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Character education thematic unit plans for Microsoft Word
First Grade Social Studies Plans 2 Week Unit Family, Choices, Needs and Wants
Here is a 10-page, 2-week unit for first grade that can easily be adapted for K or 2nd.
Included are lessons on the following topics:
• Similarities and differences in families (including traditions and cultures)
• Comparing school rules and parent rules and recognizing the importance of rules
• Family traditions and holidays
• Responsibilities and why it is important to work together as a community
• The family tree
• How decisions may affect others whether we mean them to or not
• How to m
Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol
Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol explores the sudden devastation that a drinking and driving accident can bring to both teenagers and their grief-stricken families. This film is also a powerful reminder of how difficult the road to recovery (which is often only partial, at best) can be, if one is lucky enough to survive.
Runtime: 51 minutes
**THE DVD IS NOT INCLUDED**
You will receive 2 viewing guides (approximately 25 minutes/day), 2 homework assignments, a summary quiz, and an anti
Grades:
6th - 12th
Budgeting and Money Management Class Project- "Life Project" Editable
During this project, students will receive paychecks, pay bills, put money aside for savings and record all withdrawals and deposits in their personal check register.
Complete packet includes:
-Proposal for classroom project, entitled The Life Project
-Student packet outlining expectations regarding paychecks, savings account, check register, spending, etc.
-Blank check templates
-Check register for students to record their expenditures
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 10th
Antwone Fisher, Mini-Unit
Inspired by the true story, Antwone Fisher is a compelling film that brings us through the journey of a Navy sailor who is prone to violent outbursts. Through the guidance of his psychiatrist, Antwone confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
Runtime: 120 minutes
You will receive 4 viewing guides (30 minutes/day), 4 homework assignments, a summary quiz, an anticipation guide (to engage the students and inform them of some of the issues that will arise thr
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Cultural Identity Inquiry Bundle - Social Studies - Planner - IB PYP
This bundle is designed to help students develop cultural empathy by learning more about their own culture and sharing this with others. It includes the following editable resources: a 6-7 week inquiry plan, a family values tally chart and two poetry writing lessons. The bonus file is a cultural interview chart. All are easily adapted to suit your own class/school.The 6-7 week inquiry unit includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to
Grades:
2nd - 5th, Staff
Rights and Responsibilities - IB Unit and Lesson Plans
The document includes a two week unit plan (using elements of the International Baccalaureate (IB) outline) and 10 corresponding lesson plans ideas for teaching elementary students about rights and responsibilities.
The unit is based on the central idea, "We, individually and collectively, have rights and responsibilities according to the communities to which we belong."
During the unit, students inquire about the following:
• What a community is
• What rights and responsibilities are
• Why we
Grades:
K - 4th
Friendships Inquiry Plan x - Social Studies - Wellbeing - SEL - IB PYP
This 6 week Who we are unit (PYP) inquiry plan will help make your classroom a friendship zone. Learners will develop empathy, tolerance and good communication skills as they learn about and experience friendships. Easily adapted to suit your own class and school, it includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to learning (ATLs) and learner profile focusagency and action ideasassessment - before views, formative, summative, self-assess
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Grades:
K - 6th, Staff, Not Grade Specific
Mindfulness 101: Introduction to Mindfulness Unit 1
This document includes the scope and sequence of an introductory unit on mindfulness. It includes a syllabus, videos, Power Points, articles, guiding questions, activities, and a final quiz on brainscience and mindfulness. Please let me know if you have any questions about this document. :)**It is highly recommended that teachers and facilitators of mindfulness classes have their own practice and have been trained as mindfulness facilitators. **
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
People of Inspiration (POI): PERSEVERANCE Unit Cross-Curricular Plan (Biography)
People of Inspiration (POI): PERSEVERANCE Unit Cross-Curricular Plan (Biography)This POI focuses on learning about the concept of PERSEVERANCE through the lens of Misty Copeland, the first African American Prima Ballerina in the American Ballet Theatre Company. Questions children will explore include: What does perseverance look like for me? What do I need to do to persevere when things get hard? How does perseverance tie into the struggle for gender and race equality?Overall Summary of The Peop
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: "Perseverance" People of Inspiration Unit Bundle
How Great Thou Art
A skit for Chapel explaining how sometimes we need to reflect on all that is around us and how God made everything. God has a plan for each and every one of us.
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Anti-bully project based learning- optional Stargirl connection
This is a 6-7 day project in which students will find specific bullying problems in your school and come together to solve the problems. I used this very lesson plan template at my school for an observation and received high praise from my principal! It is great for real world problem solving and uses various forms of assessment. Students can read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli as a literature integration. Includes everything you need to facilitate project.You could even do the project without the t
Grades:
4th - 8th
Slave Narratives
Slave Narratives questions and activities for two of the most famous narratives. "Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass" and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teamwork Inquiry Unit x - Groups - STEM - Social Studies - PYP
This 6-7 week How We Organise Ourselves (IB PYP) inquiry unit will promote team and group work and collaboration skills for life-long learning. Easily adapted to suit your own class and school it includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to learning (ATLs) and learner profile focusagency and action ideasassessment - before views, formative, summative, self-assessment and peer.detailed learning experiences and provocationsresources an
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Physical Education Elementary Survival Guide
Open with Care........For inside contains hidden treasures on how to survive, succeed and thrive any school year! This Survival Guide will help you prepare, organize, and communicate through quality print-outs, activities, and ideas.
The Survival Guide has 6 main areas of focus
1. The Game Plan
2. Essential Physical Education Resources
3. Class Time
4. Class Expectations, Rules, and Positive Climate
5. Top Program Alert
6. School- Wide Events and Programs
Enjoy this resource and continue t
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Tacky The Penguin Unit
The unit includes reading 5 Tacky books that lasts for 2 weeks. In this unit there is an interactive read aloud plan and a shared reading plan. The lessons include prior knowledge, plot, point of view, character traits, compare and contrast of all the books with the chart, higher order questions, theme, writing activities, the shared reading activity and so much more.
Grades:
K - 4th
Culture Inquiry Unit x - Social Studies - Planner - IB PYP
This 6-7 week How We Express Ourselves (PYP) inquiry plan helps students develop cultural empathy by learning more about their own culture and sharing this with others. Easily adapted to suit your own class/school, it includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to learning (ATLs) and learner profile focusagency and action ideasassessment - before views, formative, summative, self-assessment and peer.detailed learning experiences and p
Grades:
1st - 6th, Staff
First week Class Management lessons
Don't panic I have a weeks worth of Classroom Management lessons that will set the stage for a smooth year. I offer my suggestions on how to use the lessons or you can read them over and make them your own. There is poetry, vocabulary, book choices, graphic organizers, and more: a jam packed week of smooth sailing.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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SURVIVOR DAY
This guideline is for my SURVIVOR DAY. This is a full day of field activities that can be modified to be a half-day, or you can just pull individual activities. I have included my guidelines for my 2014 field day. Use as you wish. My students love it. I've been doing this field day for 9 years. Some students state that it's the best thing they remember about middle school!
Grades:
5th - 9th
The Stelladaur Series - Super Hero Activity Guide
The Stelladaur Academy introduces the young adult fantasy series, Stelladaur by S.L. Whyte. The Academy motto is: To facilitate the discovery of individual potential, and the development of confident, creative and compassionate youth. The interactive SUPER HERO ACTIVITY GUIDE will help students unleash their own limitless powers! With 35 pages of exciting and thought provoking content, the SUPER HERO ACTIVITY GUIDE is an in-depth exploration of Finding Tir Na Nog and will help students discover
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Class Pre-Union Unit
In this unit, students will explore what their lives will be like 28 years into the future when they will celebrate their 20 year high school class reunion. Students must choose a career that they wish to have at that time in their lives. They must research this career in order to learn what steps they will need to take to acquire their desired job, including college and/or trade school, specialized training, job interviews, working their way up in other positions, etc. Students will prepare
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Responsibility and reflective practice
The Responsibility Unit is one of several units that will enable teachers to design programs that foster a workable set of values, the skills of cooperation, appropriate decision-making, goal setting and high academic expectations. These activities will support the goals and objectives of each district's vision for Character Education, Social and Emotional Learning, Emotional Intelligence, and the Dignity for All Students Act. The activities are based on research-based strategies and skills from
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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Coloring Your Emotions
This is a great activity to do with any book about emotions (i.e. My Many Colored Days, A Color of My Own). Students can make a booklet of their emotions by drawing a picture of their faces when they feel sad, angry, happy, or scared. There is also an opportunity for them to write a little bit about their emotions. This would be appropriate for grades K - 4th!
Grades:
K - 5th
Goals and Dreams Packet Give Back to Students in 5 Years
This is a packet filled with poems, songs, activities, writing assignments, and quotes to inspire students. It will encourage them to create a bucket list, learn to live in the moment, and pass on acts of kindness. Teaching is more than academics; it is teaching kids to realize and pursue their dreams. I collect this packet and mail it back to my students in 5 years.
5 years…260 weeks…1,825 days…2,333,000 minutes
What will you do with it? What could you do with it?
Everything is included.
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Heroes Inquiry Unit x - Social Studies - Social & Emotional - Wellbeing - IB PYP
In this 6-7 week Who we are (PYP) inquiry unit leaners will discover how heroes can be powerful people in our lives and how they can become heroes themselves! Easily adapted to suit your own class/school, it includes: transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, key concepts and questionsapproaches to learning (ATLs) and learner profile focusagency and action ideas assessment - before views, formative, summative, self-assessment and peer.detailed learning experiences and provocatio
Grades:
2nd - 7th, Staff
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