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Good Character: Handling Emotions
Know that it is normal to experience different emotions and learn positive ways to deal with your emotions. This website, which is meant to accompany a video on emotions and good character, provides questions for discussion, activity...
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Character Lab: Emotional Intelligence: A Beginner's Guide to Feelings
Emotional intelligence is understanding your feelings and using them wisely. This article discusses the importance of having emotional intelligence and ways to foster it in young people.
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Good Character: Responsibility
Learn about the importance of being responsible at home, at school, and in your community. This website, meant to accompany a video on responsibility and good character, provides several discussion questions, writing prompts, and more.
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Good Character: Dealing With Feelings
Learn how to cope with unpleasant feelings, and to teach young students how to deal with their emotions.
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Good Character: Being Responsible
How can you be a responsible person? Discuss this question with friends, classmates, and your parents with the help of useful questions and writing prompt at this website. Includes "Educational goals" and tips on "How to be a responsible...
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Character Lab: Lost in Translation: The Art and Science of Communication
Communication isn't just the transmission of information. It's also sending and receiving emotions. This article discusses why human interaction cannot be left solely to a keyboard.
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Character Lab: Knowing What You Don't Know: How to Impress an Audience
"I don't know.". These words can be terrifying to say, however they are a sign of strength. This article explains intellectual humility and why it is important to practice.
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Character Lab: Great Expectations: Ask for What You Want
This author cites an example from her own life that proves why communicating exactly what you want is so important in all aspects of life.
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Character Lab: The Secret: Permission to Feel
Don't assume that the young people in your life are fine. Don't assume that what you see is all there is to know. This blog describes an encounter that a young boy had that helped him feel "seen" and understood by adults. Listening is...
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Character Lab: Naive Realism: Even the Left Think They're Right
Whether we lean left or right, it's common to think we see the world accurately but our opponents don't. It's easy to confuse opinion with fact. This article discusses how to cultivate intellectual humility - recognizing the limitations...
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Character Lab: Purpose
This article discusses the importance of having a sense of purpose and ways to foster it in young people.
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Character Lab: Intellectual Humility
Intellectual humility is recognizing the limitations of your knowledge. This article discusses the importance of having intellectual humility and ways to foster it in young people.
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Character Lab: Three Good Things: Gratitude
In this daily reflection, you list three things that went well for you, and why they went well. A printable chart is included.
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Character Lab: My Values: Grit, Purpose
In this activity, you will choose 2 to 3 values then write about why they are important to you. Printables and an example of a completed activity are included.
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Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger
A collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young students in learning to control their anger.
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Alex: Who Do You Think You Are?
Students will demonstrate an understanding of character through improvisation. Students will imagine and clearly describe their characters through performance. They will relate a character's actions and emotions and create a setting.