting with integrity and fairness and about the consequences of our actions including moral issues and attitudes. They inquire how to look beyond surface impressions and prejudice in oneself and others....
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Looking at the World Through Different Eyes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners engage in a lesson which uses metaphor to depict an incident that evokes the destruction of 9/11. They realize that even terrible situations can be seen through a different point of view.
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CHARTING A COURSE

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students model how a gyroscope works with string, an old phonograph record and crayon.
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete a population pyramid for a city they are studying. They may complete a population pyramid for their city and another one for the country in which the city is located. They compare and contrast the results of the two...