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Growing in Communities, Kids on the Grow
Students participate in an after school program that promotes concern for others, recognizing differences, accepting differences, leadership roles, mentoring, self-responsibility and personal safety. They explore the diversity of their...
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Dodging Responsibility
Students examine what makes people be responsible. In this responsibility instructional activity, students chart the good and bad things that happen if you take responsibility and if you don't.
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Empathy
Students complete activities to develop empathy. In this empathy lesson, students complete discussion activities and all the related worksheets in order to build their understanding of the concepts to empathy. Students identify a public...
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The Value of Respect
Students participate in discussions and listen to audio programs about giving and receiving respect. They identify disrespectful behavior and role play ways to promote respect in their own lives. They also examine the relationship...
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Self-Control Starts With You
Students develop a definition for self-control and explore how practicing self-control can lead to other positive character traits. They read and discuss examples of student behaviors that exhibit self-control and those that don't.
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Sexism: From Identification to Activism
Students explore sexism. In this character education lesson, students define sexism and discuss individual behaviors and institutional policies that promote sexism. Students determine how they can be advocates to end sexism.
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Bullying at School
In this character education worksheet, students answer 6 questions about their experience being bullied at school. Students chart the frequency of these events.
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Health & Wellness
Students examine the need for proper immunizations, good nutrition, and other safety concerns.
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Sources of Support
Students examine sources of support. In this personal health lesson, students participate in activities that require them to consider people. organizations, and websites that they may contact when they need emotional support.
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The Inner Voice: Writing as a Tool to Control Anger in the Classroom
Third graders write about their feelings and thought for 10 minutes. They color an image that corresponds with their feeling and present their feeling poster. They write about their thoughts and daily feelings to help them reflect and...
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Resistance to Parents
Students examine family life issues. In this interpersonal relationships lesson, students discuss typical resistance to parents from teen children. Students also discuss options for children dealing with difficult or abusive home life.
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Health: The Three Dimensions
Students examine the three dimensions of health, wealth, and happiness from both emotional and social perspectives. Among the week-long activities are discussions about good and poor habits, minimizing risks by proper planning and...
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Spatial Awareness and Understanding Directions
Students follow directions. In this spatial awareness lesson, students play follow the leader around an obstacle course following simple directions.
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Health: Emotional Effects of Segregation
Students examine the emotional effects that African Americans experienced in the 1960's and make a connection between segregation and racism. In this segregation instructional activity students divide into groups, discuss the movie...
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Big Decisions
Students consider the power of peer pressure. In this making decisions lesson, students watch "Big Decisions," and discuss the impact peers may have on one's health, choice, and risk-taking. Students role play scenarios that require them...
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Growing With Others, Kids on the Grow!
Students participate in an after school program that promotes accepting differences, self-motivation, teamwork, leadership roles, personal safety and self-responsibility, family unity and recognizing the characteristics of good...
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Does Your Diet Stack Up?
Students investigate the food pyramid. For this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.
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Why Garden in New York State Schools?
A lovely presentation in which slide after slide outlines the many educational, physical, emotional, and social benefits of gardening in schools. This presentation is meant to be shown to parents, and would be a terrific choice to...
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Self-Esteem: Grades K-2
Second graders create a flower where each petal has their talents and unique qualities on the flower. For this self esteem lesson plan, 2nd graders understand that they are all special in their own way.
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The Lost Children of Rockdale County
High schoolers explore the motivations and consequences of seeking attention, including sexual attention from peers, by interpreting segments of "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" video. They conduct further research on the Internet...
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Exploring Feeling Through Eric Carle
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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The Food Guide Pyramid
Students examine each level of the food pyramid and how many servings they should consume during the day. They study the important nutrients associated with each category of the food pyramid.
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What Is Mindfulness?
Stop. Breathe. Think. A richly detailed lesson on mindfulness introduces freshmen to meditation as a coping strategy to deal with stress.
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Risk Communication: Media Presentation Exercise
Students work in groups to prepare a brief broadcast or print news report from one of five possible viewpoints about an environmental contamination scenario. Students are given basic information about a chemical spill in a small town and...