What would the world be like if everyone expressed gratitude? Pupils explore the concept by watching a motivating time-lapse video. Scholars express appreciation by handing out tokens of gratitude, and then write about their experiences. 

Concepts

gratitude, appreciation, kindness, character building, positive thinking

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Additional Tags

lifestyle

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Instructional Ideas

• Have individuals write an acrostic poem about gratitude

Classroom Considerations

• Includes a five-minute video 
• Print enough tokens so each individual has several to distribute 

Pros

• High-quality video with stunning graphics and an inspirational message
• Includes information about the science of gratitude to share with students

Cons

• Lesson can be difficult to follow at times due to formatting errors and large blocks of text 

Common Core

W.K.3 W.1.3 W.2.3 W.3.3.a W.4.3.a W.5.3.a W.6.3.a W.7.3.a W.8.3.a W.9-10.3.a W.11-12.3.a