| Character
Education
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| Aesop's
Fables
for Character Education
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| Picture
Books for Character Education
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U.S.A.
President's
Folktales and Legends:
Why was Lincoln called
"Honest Abe" > Trustworthy
The
Cherry Tree and George Washington > Trustworthy
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| U.S.
Patriotic Holidays > Citizenship
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Character
Education for Preschool and Kindergarten
courtesy of LSU AgCenter
Present character education with the Character Critters online stories
and review the resources for parents
and teachers.
Printable resources from LSU > Bookmarks
| Hats
and Masks [Word Doc] | Garden
Glove Finger Puppets
Visit these related sections in our site to incorporate an easy craft and
other activities after reading and discussing each online story:
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Raccoon
Responsibility
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Rabbit
Respect
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Frog
Fairness
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Cat
Caring
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Turtle
Trustworthiness
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Crab
Citizenship
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| Friendship
and Good
Neighbor Theme Activities
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Clyde's
Smile
Finbo
[Whale]
Spot's
Windy Day
Little
Star's Wish (story time)
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| Peace
Education
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Choose activities in
this section to address the following
Holidays and Events
related to Peace Education:
January > Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan.
15, 1929)
June > Race Unity Day (second Sunday)
September 21st > International Day of Peace (info.)
September 4th Sunday > Good Neighbor Day
October 24th > United Nations
Day
Olympic Games
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| Dove
Theme: Symbol of Peace
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Family
| Unity | Peace Hand Flower Craft
This is a simple craft that can be incorporated into a unity, diversity and peace
theme.
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Kid's Olympic Games
Features: Focus-Friendship
& Peace, What are the Olympic Games? Arts & Crafts: Making an
Olympic Flag (Circles & Colors), Olympic Medal (Circle), Picture Frame
Activity, Activity Page: Olympic Torch
Maze, Online: Visit the Official Olympic Games Site, Music: The More
we Get Together & It's a Small World, Outdoor Olympic Games
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| Rainbow
Theme: Symbol of Peace
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Reading for Peace
Features: What is peace?, Craft: My Peace Reading Wreath or Peace
Reading Tree, Suggested Literature for:
Martin
Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream.
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
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| Links:
Peace Education and Character Education External
Resources
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CharacterCounts.org
National Character
Counts Week - 3rd week of October
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The PeaceKidz
Story Center
Wonderful online picture book stories for peace education.
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