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This video is also avalable as part of our Character Education Video Series.
Observe first-hand the application of Character Education in our nation's schools. Classroom teachers demonstrate specific lessons and describe practical instructional approaches that transform character education from a conceptual framework into an understandable series of learning activities. This video provides educators with replicable ideas on how to integrate character education into existing classroom activities and to create a moral culture in the school community. There is universal agreement over the importance of teaching virtues such as respect and responsibility but educators are often unsure of the way to achieve this.
Featuring the Principal, Lynn Lisy-Macan and instructional staff at the Brookside Elementary School, Susquehanna Valley CSD, Binghamton, NY.
Observe:
- Kindergarten unit on the five senses
- Third grade lesson on schools-to-careers on the identification and value of talents
- Fifth grade - an integrated history and language arts lesson on famous people from ancient history
This video illustrates how character education is integrated into the core content with a move to higher academic standards.
The viewer will:
- Observe first hand how character education can be successfully integrated into the different levels of an elementary school
- Understand how character education can positively effect the entire culture of a school
- Obtain specific ideas and strategies for integrating character education into the classroom
- Learn how to merge character education into the daily life of a classroom without compromising higher standards
- Hear from elementary teaches how the character education initiative has enriched their classrooms as well as the lives of their students.
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