Showing posts with label Character Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Character Education. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Self-Concept
Objectives: The student will develop an awareness of individual differences among people, i.e., a realization that no two people are exactly alike.
Directions:
1. Explain the rules of the game. The children will be told that they will take turns describing someone else in the class. It is often a good idea to have the child who is describing a classmate to close his eyes, to avoid the tendency to look at the person and not his or her clothing.
2. Encourage the children to mention other thinks such as what the person likes to do; his physical characteristics; what he does well, etc…Encourage the children to stress good or nice thinks about he person is helpful.
3. After the child has described someone else, he will open his eyes, and call on those who think they know who he was describing.
4. The child who guesses correctly will be next at describing another person.
Directions:
1. Explain the rules of the game. The children will be told that they will take turns describing someone else in the class. It is often a good idea to have the child who is describing a classmate to close his eyes, to avoid the tendency to look at the person and not his or her clothing.
2. Encourage the children to mention other thinks such as what the person likes to do; his physical characteristics; what he does well, etc…Encourage the children to stress good or nice thinks about he person is helpful.
3. After the child has described someone else, he will open his eyes, and call on those who think they know who he was describing.
4. The child who guesses correctly will be next at describing another person.
Responsibility
Objectives: The student will become aware of consequences of inappropriate behavior.
Directions:
1. Put four sentences below on the board
2. Divide the class into four groups. Have each group draw a picture to show a consequence or behavior in one of the following situations. (Each group produces one picture.)
3. A little girl left her tricycle in the street when she finished playing.
4. A boy with a new bike was showing off by riding "no hand" down the street.
5. A boy talked back to his mom when she told him it was time to go to bed.
6. A child pushed another child out of his seat on the bus.
7. If time allows, role-play each situation.
Directions:
1. Put four sentences below on the board
2. Divide the class into four groups. Have each group draw a picture to show a consequence or behavior in one of the following situations. (Each group produces one picture.)
3. A little girl left her tricycle in the street when she finished playing.
4. A boy with a new bike was showing off by riding "no hand" down the street.
5. A boy talked back to his mom when she told him it was time to go to bed.
6. A child pushed another child out of his seat on the bus.
7. If time allows, role-play each situation.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Unity
How can we come together to work with others?
Ask the class the question… What makes us (the United States) great? Make a class list of responses.
Compare your 2 lists:
Are there any common or similar answers?
Click on the link below to watch the video:
http://www.values.com/tv_spots/85-The-Wall
Final Question:
What can we do to work united as a team, so that incredible events can occur? (discuss or write as a journal entry)
Quote:
“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”
Jim Stovall
Ask the class the question… What makes us (the United States) great? Make a class list of responses.
Compare your 2 lists:
Are there any common or similar answers?
Click on the link below to watch the video:
http://www.values.com/tv_spots/85-The-Wall
Final Question:
What can we do to work united as a team, so that incredible events can occur? (discuss or write as a journal entry)
Quote:
“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”
Jim Stovall
Using All Your Strength
Read:
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road when they came
across a large tree branch.
The boy asked, “Do you think I could move that branch?”
“If you use all your strength, I’m sure you can,” his father answered.
The boy tried mightily to lift, pull, and push the branch, but he couldn’t budge it.
Discouraged, he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it.”
His dad said, “Try again.”
This time, as the boy struggled with the branch, his father joined him. Together
they pushed the branch aside.
“The first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask
me to help.”
It’s important to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as
discipline, courage, and love. It also includes outer resources. Just as we
should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask the help of others.
It’s one of the great things about being human.
Plans
1. Read Using All Your Strength to the class. Discuss what it means to use all your strength. Do they consider asking another for help, to be a strength or a weakness?
2. Each student needs a blank sheet of paper. Have them divide the sheet into three columns. In the first column, ask them to list their short- and long-term goals. (You can specify areas such as hobbies, career, academics, athletics, etc.) In the second column, tell them to list their strengths. Have them match their strengths to their goals. Do any goals have no strengths attached? If so, remind them that they’re more likely to achieve their goals with the help of others. In the third column, have them list people who can help them reach their goals and improve their strengths.
3. Have the students discuss their goals, strengths, and people who can help them achieve their goals.
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road when they came
across a large tree branch.
The boy asked, “Do you think I could move that branch?”
“If you use all your strength, I’m sure you can,” his father answered.
The boy tried mightily to lift, pull, and push the branch, but he couldn’t budge it.
Discouraged, he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it.”
His dad said, “Try again.”
This time, as the boy struggled with the branch, his father joined him. Together
they pushed the branch aside.
“The first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask
me to help.”
It’s important to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as
discipline, courage, and love. It also includes outer resources. Just as we
should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask the help of others.
It’s one of the great things about being human.
Plans
1. Read Using All Your Strength to the class. Discuss what it means to use all your strength. Do they consider asking another for help, to be a strength or a weakness?
2. Each student needs a blank sheet of paper. Have them divide the sheet into three columns. In the first column, ask them to list their short- and long-term goals. (You can specify areas such as hobbies, career, academics, athletics, etc.) In the second column, tell them to list their strengths. Have them match their strengths to their goals. Do any goals have no strengths attached? If so, remind them that they’re more likely to achieve their goals with the help of others. In the third column, have them list people who can help them reach their goals and improve their strengths.
3. Have the students discuss their goals, strengths, and people who can help them achieve their goals.
Enhancing Your Self-Esteem
How to Enhance Your Self-Esteem
Your Self-Esteem
The way we feel about ourselves has a huge affect on the way we treat ourselves and others, and on the kinds of choices we make. Here are some things you can do to protect, raise, or reinforce your self-esteem:
● Spend time with people who like you and care about you.
● Ignore (and stay away from) people who put you down or treat you badly.
● Do things that you enjoy or that make you feel good.
● Do things you are good at.
● Reward yourself for your successes.
● Develop your talents.
● Be your own best friend - treat yourself well and do things that are good for you.
● Make good choices for yourself, and don't let others make your choices for you.
● Take responsibility for yourself, your choices, and your actions.
● Always do what you believe is right.
● Be true to yourself and your values.
● Respect other people and treat them right.
● Set goals and work to achieve them.
Discussion Questions
1. We hear a lot of talk these days about self-esteem. Who can tell me what self-esteem is?
2. Is there a difference between self-esteem and smugness or conceit?
3. When we say someone has high self-esteem, what does that mean?
4. Is everybody is entitled to have high self-esteem. Do you agree? Why (or why not)?
5. Do you think you have to "prove yourself" in some way in order to deserve high self-esteem?
- Do you have to be great at something?
- Do you have to be super-popular or part of the "in-crowd?"
- Do you have to be terrifically good-looking?
- Is there any reason why someone should not be entitled to have good self-esteem?
6. Where does high self-esteem come from?
- Why do you think some people have high self esteem and others have low self-esteem?
7. What causes low self-esteem?
8. When you make really good choices for yourself, how does that make you feel? (ask for examples)
- Does that raise your self-esteem?
- Do you think that making good choices for yourself could be one way to help raise your self-esteem?
9. When you make really bad choices for yourself, how does that make you feel? (ask for examples)
- Does that lower your self-esteem?
10. Have you ever made yourself feel bad by comparing yourself with others?
- Is it good to compare yourself with others? Why not?
- What can happen when you compare yourself with others?
11. Is our self-esteem permanent, or does it change?
- Is it ever too late to change the way we feel about ourselves?
Your Self-Esteem
The way we feel about ourselves has a huge affect on the way we treat ourselves and others, and on the kinds of choices we make. Here are some things you can do to protect, raise, or reinforce your self-esteem:
● Spend time with people who like you and care about you.
● Ignore (and stay away from) people who put you down or treat you badly.
● Do things that you enjoy or that make you feel good.
● Do things you are good at.
● Reward yourself for your successes.
● Develop your talents.
● Be your own best friend - treat yourself well and do things that are good for you.
● Make good choices for yourself, and don't let others make your choices for you.
● Take responsibility for yourself, your choices, and your actions.
● Always do what you believe is right.
● Be true to yourself and your values.
● Respect other people and treat them right.
● Set goals and work to achieve them.
Discussion Questions
1. We hear a lot of talk these days about self-esteem. Who can tell me what self-esteem is?
2. Is there a difference between self-esteem and smugness or conceit?
3. When we say someone has high self-esteem, what does that mean?
4. Is everybody is entitled to have high self-esteem. Do you agree? Why (or why not)?
5. Do you think you have to "prove yourself" in some way in order to deserve high self-esteem?
- Do you have to be great at something?
- Do you have to be super-popular or part of the "in-crowd?"
- Do you have to be terrifically good-looking?
- Is there any reason why someone should not be entitled to have good self-esteem?
6. Where does high self-esteem come from?
- Why do you think some people have high self esteem and others have low self-esteem?
7. What causes low self-esteem?
8. When you make really good choices for yourself, how does that make you feel? (ask for examples)
- Does that raise your self-esteem?
- Do you think that making good choices for yourself could be one way to help raise your self-esteem?
9. When you make really bad choices for yourself, how does that make you feel? (ask for examples)
- Does that lower your self-esteem?
10. Have you ever made yourself feel bad by comparing yourself with others?
- Is it good to compare yourself with others? Why not?
- What can happen when you compare yourself with others?
11. Is our self-esteem permanent, or does it change?
- Is it ever too late to change the way we feel about ourselves?
You and Your Values
You and Your Values
HOW TO BE YOURSELF
It's not always easy to be ourselves. Sometimes, when we're with other people, we make choices or act in ways that are different from when we're alone. Here are some ways to prevent that from happening.
Know your values and stay true to them.
Make your own choices, don't just go along with the crowd.
Respect yourself.
Think about your goals and act accordingly.
What are Values?
Your values are your personal inventory of what you consider most important in life. We all have values, but unless we take the time to think about those values, we can easily overlook them when we're making important choices. Here are some guidelines for identifying what you value.
Is this something that's important to you?
Do you feel good about this being important to you?
Would you feel good if people you respect knew that this was important to you?
Have you ever done anything that indicates that this is important to you?
Is this something you would stand by even if others made fun of you for it?
Does this fit in with your vision of who you are?
Discussion Questions
When somebody says "just be yourself," what does that mean?
Is it always easy to be yourself, or can it sometimes be difficult? Why? How? Give examples.
Does fitting in ever make it hard to be yourself? Why?
Do all the kids in a group have the same values?
Do you think that sometimes people make choices that conflict with their values? Can you give an example? Are they aware that they're doing that? What would cause somebody to make a choice that conflicts with his/her values?
Do you think we are born with values or we learn them? If we learn them, how do we learn them? Who helps you figure out what you value?
How can you benefit from knowing what your values are?
HOW TO BE YOURSELF
It's not always easy to be ourselves. Sometimes, when we're with other people, we make choices or act in ways that are different from when we're alone. Here are some ways to prevent that from happening.
Know your values and stay true to them.
Make your own choices, don't just go along with the crowd.
Respect yourself.
Think about your goals and act accordingly.
What are Values?
Your values are your personal inventory of what you consider most important in life. We all have values, but unless we take the time to think about those values, we can easily overlook them when we're making important choices. Here are some guidelines for identifying what you value.
Is this something that's important to you?
Do you feel good about this being important to you?
Would you feel good if people you respect knew that this was important to you?
Have you ever done anything that indicates that this is important to you?
Is this something you would stand by even if others made fun of you for it?
Does this fit in with your vision of who you are?
Discussion Questions
When somebody says "just be yourself," what does that mean?
Is it always easy to be yourself, or can it sometimes be difficult? Why? How? Give examples.
Does fitting in ever make it hard to be yourself? Why?
Do all the kids in a group have the same values?
Do you think that sometimes people make choices that conflict with their values? Can you give an example? Are they aware that they're doing that? What would cause somebody to make a choice that conflicts with his/her values?
Do you think we are born with values or we learn them? If we learn them, how do we learn them? Who helps you figure out what you value?
How can you benefit from knowing what your values are?
The Three R's
The Three R’s of Growing Up
Responsibility
Right Things
Respect
1. BE RESPONSIBLE
Most people think of a grownup as someone who takes responsibility for his/her own life. And being responsible shows your parents that you are growing up and can handle more freedom. Here are six ways to be a responsible person:
Take care of your own affairs.
● Follow through on commitments.
● Answer for your own actions.
● Be trustworthy.
● Don't procrastinate.
● Always use your head.
2. CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
Some decisions are easy to make, others are more complicated. When it's a choice between right and wrong, you don't need to weigh the pros and cons. Choosing to do the right thing is an act of self-respect and responsible decision making. Here are some guidelines for deciding what's right:
What do my heart and conscience tell me?
● Could it hurt anyone - including me?
● Is it fair?
● How would I feel if somebody did it to me?
● How will I feel about myself later if I do it?
● What would adults I respect say about it?
3. RESPECT YOURSELF
Respecting ourselves helps us make good choices. And making good choices lifts our self-respect. Good self respect helps every aspect of our personal and social lives, and makes it a lot easier to get through the tough times. Here are some things that are almost guaranteed to make you respect yourself:
Take responsibility for yourself.
● Always do what you believe is right.
● Be true to yourself and your highest values.
● Respect others and treat them right.
● Set goals and work to achieve them.
● Say "no" to negative pressures.
● Don't let others make your choices for you.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What is a grownup? How do you know when you are one?
Exactly what does being responsible mean? Name some responsible behaviors.
What are the benefits of being responsible?
What does self-respect have to do with growing up?
Do you think your self-respect sometimes affects the way you make choices? In what way?
Agree or disagree: When it comes to making choices, it's okay to do anything you can get away with! Why do you agree or disagree? Can you give some examples from personal experience?
Why do people sometimes do the right thing even when it's not as easy or as much fun as something else?
How often do you think about whether something is right or wrong before you decide to do it?
What are the benefits of doing what you believe is the right thing? Does it make your decisions any easier? How?
Agree or disagree: By the time you are 35 years old you are certainly a grownup. Why do you agree or disagree?
Responsibility
Right Things
Respect
1. BE RESPONSIBLE
Most people think of a grownup as someone who takes responsibility for his/her own life. And being responsible shows your parents that you are growing up and can handle more freedom. Here are six ways to be a responsible person:
Take care of your own affairs.
● Follow through on commitments.
● Answer for your own actions.
● Be trustworthy.
● Don't procrastinate.
● Always use your head.
2. CHOOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
Some decisions are easy to make, others are more complicated. When it's a choice between right and wrong, you don't need to weigh the pros and cons. Choosing to do the right thing is an act of self-respect and responsible decision making. Here are some guidelines for deciding what's right:
What do my heart and conscience tell me?
● Could it hurt anyone - including me?
● Is it fair?
● How would I feel if somebody did it to me?
● How will I feel about myself later if I do it?
● What would adults I respect say about it?
3. RESPECT YOURSELF
Respecting ourselves helps us make good choices. And making good choices lifts our self-respect. Good self respect helps every aspect of our personal and social lives, and makes it a lot easier to get through the tough times. Here are some things that are almost guaranteed to make you respect yourself:
Take responsibility for yourself.
● Always do what you believe is right.
● Be true to yourself and your highest values.
● Respect others and treat them right.
● Set goals and work to achieve them.
● Say "no" to negative pressures.
● Don't let others make your choices for you.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What is a grownup? How do you know when you are one?
Exactly what does being responsible mean? Name some responsible behaviors.
What are the benefits of being responsible?
What does self-respect have to do with growing up?
Do you think your self-respect sometimes affects the way you make choices? In what way?
Agree or disagree: When it comes to making choices, it's okay to do anything you can get away with! Why do you agree or disagree? Can you give some examples from personal experience?
Why do people sometimes do the right thing even when it's not as easy or as much fun as something else?
How often do you think about whether something is right or wrong before you decide to do it?
What are the benefits of doing what you believe is the right thing? Does it make your decisions any easier? How?
Agree or disagree: By the time you are 35 years old you are certainly a grownup. Why do you agree or disagree?
A Time to Give
Helping Others by Volunteering
Go to the following website to watch video clip: GENEROSITY VIDEO
Read the following story:
I wrote my first Christmas card on Sunday 28th September!
Believe me, it's not like me. I usually put these things off to the last minute. But, after church on Sunday, one of the ladies from the Mothers' Union handed around some cards that they were planning to send to inmates of the nearest prison.
She asked that we each put a personal message inside - but what do you write to someone when the only thing you know about them is that they have committed a crime?
Oh, it was hard! I tapped the pen on the table for a long time searching for inspiration. In the end I had to look past the prison walls and the crime to the heart of the man.
I wrote, "Each day brings the promise of a new life. Have a Merry Christmas and a better New Year. Love, David."
It wasn't exactly inspired, but new life is what Christmas is all about and each day we have a fresh chance to make a new beginning.
I can't take credit for the idea, but wouldn't it be wonderful if we each reached out this year and shared a little love with someone who needs it?
Author Anonymous
During the month of December you have an opportunity to help others who are in need…
Class discussion or writing assignment:
1. How does it make you feel when you do something nice to help others?
2. How do you think others feel when you do something nice to help them?
Go to the following website to watch video clip: GENEROSITY VIDEO
Read the following story:
I wrote my first Christmas card on Sunday 28th September!
Believe me, it's not like me. I usually put these things off to the last minute. But, after church on Sunday, one of the ladies from the Mothers' Union handed around some cards that they were planning to send to inmates of the nearest prison.
She asked that we each put a personal message inside - but what do you write to someone when the only thing you know about them is that they have committed a crime?
Oh, it was hard! I tapped the pen on the table for a long time searching for inspiration. In the end I had to look past the prison walls and the crime to the heart of the man.
I wrote, "Each day brings the promise of a new life. Have a Merry Christmas and a better New Year. Love, David."
It wasn't exactly inspired, but new life is what Christmas is all about and each day we have a fresh chance to make a new beginning.
I can't take credit for the idea, but wouldn't it be wonderful if we each reached out this year and shared a little love with someone who needs it?
Author Anonymous
During the month of December you have an opportunity to help others who are in need…
Class discussion or writing assignment:
1. How does it make you feel when you do something nice to help others?
2. How do you think others feel when you do something nice to help them?
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