LESSON PLAN SITES:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/todayschild/charactered.htm#guiding Two teachers tell how they use literature to explore universal values, and offer suggestions for using literature in lessons.
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_character_ed.htm This site offers many ideas and activities to integrate chracter education into everyday lessons.
http://www.teachersparadise.com/e1/character-education.php Free character education resources from teachersparadise.com.
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/brilstar/Character/chared_index.html A site developed by W. Huitt that provides topics that have to do with character education; below each topic is the definition of the topic, an overview of the developmental attributes associated with the topic, and suggestions on how teachers and parents can facilitate the topics' development for children of all ages.
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/social_studies/character_education/ ABC teach provides a directory for different character education concepts, such as making a mistake, dealing with a teaser, and defending friends.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/ce/websites/ University of Illinois Extension hosts a site page for character education, such as Project Wisdom, and Wise Skills.
http://www.lee.k12.fl.us/dept/curr/ce/welcome.htm Lee County, Florida School District's web page for character education is built around character traits for each month.
www.megaed.com A "Mega" source for educators. This page is a link for teachers which covers a multitude of educational topics of interest.
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation More than 30 lessons plans about kindness are located within this site.
www.sitesforteachers.com A Master web site for major web pages such as abcteach.com, LessonPlansPage.com, and Timesaversfor Teachers.com.
www.learningpage.com This site provides a huge collection of professionally produced lesson plans and instructional materials that can be downloaded and printed.
www.edhelper.com Monthly theme units for all areas of education.
www.education-world.com An ever changing web site which offers educational resources and lesson topics, as well as professional development topics.
Building Positive Student Self-Concept An article that offers guidelines for what must be in place in the classroom in order for students to develop a positive self concept, based upon case studies taken from Stevenson-Carson School District in Washington..
The My Hero Project Inspiration and motivation for students.
The following links are interactive ways of teaching students about handling bullies:
itsmylife.cpb.guide The interactive bullying guide allows students to share their feelings about the social, emotional, and physical issues that affect them, it allows children to interact with the many activities that are offered to help them with these issues.
It's My Life . Parents/Teachers . Bullies . Discussion Questions | PBS Kids GO!
The following web pages are loaded with lesson ideas for all age levels. Do not be misled by the introductory offers that precede the lesson links, just scroll down the page to the lesson links.
edcreative Creativity, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Lesson Plans and Resources
edmulticult Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources
edexc Exceptional Lesson Plans and Resources for Gifted and Special Education Students
Lesson Plans Page Offers ideas for presenting a variety of topics.
Character Education Ideas from "I Love That Teaching Idea!" site. subj_character_ed
indexlp Character Education related lesson plan links page developed by the Clearinghouse for Reading, English, & Communication.
These links are taken from the Character Education Informational Handbook and Guide produced by the Public Schools of North Carolina. index
lp Lesson Plan links for the Core subject areas.
Resource page for the Center for the 4th and 5th R's (Respect and Responsibility). This includes America's Promise, Stories to Grow By, Abstinence Education, etc... websites
To Excel in the Classroom This web page sponsored by Forsyth County Schools in Forsyth, Georgia offers links to classroom strategies, graphing ideas, teacher resources and links to other areas of interest to teachers.
Committee for Children This article outlines the importance of integrating Social and Emotional Learning into core academic areas as a foundation for learning. The article suggests strategies and activities for building social and emotional learning into
the regular classroom.
www.pics4learning.com Copyright friendly images for education.
YouthLearn: Learning Developing a climate that supports learning based upon the four dimensions of climate in the classroom. Ages and stages, creating a positive classroom climate, and developing lesson plans to support a positive environment are just a part of the information offered here.
www.kanserve.org The Kansas State service learning site.
FYI:
These sites offer opportunities for further study in Brain Based Research.
right_left_brain_characteristics
This page is listed as a kids' page, but is also for their teachers.
If you have a student who is having some personal issues with handling feelings, bullying, etc... then you can access this page to gather some ideas.This page contains some informational links for students also. Kids' Page
St. Edward's University Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel.
FREE DOWNLOADS:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/bestpractices.htm
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention - Book to download
4 Parts: Parents and Families Home Visiting Social and Conflict Resolution Skills Mentoring
http://cecp.air.org/preventionstrategies/Default.htm
Promoting Positive Student Behaviors Manual
http://cecp.air.org/fba/default.asp
Functional Behavior Assessment Manual provides prevention and intervention strategies, information on Strength-Based Assessment, and providing wrap around planning ideas for students with behavioral issues. Downloadable