character


 * Handouts for Curriculum:**






 * Character Education/Etiquette--Ideas**:

NYTimes Learning Network:
 * NYTimes Learning Network--Online Reading Club--link to "Character" article
 * Character Article: "What if the Secret to Success is Failure?"

Habits of Mind - Example Curriculum

Habits of Mind - Poster (Overview of each habit)

21st Century Skills:
 * Life & Career Skills(Could be part of Character/Etiquette Component):
 * Flexibility & Adaptability
 * Initiative & Self-direction
 * Social & Cross-cultural skills
 * Leadership & Responsibility

Resource for ideas: Etiquette for Today site
 * Basic Etiquette/School Etiquette
 * Netiquette (also part of technology and Digital Citizenship/Internet Safety components)

Service Learning Component: > {Kids watch it; see how the school rallied despite funding obstacles; see what endeavors Ike school community could benefit from...} >
 * Identify a campus or local need...
 * http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/8542_K-12_SL_Toolkit_UPDATED.pdf
 * Students Engage! Lesson (with downloadable pdfs)
 * Video Inspiration for Potential Service Learning: CBS news story on jeopardized school music program

Scenario learning:
 * Students form teams & work together (cooperative learning) to problem-solve and develop solutions to issues posed in different scenarios that involve "what would you do" or "what should X do in order to demonstrate honesty/integrity/helpfulness/selflessness," etc.

Article: The Care & Support of Teenagers

Lesson plan that explores the fairness of downloading music or videos for free ([])

Lesson plan describing "integrity" and involves students interpreting and applying the term to quotes and/or personal experiences ([])

Lesson plan that includes students analyzing a poem about "respect" and writing their own poem about respect. ([])