Forgiveness

Students explore the importance of forgiveness and making positive choices. In this literature lesson, students read Touching Spirit Bear, discuss the importance of the chapters and complete short research projects.

Students watch teacher role-play scenarios in which forgiveness is both withheld and granted, discuss scriptural verse in relation to forgiveness, recall and discuss story of Prodigal Son, role play scenes in which forgiven is given, and...

Tenth graders determine if forgiveness can lead to nonviolence. For this nonviolent resistance lesson, 10th graders discuss the concept of forgiveness and read examples of the forgiveness that Gandhi granted. Students write letters of...

Forgiveness can be a difficult step to take in any circumstance, but is it more difficult if the offense is more egregious? High schoolers consider the concept of forgiveness before reading William Shakespeare's The Tempest. As kids read...

Before you begin your unit on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, introduce the themes of the play with a activity based on the biblical story of Joseph. Taking your high schoolers through selected text from Genesis 17-44, the activity...

"We need forgiveness and someone to blame." True? Class members continue their analysis of the central claims in Walter Mosley's essay and the support he offers for these claims about people's fascination with crime.

After reading Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower, pupils form opinions either for or against forgiveness as well as analyze Wiesenthal's choice about forgiving. Before completing their essays, learners participate in class discussions to...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in Anna Karenina. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

"I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works." This colored view is the focus of a close reading activity that asks readers of The Great Gatsby to examine the way Fitzgerald's...