21. Character Development Group, Leaders In Character Education Across The Country. Plenty of live action and adventure will engage students and teach them life of selfpreoccupation and moving them on to the road to character development. http://www.charactereducation.com/subjarea/Teacher Resources (5-9)

Enter the quantity of each item you would like to order, then click on "add items to cart". Resources Resources for Teachers (5-9) - 55 items Please scroll down to see all items Wisdom for Making Good Choices, Grades K-2 Skills for Building Positive Character, Grades 3-5 Learning from the Words and Lives of World Figures, Grades 6-8 Becoming a Person of Character, Grades 9-12 Product ID: WSSET 9 x 12 3-ring binder, 1003 pages quantity: enter quantity above, then click add items button: Product ID: WL6-8 9 x 12 3-ring binder, 256 pages quantity: enter quantity above, then click add items button: Broken Toy Respected, requested—this video is a real-life story of 12-year-old Raymond who is the target of class bullies. They see nothing wrong with their actions—until they must accept the consequences. Accompanied by a helpful teacher’s guide, Broken Toy is an important resource to help young people see that their actions have consequences. Product ID: 372-WS Broken Toy quantity: enter quantity above, then click add items button: Peacemakers In Training by Corlette Sande This curriculum provides teachers with tools and resources to help students learn the peacemaking skills necessary in today’s world of conflict. The curriculum includes a 196-page teacher’s manual as well as 12 reproducible student activity books that cover the full range of conflict resolution and peaceful decision-making.

22. Character Development Group, Leaders In Character Education Across The Country. of live action and adventure will engage students and teach them life renowned educator present the most important part of a character development program. http://www.charactereducation.com/medium/video

Enter the quantity of each item you would like to order, then click on "add items to cart". Resources Videos - 58 items Please scroll down to see all items Veggie Tales: Are You My Neighbor? by Big Idea Productions Meet Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, and Junior Asparagus as they bring your students entertaining character education lessons. In addition to learning about honesty, acceptance, kindness, and forgiveness, your students will learn to love their vegetables. In this hilarious sci-fi spoof, kids are shown that loving your neighbor means appreciating those who are different, instead of making fun of them. Comes with Study Guide and Coloring Page (Grade K-4) (Public School Version) The computer animated Veggie Tales videos will be the most requested videos in your school's collection. Product ID: 652A-WS Order the set of four videos (listed as a separate item) for just $154.95 Veggie Tales: Are You My Neighbor? quantity: enter quantity above, then click add items button: Veggie Tales: Grapes of Wrath by Big Idea Productions Meet Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, and Junior Asparagus as they bring your students entertaining character education lessons. In addition to learning about honesty, acceptance, kindness, and forgiveness, your students will learn to love their vegetables.

23. Journal Of College And Character If sport should enhance character development, then one of its primary purposes should be to teach its participants to do what is morally right. http://www.collegevalues.org/articles.cfm?a=1&id=1086

24. ED477729 2002-12-00 Positive Character Development In School Sport Programs. ERI coaches, parents, administrators, other athletes and boosters teach through verbal a position to assist young people in the development of their character. http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed477729.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Beller, Jennifer Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education Washington DC. Positive Character Development in School Sport Programs. ERIC Digest. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC INTRODUCTION TERMINOLOGY Sportsmanship/fair play means playing as a good sport and following the moral values of honesty and justice (Lumpkin et al., 2002). The player plays by the rules and is fair and honest to his/her opponents. "Character education refers to the deliberate and intentional activity of cultivating, modeling, and teaching moral growth and moral judgment" (Stoll, 2000, p.3). The goal of this process is for individuals to build moral habits with a disposition to act upon moral judgment (Kohlberg, 1981). COMPONENTS OF MORAL CHARACTER INFORMAL CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS Environment.

25. Plays Teach Character, Middle School Plays teach good character traits Includes seven reproducible scripts, engaging extension activities to promote character development, tips for presenting stress http://www.any-book-in-print.com/_grades_68/plays_character_68.htm

Top 10 Bestsellers Special Deals Popular Series Thursday Pass-Alongs Get a Price Quote Place an Order Catalog Requests Our Cartoon Bks. Our Desk Signs Letters of Rec. Fav. Activities Career Books A-Z List of Books Thurs Middle School Couns Pass-Along Most every Thursday we send a brief "pass-along" that makes sense for counselors in middle schools. It is always brief. And, we often include info on a new book, a bit of humor, and all kinds of other stuff. Preteen Catalog! Our Working with Preteens Catalog: Grades 6-8 comes out once a year. If you have ordered from that catalog during the last few years, you will get a copy mailed to you the next time we publish. Just CLICK HERE if you'd like to see a copy of our current issue. We realize that this section of our web site has a long way to go. We're working on it! Plays teach good character traits...

26. 4-H Helps Virginia Schools Teach Good Character Traits concept of six pillars of character trustworthiness, respect caring, and citizenship, to teach ethical behavior. Extension s 4H youth development program has http://www.ext.vt.edu/news/releases/041803/character.html

April 18, 2003 4-H Helps Virginia Schools Teach Good Character Traits BLACKSBURG Imagine your children building stronger character just going about their daily routines. In many schools across Virginia and nationwide, the CHARACTER COUNTS! program is making this fantasy a reality. "We know it works," said Joseph Hunnings, Virginia Cooperative Extension 4-H youth development specialist at Virginia Tech. More Information Learn Why CHARACTER COUNTS! Hunnings is referring to evaluations of the CHARACTER COUNTS! program, a research-based program that uses the concept of six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship, to teach ethical behavior. The program builds consensus that there are values that define people at their best, however diverse their views and backgrounds. Virginia Cooperative Extension's 4-H youth development program has been training volunteers and school personnel for several years to bring the program into schools and communities throughout the state. To date, many school systems nationwide have adopted the program, including more than 60 schools in Virginia.

27. Internalization Of Character Traits By Those Who Teach Character Counts! have internalized a great many of the principles they teach via the also led to personal character development; Extension staff were more apt to consider http://www.joe.org/joe/2001december/a4.html

December 2001 Volume 39 Number 6 Internalization of Character Traits by Those Who Teach Character Counts! Kristyn Harms Undergraduate Student Internet Address: kharms3@bigred.unl.ed Susan Fritz Associate Professor Internet Address: smfritz@unlnotes.unl.edu Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communicatio University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska Introduction Increased character education is one alternative available to help what many see as the mayhem of moral decline in America . Research suggests a correlation between the teaching of character education of youth and its positive ethical results throughout the United States. While these findings demonstrate positive changes experienced by youth audiences, no research to date has been conducted on the effects that teaching Character Counts! has on those teaching the program. The research project reported here examined Character Counts! Program's impact on Cooperative Extension and on the personal and societal lives of Extension educators and assistants. In a recent survey of 20,829 high school and middle school students conducted by the Josephson Institute of Ethics (1997) found the following.

28. Character Development And Education role in students character development. Programs offered through organizations such as the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs of America can also teach a student http://www.ethics.org/character/support_initiatives.html

How We Can Help Lend Your Support Resources How Do You... ... Development Character Education Initiatives Our Character Education Program assists and supports the ethical and social development of students, both in schools and youth programs, and includes curriculum materials teacher training and assessments. ERC staff members have extensive experience helping individuals with diverse ethical and cultural backgrounds integrate character education into their daily activities. Our partnerships with a variety of educational and youth-oriented institutions such as the National FFA (formerly the Future Farmers of America) and Junior Achievement have enabled us to understand the challenges, benefits and restrictions unique to working effectively in faculty/student environments, and to develop character education programs that are both original and effective. The ERC is currently seeking funding for the following: Not-for-Sale DVD Student Ethics Offices in High Schools National Character Education Survey (NCES) We strongly support the need in character education research to examine the impact of character education on test scores, and other criteria, such as suspension and dropout rates. We would like to broaden our current evaluative efforts, limited largely to qualitative measures, and conduct additional quantitative research in this area. We have already designed a study to measure the scope and effectiveness of character education in our nation's schools. We are currently seeking funding to implement this study, which once completed, can be repeated on a bi-annual basis to become an accurate and important benchmarking tool.

29. Ethics News & Opinions: Ask The Expert The fact is that, intentionally or unintentionally, all schools teach values. Administrators can aid in the development of good character by creating a http://www.ethics.org/ask_e12.html

General Information Ethics Consulting Ethics Training Speakers Bureau ... Return to Ask the EXPERT Question: Should schools be teaching values? And if they do, how can we know that they are teaching values with which parents agree? Answer: This question is answered by Katie Sutliff , Associate Consultant for Character Education First, should schools be teaching values? The fact is that, intentionally or unintentionally, all schools teach values. Whether schools take the time to nurture values or decide not to discuss them, they send a message about the significance of character. Any school that condones cheating, racism or sexism, whose teachers are unfair, or which is not a caring institution will have an adverse effect on its students that parents must struggle to overcome. On the other hand, schools can foster and encourage students to become ethical people people of good character. Schools are tasked with creating knowledgeable individuals of good character. In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence, plus character, that is the goal of true education." The classroom is a professional environment for learning, and character must be explicitly taught there. Teachers can use the classroom both as a forum for direct instruction and as an opportunity to lead by example. Administrators can aid in the development of good character by creating a moral community at school.

30. Character Development Library Listings EDUCATING FOR character HOW OUR SCHOOLS CAN teach RESPECT AND excellent reference for incorporating values teaching within the character development Seminars. http://www.usna.edu/CharacterDevelopment/liblistings/library_index.html

U.S. Naval Academy 121 Blake Road Annapolis, Maryland Character Development Recommended Reading List AN AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by Rushworth M. Kidder (1988) Contains thoughtful and thought provoking insights by people the book describes as the "world's most compelling thinkers" about the major issues that will face humanity in the 21st Century. Morality is one of the many issues that these "thinkers" address. This is a valuable resource. CHARACTER EDUCATION: LESSONS FROM THE PAST, MODELS FOR THE FUTURE by James S. Leming (1993) This short pamphlet reviews existing research on the curricular effectiveness of the morals/values education programs that developed and flourished in the 60s, 70s, and 80s along with a review of the potential of the classroom and school to develop student character. After a brief history of character education in the 20s and 30s, the work presents a conceptual and theoretical perspective for effective character education for the present. CRITICAL REASONING by Jerry Cederblom and David W. Paulson (1991) This book is a good introduction to logic and reasoning for people who have little or no familiarity with deductive and inductive logic, logical fallacies, truth trees, etc. Topics include evaluating inductive arguments, empirical generalizations, and empirical theories using real-life examples.

31. USNA Character Development Seminars significant change to the overall character development Seminar program answers or that Leader of character Seminars are why we try to teach character to young http://www.usna.edu/CharacterDevelopment/seminars/seminars_index.html

U.S. Naval Academy 121 Blake Road Annapolis, Maryland Leader of Character Seminars 2003-2004 Seminar information... Second Class Seminars Youngster Seminars Plebe Seminars A significant change to the overall Character Development Seminar program is the incorporation of separate formats and focus for the four classes. The First Class Midshipmen will participate in a one day Capstone Character Excellence Seminar which will focus solely on issues they will likely deal with as newly commissioned officers. Second, Third, and Fourth Class Midshipmen will have seminar topics tailored to their experience levels and will be included in the Leader of Character Seminars, which will focus on the Navy's core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment. Admiral James Stockdale Top of Page Last Revised: December 11, 2002

32. NAIA Champions Of Character Initiative  initiative will be to develop awareness, advocate, teach/model and leadership, and sportsmanship, which exemplify positive character development values that http://www.houghton.edu/sports/affiliations/character.htm

NAIA Champions of Character Initiative Mission Statement The NAIA "Champions of Character" initiative will create an environment in which every NAIA student-athlete, coach, official and spectator is committed to the true spirit of competition through respect, integrity, responsibility, servant leadership, and sportsmanship Concepts/Principles The NAIA "Champions of Character" initiative is designed to assist those influenced by sports programs to know the right thing, do the right thing, and value the right thing inside of and outside of the sports setting. It is the intent of this development program to have NAIA student-athletes exhibit exemplary character and sportsmanship in NAIA athletic competitions. The immediate focus of the "Champions of Character" initiative will be to develop awareness, advocate, teach/model and hold people accountable for the five NAIA core values of respect, integrity, responsibility, servant leadership, and sportsmanship, which exemplify positive character development values that need to be put into right actions. It is intended that right actions in NAIA athletics will assist in forming habits that lead to the development of good character in all those affected by the NAIA educational sports program.

33. Character Development The Y builds on this commitment to character development by making it part of Staff and volunteers must accept the challenge to teach the Y s core values first http://www.ymcamd.org/Info_pages/character.html

Home > Info Pages > Character Development CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Character Development - Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility The Y's commitment to character development makes the organization extraordinarily valuable to the communities and people it serves. The Y builds on this commitment to character development by making it part of everyday operations (e.g., budgeting, hiring, planning facility operations, etc.) and programming. The four core values - caring, honesty, respect and responsibility - are embedded in the Y's culture to ensure that everyone - volunteers and staff at all levels of the organization are involved and committed to this process. Staff and volunteers must accept the challenge to teach the Y's core values first and foremost by leading by example in their own attitude and behavior. Cornerstones of Character Here are the definitions of the four core values: What's up at the Y? Anne Arundel County Family Branch Baltimore City Head Start Baltimore County Head Start Carroll County Family Branch ... Staff Login YMCA of Central Maryland Powered by Site Executive

34. Storytelling For Character Development It is a particularly good way to teach children realistic thinking important contributions that parents can make toward developing good character in their http://www.teachingvalues.com/whystorytelling.html

document.write("" + month); document.write(myweekday + ", " + year + ""); One of the most extensive sources on the web for parents, teachers, homeschoolers and anyone involved with character education for children. Products and Services Children's E-Book Stories Other Author's E-Book Stories Spiritual Quotes for Life Coaching for Parents Customized Stories Character Building Classics Free Stuff Sample Story- Love Introduction Text Activities Quotes for Story Story in Flash Format Principles for Character Education The Golden Rule Share Your Ideas Corner Why Storytelling? Why Movement? Why Music? ... Recommended Resources and Links Best Children's Books Books for Parents Recommended Music Recommended Videos Recommended Links Free Newsletter Values Poll Kids' Corner FAQs ... Home Why is Storytelling an Effective Technique to Use? Telling stories has long been recognized as an important part of healing, self-knowledge, and personal and spiritual vehicle for connecting us to other people and to God. . . . it is a means for understanding ourselves and our place in the world. We conceive of our lives as a web of stories - a historical novel or a mini-series in the making.. . . . We tell stories in order to live. We use stories to construct meaning and communicate ourselves to another. Stories help us organize and make sense of the experiences of a life.

35. Teach-At-Home Links Resource Center Links Note teachAt-Home neither endorses nor is 5/17/2001) Giving children an early advantage in education, values, and character development. http://www.teach-at-home.com/Links.asp?whichpage=3&pagesize=30&sqlQuery=SELECT

36. WCPSS-- Character Education Resource Center Community Involvement Committee will mobilize individuals and groups throughout Wake County to teach, model and affirm character development, resulting in a http://www.wcpss.net/character-education/

styles='http://www.wcpss.net/styles/mail-popup.css'; Schools Jobs Newcomers Community/Business ... About Us QUICK SEARCH JUST IN Board of Education Congratulates 2004 WCPSS Valedictorians Davis Drive Middle Teacher is Wake County Teacher of the Year Board of Education's 2004-05 Budget Request ... TV Program HIGHLIGHTS 2004-05 School Transfer Request Form (in English and Spanish) WCPSS Job Application Magnet Programs Board of Education ... WCPSS History E-SERVICES Downloadable Forms E-Newsletters Notification Service Feedback ... WCPSS Home Character Education Character Education Resource Center The Wake County Public School System is an award winning school system where character education is integrated throughout the curriculum and into the community. Honors earned by the school system include: National School District of Character Combs Elementary - National School of Character National Character Education Middle School Teacher of the Year For information on character education, contact WCPSS Character Education coordinator Sue Tripp (

37. Practical Psychology In Character Development An excerpt from Practical Psychology in character development. It is not hard to prepare a child for the trials and obligations of life, and to teach him that http://www.booksforcatholics.com/listings/l0036.html

Index leads you to specific problems Detailed 3-page table of contents Shrink-wrapped for extra protection in shipping (as are all our books) Practical Psychology in Character Development by Rudolf Allers, M.D. Price: $22.95 Hardcover How to recognize—and eliminate—common obstacles to your normal spiritual development Your advisor? The pioneering Catholic psychologist who proved the importance of religion And not just any religion. Dr. Rudolf Allers, a younger contemporary of Freud, argued that only the Catholic view of man could explain abnormalities and produce positive personality changes. He alone linked moral and spiritual growth to mental health. Of all Dr. Aller’s works, this was both his most ambitious and his most practical: an in-depth explanation of how character is shaped in childhood and afterward—and a helpful guide to rooting out character defects, curing (and preventing) developmental problems, strengthening virtues, and recognizing dormant potential, in both children and adults. Now it’s back in print for the first time in decades. Keys to steady spiritual growth that lasts Why “the formation of character is closely bound up with the nature of the moral and, further, of the religious life”

38. Using Stories About Heroes To Teach Values. ERIC Digest. Using Stories about Heroes To teach Values. ERIC Digest. They stress the integration of cognitive development and character development through perspective http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/heroes.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Sanchez, Tony R. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education Bloomington IN. Using Stories about Heroes To Teach Values. ERIC Digest. There has been a renewal of concern during the 1990s about teaching and learning valuesstandards that everyone should have about what is good or bad. And leading educators have recommended stories about heroes as a main means of teaching and learning values. Teaching methods that stress only cognitive skills in the analysis and clarification of choices about values have fallen from favor. The current trend is against teaching neutrally about values. Rather, the trend is for teaching values in concert with methods of analysis and judgment that yield answers about right and wrong, better and worse concerning personal behavior and the common good (Leming 1996). Prominent educators recommend that certain widely held values or virtues should be at the core of the school curriculum for the purpose of systematically developing the character of students. They stress the integration of cognitive development and character development through "perspective-taking, moral reasoning, thoughtful decision-making, and moral self-knowledge" (Lickona 1993, 9). And they also urge the use of personal modelsheroesin history, fiction, and current events to exemplify and encourage emulation of particular virtues or desirable traits of character, such as honesty, civility, courage, perseverance, loyalty, self-restraint, compassion, tolerance, fairness, respect for the worth and dignity of the individual, responsibility for the common good, and so forth (Leming 1996; Lickona 1991).

39. Character Education News that the nation s school systems teach and model core values such as respect, responsibility, honesty and caring by infusing character development into their http://www.character.org/newsdialog/news/index.cgi?dir=19980916

40. Religious Overtones Cloud Teaching Of Values - 03/21/00 Should public schools be required to teach character, using methods based Bill Gothard and Michigan s proposed legislation for character development in public http://www.detnews.com/2000/schools/0003/21/a01-20592.htm

@import url(/includes/css/enhanced.css); Visit our Newspapers in Education area Share this story with a friend Join the discussion in Feedback Search ... CyberSurveys News Talk Sports Talk Wings Talk Gear Talk Horoscope Hot Sites Lottery Weather ... Autos Joyrides Business Careers Editorials Metro/State Livingston Macomb Oakland Wayne On Detroit Nation/World Obituaries Real Estate Politics ... Voices Lions Pistons Shock Tigers Red Wings U-M MSU High Schools Motor Sports Golf Scoreboards ... Home delivery The Detroit News. Use of this site signifies your agreement to the Terms of Service (updated April 17, 2000). Tuesday, March 21, 2000 Religious overtones cloud teaching of values Character education: School violence solution? Linda Radin; Alan Lessig / The Detroit News Michelle Pollock, a Character First! volunteer, works with first-graders Lamia McBride, 6, and Andrew McClendon, 6, at Holcomb Elementary in Detroit. What kids learn Attentiveness: "I will not draw attention to myself." Obedience: "I will obey my authorities immediately." Truthfulness: "I will not exaggerate to make things seem different than what they are." Gratefulness: "I will be content with what I have."

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