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Puberty/Adolescence: Am I Normal?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students inspect psychology by answering a list of health study questions. In this puberty lesson, students identify the impact teenage years have on boys and girls. Students define a list of scientific terms and answer study questions...
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Puberty

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate life science by answering maturity questions. In this human health instructional activity, students identify the changes which occur during puberty and answer study questions based on sexual awareness. Students...
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The Banking Mouse

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn about another culture and its language.  In this Spanish lesson plan, 1st graders listen to a Cuban folktale.  Students identify the Spanish words. Students reread the story independently. Students listen to...
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Communication - An Introduction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students define communication and identify its components. For this communication lesson, students read, discuss, and internalize the four pages of communication elements that include charts, vocabulary, and methods.
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Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the basis of Iago's persuasive power by analyzing Shakespeare's use of rhetoric and figurative language. In this Othello lesson, students analyze Iago's rhetoric in monologues and dialogues with other characters....
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Slope Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the relationship between relations and functions. In this algebra lesson, students investigate and find the slope of a line using a graph, 2 points and an equation. They calculate the slope from a set a data points...
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers K
Students recognize a problem and how to resolve it. In this lesson, students listen to The Hating Book and discuss the events of the story. Students answer comprehension questions and relate to their own experiences. Students role play...
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Bullying

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn healthy ways to express their feelings, needs and wants.  In this bullying lesson, 1st graders read A Bad Case of the Stripes, discuss why the main character is getting bullied, dicuss why it's okay to be...
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Stages of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the eight stages of human development.  In this stages of life lesson students discuss as a class the stages and complete an activity. 
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Character Education Read Alouds

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the story Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and discuss the way each character interacts with the others. They role play pares of the story to practice showing compassion, and how to positively interact with their peers.
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Exploring Feeling Through Eric Carle

For Teachers Pre-K
Students construct a "feeling cube" for the purpose of exploring and discussing feelings. Students read "The Hungry Caterpillar" discussing life cycle and making a sock puppet, discussing the feelings explored during the activity and the...
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Leader for Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop their leadership skills. In this character education lesson, students discuss the characteristics of leaders and create leadership books that feature leadership pointers.
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Goal Setting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils discuss the importance of setting goals, then set goals, and keep a record of their achievements. They read books about goal-setters and listen to a guest speaker.
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In-Group Favoritism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how to cross social boundaries. In this character education lesson, students discuss the positive and negative impacts of  favortism they witness in their local community as well as the international community....
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Acting it Out

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore responsible behavior. In this character education lesson, students work in groups to act out scenarios using or disregarding responsible behavior. Students discuss personal feelings and consequences of each situation.
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Doing the Right Thing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the trait of courage. In this character traits lesson, students discuss how to their face fears in order to do the right thing as they discuss the corageous acts of Jackie Robinson.
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Project Based Learing: Social Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore social responsibility. In this service learning lesson, students participate in 4 weekly activities that require them to research "communitarians", write poems about their contributions, and create works of...
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Personality Development

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in a variety of activities to help them define their own personalities. They complete questionnaires, play personality Bingo, and compare kaleidoscopes and candy to the variety found in humans.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. for Early Elementary

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the accomplishments of Martin Luther, Jr. and investigate how he worked to further tolerance and respect for others.
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To Tell the Truth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a discussion designed to help them discern the truth from lies. They discuss picture cards and make true and false statements regarding the information on the cards. Students also listen to various fables about...
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Feel the Music

For Teachers K
Students identify and demonstrate a positive learning attitude. They also demonstrate responsible emotional and cognitive behaviors and identify how to communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form. Finally, students...
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Sexism: From Identification to Activism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore sexism. In this character education lesson, students define sexism and discuss individual behaviors and institutional policies that promote sexism. High schoolers determine how they can be advocates to end sexism.
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Long-Term Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students set long-term and short-term goals. In this character education instructional activity, students determine whether goals that they write for themselves are long-term or short-term.
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Philanthropists: Past, Present, Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of philanthropy. In this philanthropy lesson, students compare the work of antislavery activists to work of philanthropic activists today. Student implement a plan to share kindness with others.