Character Education

Pinwheels for Peace
http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/
September 21, 2005 is International World Peace Day. Have students create their pinwheel for peace with their thoughts for a better world.
Pinwheel Art Lesson
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/Melissa-pin.htm
Link to watercolour lesson.
Goodcharacter.com
http://www.goodcharacter.com/
- Teaching Guide Topics
- Great Web Resources
The Foundation for a Better Life
http://www.values.com/
- Posters
- Television spots
- Quotes
- Printable verions of billboards (cursor down the page)
Character Counts!
http://charactercounts.org
- Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, citizenship
- Free Teaching Tools
- Children's Books that Illustrate the 6 Pillars of Character
Bullying.org
http://www.bullying.org/public/frameset.cfm?w=s
Resource list, poems, stories, drawings, multimedia submissions to help stop bullying.
Operation Respect: Don't Laugh at Me
http://www.dontlaugh.org/
- Curriculum Downloads
  - Grade 2-5 Curriculum - 102 page pdf file
  - Grade 6-8 Curriculum - 112 page pdf file
A "No-Bullying Proposal" Webquest
http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/nobullying/
Have a look at the links under the Resource button.
Be the Change
http://www.accessola.com/osla/bethechange/index.html
A group of deticated Ontario Teacher-Librarians have written a series of lessons / units for kindergarten through to grade 12 organized around the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and promoting active, global citizenship.
Animal School Video
Differentiated Instruction