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All Men Are Created Equal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the statement "All Men Are Created Equal". Using the internet, they research events in history in which this statement has been ignored and supported by the government. They use this information to write an essay about...
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Pathways to the Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers draw a pathway and create a movement phrase along that same path using specific movement vocabulary. The phrases are performed in class and rubrics are used for assessment. Meets State standards for the arts.
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Media Campaign

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders design and present a media product supporting environmental stewardship. They demonstrate an understanding of the nature and types of waste and of their management in industry and the community. They assess the results...
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The Million Man March

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the founding and applications of having The Million Man March while writing about the founder Louis Farrakhan. They communicate the intentions of the march that included the responsibility men are to take for the...
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Myths and Folk Tales

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform research in order to appreciate stories taken from the genre of myths and fables. The examples of the stories create a context for students to create their own myths.
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Tough Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine different problem situations that could be encountered during the building of the capitol building. They are divided into small groups and given a card with a problem written on it. Then students brainstorm in order to...
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Destructive/Constructive Communication

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the characteristics of destructive and constructive communication. In groups, they send I-messages to other groups of examples of each. To end the lesson plan, they participate in role-play activities to...
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Rhythmic Dancing

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice expressing themselves through the art of dance.  In this physical education lesson plan, 4th graders discuss choreography and how moving specific ways at certain times can be artistic.  Students create...
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The Cost of Progress

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the cost of progress from the 1500's to the 1800's around the world and create informative websites based upon their research. This lesson is intended for a high school World History class and uses the Keynote...
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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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Running/Wiffle Ball

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students explain the basic rules for wiffle ball. In this physical education lesson, students record the steps they took during their 4 mile run. Additionally, students participate in a game of wiffle ball. 
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor lesson, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
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Alex: Respect for Self, Property, Others & Environment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson begins with a class discussion of respect and the Golden Rule. As groups, students discuss Golden Rules from around the world and take digital pictures of their peers. Students then create their own golden ruler using the computer.
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Good Character: Responsibility, Doing the Right Thing, and Respect

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the "3 R's of Growing Up:" responsibility, doing the right thing, and respecting yourself. This website lists several ways in which you can fullfil the "3 R's" as well as questions for discussion, writing prompts,...
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Kids Health: The Story on Self Esteem

For Students 3rd - 5th
Self-esteem is something that we all have. It is how you look at yourself, how highly you value yourself. If you have good self-esteem, you're bound to be a little more confident and proud of yourself than a person who has a lower level...
Website
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Good Character: Respecting Others

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can you treat others with respect, particularly those who are different from you? Discuss this question with the help of writing prompts, activity ideas, and more.
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Good Character: Respect

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about what it takes to be a respectful person through a self-evaluation, writing prompts, activity ideas, and discussion questions.
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Good Character: Prejudice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Children need to learn early to respect other people's difference and not to be prejudiced. Through the discussion questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas presented at this website, students learn "What's wrong with being...
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Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Respect

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Respect is a significant social skill to understand. Reasons and ways to respect are highlighted in this e-book.
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PBS

Pbs: I'm Glad I'm Me Developing Self Esteem

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Advice for parents and caregivers about the importance of fostering positive self-esteem, with suggestions for helping children discover their self-worth. Link to a video that demonstrates different activities used with young children to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kindness in the Classroom: Kindness Curriculum: Spanish

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This document is from PBS Wisconsin Education's Kindness in the Classroom, a multi-part video series designed to give educators insight into the positive impacts of teaching mindfulness in a classroom setting. The Kindness Curriculum,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kindness in the Classroom: Kindness Curriculum: English

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This document is from PBS Wisconsin Education's Kindness in the Classroom, a multi-part video series designed to give educators insight into the positive impacts of teaching mindfulness in a classroom setting. The Kindness Curriculum,...
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Alex: "Reach for the Stars, Not Drugs"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson involves decorating a classroom door for red ribbon week with different kinds of candy. The door is a symbol for students to resist temptation and has several extension activities that help students discuss temptation,...
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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...

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