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Getting Ready for Success, Part 1

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders verbally respond to the following questions: Which category does each skill fall into? and "Do skills fall into more than one category?" They review what personal, ethical and work habit skills are: personal skills, ethical...
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On-the-Job Skills

For Teachers 1st
First graders verbally list personal, ethical and work habit skills needed for classroom jobs during discussion. They discuss why it is important to be honest when doing a job in the classroom? Students give examples of three skills....
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Shattered Glass Study Guide

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students view a movie about ethical journalism and Stephen Glass' rise at The New Republic. In this news ethics lesson, students view "Shattered Glass" and explore Glass' descent into an ethical black hole. Students complete...
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Going for the Gold!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss their success and failures. They write a short essay on what they have been taught about the personal and ethical skills needed to work with a diverse group of people. Students discuss in small groups to determine...
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Cooperative Puzzles

For Teachers K
Students discuss and demonstrate how to play and work cooperatively with other people and with a group. In small groups they role-play how to work cooperatively with each other, with the goal of completing their group's puzzle using...
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Plagiarism in the Real World

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
How would you feel if someone plagiarized your work? After class members turn in an assigned newspaper article, you rewrite the piece using elements of their writing. Then you claim you will be selling the story and that you will profit...
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The Work of our (Divine) Hands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore ethical "mitzvots." In this philanthropy instructional activity, students consider how to lead their lives ethically according to the dogma of mitzvot. Students discuss the consequences of their actions.
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ESOL Career Advancement

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss basic interpersonal communication with coworkers and new vocabulary words. They role play new situations and then play a cooperation and positive attitude in the work place game.
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Ethics In The Science Classroom - Pine Barrens

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain the complexities of environmental decisions, rather than to recreate the actual circumstances and outcome of the original case. They simulate a real environmental case a regarding the Pine Barrens of Long Island, NY.
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You're Fired!

For Teachers 10th
Is willing to learn. Follows directions. Takes the initiative. The big idea in this career development lesson is that the work habits that make one successful in school are the same as those required to succeed in a career. Class members...
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When the News Media Make Mistakes

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Mistakes happen. When they happen in news reporting, be it in print or on the internet, journalism ethics requires that the errors be corrected. Young journalists use an Accuracy Checklist to track how news organizations post corrections...
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Corporate Human Rights Policies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine corporate human rights policies. In this business ethics lesson, students read articles and conduct research that allows them to respond to and discuss the provided business ethics questions.
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HI-02-01 Somalia: A Failed Intervention?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study ethics and the importance on humanitarian interventions.  In this lecture lesson students read case studies and answer questions regarding the importance of government and humanitarian interventions then watch a...
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Lesson 2, Student and Teacher Behaviors in Science

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore ethics. For this science ethics lesson, students examine science lab classroom ethics as they consider various scenarios that encourage authentic student discussion and the formulation of guidelines and principles.
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GMOs: Should We Grow Them?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ethics of biotechnology and genetically modifying various organisms. They complete various activities and labs on GMOs and then write a position paper regarding their individual opinions on the subject.
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Handling Discrepancies

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the different ways students handle discrepancies.  For this Physics lesson, 11th graders perform a laboratory experiment with resistors.  Students discuss the ethical issues it raises. 
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What is the Role of the Corporation in Society?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore ethics. In this business ethics lesson, students discuss corporate responsibilities to society as they read selected articles on the topic.  Students consider various scenarios that encourage authentic student...
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Stem Cell Bioethics

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students study the steps of embryonic development. They distinguish between the advantages/disadvantages of embryonic stem cells vs. adult stem cells and discuss the ethical implications of stem cell research.
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The Genetic Counseling Game

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore genetics and ethical issues. They siimulate the role of genetic counselors, perform fictitious tests, and gather information about parents and fetuses in case studies. Students describe the condition and...
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From the Right to Intervene to the Responsibility to Protect

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine humanitarian work and how it has evolved.  In this humanitarian lesson students complete an in class activity then discuss their findings.
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Stakeholder Debate: Ethics and Lead

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars work in teams to develop a presentation and handout representing a particular point of view in a Lead Debate. They synthesize their varied knowledge of lead and its issues, organize this knowledge, and present it...
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Copyright Ethics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the issues surrounding intellectual copyrights. They research the examples of DVD and CD piracy and participate in a class discussion about the related ethics.
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The Unspoken Words of Media Ethics: Do we know what they are?

For Teachers 10th
Students read codes of ethics from the New York Times, Washington Post, Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Newspaper Editors.  In this Civics lesson, 10th graders role-play ethical dilemmas faced by...
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Reporting with Social Media

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What does it take to create news stories that are both informative and objective? Aspiring journalists walk the line between engagement and activism with activity 15 of a 16-part series titled The Social Media Toolbox. Grouped pupils...

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