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Character Education Resources
Everyday Heroes (grades 4-12)
This Heroes and Dreams Foundation guide helps students 1) Resolve real-world dilemmas, 2) explore the consequences of their decisions and actions, and 3) discover and nurture relationships with others. Visit their web site at: http://www.heroesanddreams.org
Goal Setting
Short activity to help students understand that setting goals is an important human skill that helps establish a destination for our lives, create a road map of where we want to go, and helps determine what we want and need to accomplish.
Help Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen
A U.S. Dept. of Education parent guide for grade K-12 age children on how to help them develop good character traits.
MegaSkills
These 11 lesson plans help build children's achievement for the information age by encouraging development of the MegaSkills of: Confidence, Motivation. Effort, Responsibility, Initiative, Perseverance, Caring, Teamwork, Common Sense, Problem Solving, and Focus.
Moral Reasoning Lesson Plans Using the Newspaper
Famous child psychologists, Piaget and Kohlberg, discovered that the way we think about moral problems develops throughout our lives. As we get older our logic becomes less self-centered and more complex, taking into consideration many factors. Thinking about problems at "higher stages" means that you take long-term consequences seriously, wonder if the actions will impact your character or integrity, respond to your pangs of conscience or feel a duty to care for others coming from deep within.
Holocaust Timeline Lesson Plan
The Holocaust Timeline Lesson Plan is a review of the NAZI anti-Semitic pogroms and laws that went into effect between 1933 and 1945. The timeline marks the escalating levels of prejudice, discrimination, and terrifying violence targeting the many victims of the Holocaust. Lesson questions are provided.
Portraits of Character from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
There are 6 portraits of character on:
Project: Solution Character Education Supplements: Thirty-six 8-page supplements are provided, eighteen for each grade level of K-3 & 3-7. Topics include:
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