Character Development Lesson Plans
Respectful
Middle Grades

Developed by: W. Huitt
Last revised: January 2005

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All Subjects

Grade Level: 7-12

Content Area: All Subjects

Learning Objectives (QCC)

The student will identify cultural differences in relationship to personal “space” and experience discomfort with alien cultural practices.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Fairness/Tolerance

Lesson Title

Cultural Spaces

Lesson Summary:

The primary purpose of this activity is to place the student in a cultural reversed situation in order to process expanded tolerance and acceptance of other cultures and traditional practices.

URL:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst175.txt

 

Grade Level: K-12

Content Area: All

Learning Objectives (QCC)

To facilitate students’ ability to express positive feelings towards another person and to build class unity.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respectful

Lesson Title

A Friendship Chain

Lesson Summary:

Students will make a friendship chain made up of names and attributes that describe that person. This chain is shared in class and can be used to decorate a Christmas tree.

URL:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/misc/misc73.txt

 

Reading/Language Arts

Grade Level:  6-8

Content Area: Reading/Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

 

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect

Lesson Title

In Search of Character

Lesson Summary:

Teaching guide for the video Respect in the video series In Search of Character, produced in association with Character Counts!

URL:

http://www.goodcharacter.com/ISOC/Respect.html

 

Grade Level: 6-8

Content Area: Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

To reinforce using complete sentences in writing and to practice oral expression.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Tolerance

Lesson Title

The Compliment Lesson

Lesson Summary:

This lesson is used in the first month of school as a way of developing a sense of “team” within the classroom. Students will create a replica of his/her face. The students will write compliments to each member of the class. Students will share their compliments with one another.

URL:

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp99m/html

 

Grade Level: 8

Content Area: Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will write and support thesis statement, develop a central idea with examples, write to persuade classmates of an opinion, analyze a series of related cause and effect relationships, and make and defend inferences and conclusions.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Honesty/Truthfulness/Sincerity/Courtesy

Lesson Title

Striving to be the Best Person You Can Be

Lesson Summary:

Students read “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. Students choose a character other than Charlie and complete four diary entries from that character’s perspective.

URL:

http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/lesplanwa.nsf/d8de5a7587da44308525692d0066c2fb/405

  

Grade Level: 7-9

Content Area: Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will begin to understand how they observe, identify, and sometimes judge others by behavior and appearance.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Tolerance/Objectiveness

Lesson Title

Let’s Go Shopping

Lesson Summary:

This lesson involves observation, role playing, writing in character, and presentation to the class. Students will visualize themselves as an observer of humanity in a given situation. They will be stepping out of their own character and into the character of someone else. They will react to a situation as they imagine someone else might and then write about it.

URL:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang02.txt

 

Grade Level: 6-8

Content Area: 10pt

Learning Objective(s)

 Makes generalizations and draws conclusions. Recognizes explicit and implicit main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships, Responds creatively to literature.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect

Lesson Title

On the Voyage to Values

Lesson Summary:

This is a unit centered around Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day.”  The teaching of character traits such as courage, integrity, kindness, perseverance, respect, and responsibility is a byproduct.  Although this is an interdisciplinary unit, it can easily become adapted to any discipline.

URL:

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp18.html

 

Mathematics

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Social Studies

 

Grade Level: K-12

Content Area: Social Studies

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will be able to experience first hand racial indifference.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respectful/Tolerance/Virtuous

Lesson Title

Cultural Acceptance

Lesson Summary:

Pick out 4-5 students in the room that are in similar clothing. Put these students in one area of the room, like computer area, and let them do whatever they like for the rest of the day. Give the remainder of the class a huge assignment. Watch and observe how students react. Keep this up for approximately 15 minutes. This could lead to a class discussion on how minorities are treated.

URL:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst66.txt

 

Grade Level: 5-12

Content Area: Social Studies/Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

The students will be able to plan, write, and edit an original personified history story, research a historical event that interests the student, and write a research paper.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Self-Evaluation/Open-mindness

Lesson Title

History Personified

Lesson Summary:

This activity is designed to allow each student to look at historical events from a different perspective. It helps the students to research a historical event of interest and write about that event in such a way that it will become very personalized for them.

URL:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst141.txt

 

Grade Level: 7-12

Content Area: Language Arts/Social Studies/History/Government

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will be able to work in groups to discuss and write the pros and cons of a controversial issue.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Knowledge/Consideration/Tolerance

Lesson Title

Introduction to Argument

Lesson Summary:

Divided into teams, students will debate the pros and cons of  a controversial issue.

URL:

http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/lessonid/1069505839

 

Grade Level: 8

Content Area: Social Studies

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will learn how their behavior affects someone else.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Self Knowledge

Lesson Title

My Behavior/Your Behavior

Lesson Summary:

Students will role play different situations. The class then discusses the effects oru our behavior and how others react to it.

URL:

http://glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/lptools/lpshared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp=&LPID= 

 

Grade Level: 7-12

Content Area: Social Studies/History/Government/Language Arts

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will be able to work in groups to discuss and write the pros and cons of a controversial issue.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Respect/Knowledge/Consideration/Tolerance

Lesson Title

Introduction to Argument

Lesson Summary:

Divided into teams, students will debate the pros and cons of  a controversial issue.

URL:

http://www.buildingrainbows.com/CA/lessonid/1069505839 




  

    
    
Grade Level: 
    6-8

    
    
Content Area: 
    Social Studies

  

  

    
    
Learning Objectives (QCC)

    
    
To acquaint students 
    with events in Russia and area since the fall of the Soviet Union.

  

  

    
    
Virtue/Character 
    Trait:

    
    
Respectful/Tolerance

  

  

    
    
Lesson Title

    
    
Dr. Joe

  

  

    
    
Lesson Summary:

    
    
Read story of Dr. Joe’s 
    life, “Want to Help.” Write letters to local congressmen asking them to help 
    grant political asylum to Dr. Joe.

  

  

    
    

    URL:

    
    

    
    http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp99p/html 

  




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Grade Level: 
    6-8

    
    
Content Area: 
    Guidance/All

  

  

    
    
Learning Objectives (QCC)

    
    
Students will encourage 
    and reinforce positive behaviors and see respect as a valued trait.

  

  

    
    
Virtue/Character 
    Trait:

    
    
Respectful

  

  

    
    
Lesson Title

    
    
Respect

  

  

    
    
Lesson Summary:

    
    
Students will create a 
    mural that honors the differences among people.

  

  

    
    

    URL:

    
    

    
    http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp99u.html