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This resource gives secondary teachers and counselors 95 ready-to-use lessons with reproducible activity sheets to promote healthy character development in students. The lessons are drawn from First-Class, a successful program initiated by students and teachers at Mundelein (IL) High School and can be used as is or adapted to fit the particular needs in any junior or senior high school. Major topics covered include:
* the nature of good character
* student behavior and the related issues of motivation, communication and family involvement
* anger management, stress reduction, dealing with failure and impulse control
* social issues such as family roles, violence and the impact of TV
* prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping and sexual harassment
* self-understanding and self-acceptance
* caring about the school, using appropriate language, maintaining personal appearance, and volunteering

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• About This Resource
• Introduction
• Section 1 In the Beginning
• 1-1 Assessing Student Needs
• 1-2 Identifying the Essentials
• 1-3 Good Character
• 1-4 Good Character: What Is It?
• 1-5 Good Character: The Next Step
• 1-6 The Facets of Good Character
• 1-7 The Test
• 1-8 Take Your Pick
• Section 2 Student Behavior and Character
• 2-1 First Impressions
• 2-2 Adult/Student Relationships
• 2-3 Adult/Student Relationships: Action Plan
• 2-4 Adult/Student Relationships: Action Plan Evaluation
• 2-5 To Be or Not to Be
• 2-6 It's Cool to Be First Class
• 2-7 Guidelines for Appropriate Public Behavior
• 2-8 Student Evaluation of the Rules
• 2-9 Feedback
• Section 3 Integrating Sicial Principles
• 3-1 Let's Talk Social Principles
• 3-2 Hometalk
• 3-3 Principles to Build On
• 3-4 Build a Foundation
• 3-5 When You Look at My Principles
• 3-6 To Know or Not to Know
• 3-7 We're in This Together: A Look at Love and Marriage
• 3-8 Love and Marriage
• 3-9 Playing Nice
• 3-10 Think Tank
• 3-11 Name Your Poison!
• Section 4 Dealing With Emotional Issues
• 4-1 Attitude
• 4-2 Attitude Follow-Up
• 4-3 Stepping Up
• 4-4 It's Your Call: If I Weren't Afraid!
• 4-5 Failure is My Friend
• 4-6 Rejecting Rejection
• 4-7 Stress
• 4-8 Handling Anger
• 4-9 Taking Your Pick
• 4-10 Leadership
• Section 5 Dealing With Social Issues
• 5-1 Family Roles
• 5-2 Get It Right
• 5-3 Gossip
• 5-4 Peer Pressure
• 5-5 Positive Interdependence
• 5-6 Competition vs. Cooperation
• 5-7 Handling Bullying
• 5-8 Violence
• 5-9 "Gift" Giving
• 5-10 Hate
• 5-11 Let's Take a Closer Look at Television
• Section 6 Understanding and Celebrating Differences in Others
• 6-1 Search
• 6-2 Silly Similes
• 6-3 Daffy-nitions
• 6-4 Make a Motto
• 6-5 Looking Closely at Stereotypes
• 6-6 Stereotyping, So What?
• 6-7 Combating Stereotyping
• 6-8 Who Are You?
• 6-9 Stereotyping and Discrimination
• 6-10 You Be The Judge
• 6-11 Up Close and Personal
• 6-12 Racial Stereotypes
• 6-13 Not Just About Race
• 6-14 Young vs. Old
• 6-15 It's Your Call
• 6-16 Take Your Pick
• 6-17 Prejudice and Discrimination
• 6-18 What Do You Think?
• 6-19 Being Physically Disabled
• 6-20 Sexual Harassment
• 6-21 More About Sexual Harassment
• 6-22 What Will You Do?
• 6-23 Jubilee, a Celebration of Diversity
• 6-24 A Challenge to the School Community
• 6-25 General Activities and Thought Questions

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Michael D. Koehler, Ph.D., was a teacher, counselor, and coach at Deerfield (IL) High School for 31 years and an adjunct professor of educational administration for 23 years. He has authored more than a dozen practical resources for educators with Prentice Hall and written and narrated a videotape for the College Board.

Karen E. Royer, M.A., is a former teacher at Mundelein (IL) High School, where she taught all levels of French, spearheaded the writing of one of the first "immersion" curricula in the state, and was one of the faculty who worked with students to initiate the First-Class character education program.