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Lesson Resources
Lesson
1:
Thomas, Marlo. Free to Be...A Family. Bantam Books.
New York, NY. 1987. The Kingdom With No Rules, No Laws, and
No King, by Norman Stiles. page 142 - 147
Morning Meeting http://responsiveclassroomorg.readyhosting.com/newsletter/11_1NL_1.html
Rules Rubric
Lesson 2:
Dream Chasers World of Reading. Silver Burdett & Ginn. Needham,
MA. Teaching Characterization, Volume 1, Teachers Manual pages 68-69,
Student workbook page 20, Skills Practice #15. Fifth grade reading
basal
Character Traits
Yahooligan's Reference Dictionary http://www.yahooligans.com/reference/dictionary/
Plum Design Visual Thesaurus http://www.visualthesaurus.com/desktop/index.jsp
Lessons 3:
Weber, Judith Eichler. Forbidden Friendship. Silver
Moon Press. New York, NY. 1993.
Forbidden
Friendship Teachers Guide http://www.silvermoonpress.com/assets/PDFs/StoriesOfTheStates/TGUIDE-ForbiddenFriendship.pdf
Forbidden Friendship Characterization Notes
Immigration Newtown, Wales - North Adams, Massachusetts http://users.adelphia.net/~deborahsprague/
For North Adams and immigration activities/information
Lesson 4:
Character Self-Portrait sheet.
Character Traits - Grading rubric at bottom of page
** 6+1
Trait™ Writing Assessment Scoring Guide http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfRubrics/6plus1traits.PDF
Scoring
rubric for six traits of writing
Lesson 5:
Microsoft
Encarta Encyclopedia http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx
Building
Character in Students http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip5.html
A list
of ways educators can instill positive character traits in students
Inspiration http://www.inspiration.com/
Version
7 CD-Rom CD-Rom used for webbing, brainstorming, outlining, concept
mapping.
**
6+1
Trait™ Writing Assessment Scoring Guide http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfRubrics/6plus1traits.PDF
Scoring
rubric for six traits of writing
(Rubistar) Character Traits of Historical Figure Rubric
Lesson 6:
Keridler, William J. Creative Conflict Resolution. Good
Year Books. Glenview, IL. 1984.
Lesson 7:
Character
Traits
(Rubistar) Conflict Mediation Role Play
Lesson 10:
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6+1
Trait™ Writing Assessment Scoring Guide http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfRubrics/6plus1traits.PDF
Scoring rubric for six traits of writing
All Lessons:
Character
Education Resources http://midgefrazel.net/character.html
Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education http://www.cortland.edu/c4n5rs/PRIN_III.HTML
Character Counts http://www.charactercounts.org/
a non-profit site devoted to promoting Six Pillars of Character
Education
** Character,
Civility and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/news/1999/char_civ.pdf
** Character,
Civility and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: a Collection
of Sample Units
http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/news/1999/sample_char.pdf
Pieces
for Peace http://www.northadamsschools.com/brayton/larocca/peace/
A multi-age
interdisciplinary social skills project focusing on: friendship,
conflict mediation, individual differences, school community, global
community, peace
Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Rubrics
for project-based activities
** The
files are available in the digital .pdf format and require Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view and print. The FREE download is available
at the address below:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Graphics
Index page -
Angela, age 11
Character traits page- James, age 11
School rules
page- Olivia, age 12
Feedback page - Jeremey age 12
Rollover image on index page and graphics on self portrait worksheet
are from Microsoft Word AutoShapes and Dreamweaver Fireworks
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