International Acts of Kindness Day

Develop a world-wide, email chain on which class members can showcase their acts of kindness. After defining the meaning of random acts of kindness through discussion and through a reading of Random Acts of Kindness,...

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...

As part of a study of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on the World Trade Center, class members reflect on how events can change the course of lives. Individuals then create a presentation that features a historical image, the...

Inspire kindness in and out of school with a lesson plan that challenges scholars to perform 100 acts of kindness during the time between Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Valentine's day. Leading up to a celebration of friendship, learners...

Middle and high schoolers take part in the International Acts of Kindness Day. In a simple lesson, some ideas are presented which your charges can choose from. For example: donating to charity, sending notes of thanks, or developing a...

Students practice random acts of kindness in the classroom and on people and animals in the community.

Students discuss recognizing when kind deeds are performed. They design and construct a castle-like structure to place notes of appreciation for their classmates. Castles include a dungeon for "grumpy" notes as well. Once castle is...

Students discuss meaning of term hero, identify various forms of heroism, discuss characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, and choose three people, real or fictional, whose actions reflect kindness. Students then discuss philosophies and...

Young scholars visit Japanese internment camps. In this World War II lesson, students examine photographs from the internment camps and use them to imagine what it must have been like to live in the camps. Young scholars write poems,...

Students define kindness, evaluate role of kindness, recognize kindness as character trait, and read short stories to identify random acts of kindness. Students then select person, living or dead, who exemplified kindness in his/her...