Animated Lessons
Character
Heroes of Character - The National Liberty Museum’s new four-part exhibition, called “Heroes of Character,” is designed to inspire action and initiate a global dialogue about heroism and character in today’s society, speaking to young people using interactive technology. The exhibition asks students “What do you stand for?” through its four exhibits: What Should You Do, Thrift & Generosity Challenge, Laws of Life, and Follow In My Footsteps. The new, permanent exhibition also features a companion website with materials specifically for teachers to use in the classroom, including a character education curriculum as well as other classroom activities and discussion guides relevant to the exhibition’s themes. (Y, M, O, T)
Shiver Academy's Book of Virtues Unit Study - (Y, M)
Restoring America Project - The vision of the Restoring America Project involves reaching young Americans and helping them to discover the core values on which this nation was founded. Designed as a tool to aid junior and senior high school teachers, students, and home schooling parents, the Restoring America Project features a daily incident from the lives of the men and women who formed America. We draw these incidents primarily from well-researched history sources -including the diaries, daily journals, and personal papers of some of America's finest citizens. We follow these dramatic examples with questions designed to challenge and encourage students to apply moral truths to their own lives. (O)
The President's Volunteer Service Award - Volunteer and make a difference (Y, M, O, T)
Read to Feed free educator resource packet - Read to Feed is about global education, awareness, and action! Children are motivated to read books so they can help impoverished people around the world. Read to Feed has many flexible, interconnected components for educators. (T)
Parties with Purpose - If you think your children are more self-focused than they should be, then this idea is for you. Watering Can Press is the company that publishes The Hero Book and The Giving Book, and they have developed party planning guides to accompany both books. You can download these free guides in PDF format. (Y, M, O, T)
Connect with Kids - Multimedia library, with more than 135 half-hour shows, 2,000 90-second news stories, hundreds of print articles, and 6,000 hours of original broadcast-quality footage — exclusively about children’s social, emotional and physical health. We generate an additional 70 hours of reality-based video content each month. (Y, M, O, T)
Human Rights Resources - UNHRC offers free educational resources about human rights on their website. Resources include posters, lesson plans, magazines, videos, and games. The Human Rights Teaching Kit "is designed to help teachers prepare lessons. (O,T)
Volunteer Opportunities - VolunteerMatch is connecting good people with good causes. A wonderful idea that brings volunteering opportunities to you in a usable format. Just input your zip code and Volunteer Match returns a list of organizations and positions for which they need volunteers. Some listings are well suited for certain volunteers: seniors, kids, teens or groups. Check it out! (T)
Heartwood Institute - Heartwood Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping teach children universal attributes of good character that form the foundations of community. Through research, product development, and support for teachers and families, Heartwood is contributing to a better world for all. (Y, M, O, T)
