Character Education - Giving

Accompany the story, Ten Apples Up on Top, by Dr. Seuss with eight activities covering the subjects of math, English language arts, and character education. After a riveting read-aloud, scholars take part in several counting activities,...

What does a philanthropist do? Help your class explore philanthropy using character development and literacy ideas. Learners will define and give examples of philanthropy, listen to The Lion and the Mouse, discuss how the characters help...

Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is a great way to cover multiple concepts in an elementary school classroom. Throughout this lesson plan, they learn about economic principles such as scarcity and goods, science principles like...

Students read the book The Giving Tree. In this literature lesson, students read the text and identify the theme of the book. Students create a "Giving and Receiving Journal" to record things that they give and receive.

Students explore traits of honest communication. In this character development and communication lesson, students are given 6 simple statements and work as a group to alter the meaning of each statement through body language, facial...

Pupils explore celebrity philanthropy. In this character development lesson, students read an article and discuss Oprah Winfrey's involvement in several charitable organizations.

Learners explore conflict resolution. In this character education lesson, students role play simple conflict resolution situations at school and present the skits to other classes.

Students listen to the story "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein and examine the character trait of respect. They answer story discussion questions, role-play the tree and the boy throughout the story, and create a poster or a skit...

Students examine the benefits of taking responsibility for their actions. In this character education lesson, students role-play various scenarios and discuss the impact of taking responsibility in each situation.

Students discuss what respect means. In this character education instructional activity, students read the book Cynthia Ann Parker and discuss the philanthropic acts in the book. Students answer questions about the text on the provided...