5-12-2012 Teaching Kids to Give Back

Teching the CCCS

Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

Grades 5-8

Integrated Skills: Advocacy and Service

2.2 Integrated Skills: All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
D. Advocacy and Service				RESOURCES
6	Participation in social and health- or service-organization initiatives have a positive social impact.	2.2.6.D.1	Appraise the goals of various community or service-organization initiatives to determine opportunities for volunteer service.	Health Services Children's Defense Fund National and Community Service iEARN National Youth Leadership Counsel Points of Light Youth Changing the World Random Acts of Kindness My Hero Do Something Student Counsel Service Projects Learning to Give 5 Easy Ways to Volunteer Volunteer Match Volunteer.Gov 1-800 Volunteer 366 Community Service Ideas Rotary International Guides Community Needs Assessment Guide
		2.2.6.D.2	Develop a position about a health issue in order to inform peers.
8	Effective advocacy for a health or social issue is based on communicating accurate and reliable research about the issue and developing and implementing strategies to motivate others to address the issue.	2.2.8.D.1	Plan and implement volunteer activities to benefit a local, state, national, or world health initiative.
		2.2.8.D.2	Defend a position on a health or social issue to activate community awareness and responsiveness.

5-11-2012 Constructing Character Online

Teching the CCCS

Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

Grades 5-8

Integrated Skills: Character Development

Be careful of your thoughts,

for your thoughts become your words;

Be careful of your words,

for your words become your deeds;

Be careful of your deeds,

for your deeds become your habits;

Be careful of your habits,

for your habits become your character;

Be careful of your character,

for you character becomes your destiny.

Anonymous

2.2 Integrated Skills: All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
C. Character Development				RESOURCES
6	Personal core ethical values impact the behavior of oneself and others.	2.2.6.C.1	Explain how character and core ethical values can be useful in addressing challenging situations.	Acceptance Care for Others Citizenship Determination Good Manners Respect Responsibility Sportsmanship Be Grateful Be Trustworthy Professor Garfield: Diversity Professor Garfield: Self Esteem Completely Gorgeous Ripple Effects Dealing with Feelings Kids' Talk Growing Up Your Mind Expert Answers Speak Out Character Counts Lesson Plans Character Education Partnership Lessons Good Character Teaching Guides Stories to Grow By It's My Life Film Clips for Character Ed Life Skills Lessons Facing History and Ourselves Motivational Quotes John F. Groom Ethical Education Activities Academy of Achievement Aesop's Fables Empowering Students Role Models Peace Builders
	Character building is influenced by many factors both positive and negative, such as acceptance, discrimination, bullying, abuse,   sportsmanship, support, disrespect, and violence.	2.2.6.C.2	Predict situations that may challenge an individual’s core ethical values.
		2.2.6.C.3	Develop ways to proactively include peers with disabilities at home, at school, and in community activities.
8	Working together toward common goals with individuals of different abilities and from different backgrounds develops and reinforces core ethical values.	2.2.8.C.1	Analyze strategies to enhance character development in   individual, group, and team activities.
		2.2.8.C.2	Analyze to what extent various cultures have responded effectively to individuals with disabilities.
	Rules, regulations, and policies regarding behavior provide a common framework that supports a safe, welcoming environment.	2.2.8.C.3	Hypothesize reasons for personal and group adherence, or lack of adherence, to codes of conduct at home, locally, and in the worldwide community.

5-9-2012 Conquering Courteous Communication

Teching the CCCS

Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

Grades 5-8

Integrated Skills: Interpersonal Communication

2.2 Integrated Skills: All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
A. Interpersonal Communication				RESOURCES
6	Effective communication may be a determining factor in the outcome of health- and safety-related situations.	2.2.6.A.1	Demonstrate verbal and nonverbal interpersonal communication in various settings that impact the health of oneself and others.	Ad Decoder Effective Communication Verbal Communication Non-Verbal Modes Live Strong: Communication Art of Compromise When Friends Fight Win-Win Negotiation Resolve Conflicts Well Conflict Resolution Lessons Conflict Resolution on Teachnology Be Strong, Be Mean or Give In Flower Flight Working Out Conflicts Bully Free Zone Teaching Refusal Skills Be Assertive, Saying No Anger Management. The Fire Inside Adolescent Anger Youth Violence Bullying Prevention Center Stop Bullying Dealing With Bullies Cyber Bullying Cyberbullying Stop Cyberbullying NetSmartz PBS: Bullies Bullying . org Bullying Myths Stereotypes Tolerance Good Character
	Effective communication is the basis for strengthening interpersonal interactions and relationships and resolving conflicts.	2.2.6.A.2	Demonstrate use of refusal, negotiation, and assertiveness skills in different situations.
8	Effective interpersonal communication encompasses respect and acceptance for individuals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, religion, and/or culture.	2.2.8.A.1	Compare and contrast verbal and nonverbal interpersonal communication strategies in a variety of settings and cultures in different situations.
	Effective communication is the basis for strengthening interpersonal interactions and relationships and resolving conflicts.	2.2.8.A.2	Demonstrate the use of refusal, negotiation, and assertiveness skills when responding to peer pressure, disagreements, or conflicts.

5-5-2012 Drama Developing Character

Teching the CCCS
Visual and Performing Arts
Grades 5-8
Performance: Theatre

How To Project Your Voice on Stage on Howcast

1.3 Performance: All students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
C.  By the end of grade 8, those students choosing THEATRE as their required area of specialization demonstrateCOMPETENCY in the following content knowledge and skills.			RESOURCES
Effective scripted and improvisational performances require informed, supported, and sustained choices by actors, directors, and designers. Techniques for communicating a character’s intent vary in live performances and recorded venues.	1.3.8.C.1	Create a method for defining and articulating character   objectives, intentions, and subtext, and apply the method to the portrayal of characters in live performances or recorded venues.	Arts Alive Meaning of Character Analysis How to Write a Character Analysis Character Analysis Essay Lessons About Character Study Developing Character Character Analysis Study Tips Character Portrayal List of Acting Skills Stanislavski Chekhov Voice Training 101 Things to Do to Train Your Voice Project Your Voice Owning the Stage
Dramatic context and active listening skills inform development of believable, multidimensional characters in scripted and improvised performances. Mastery of physical and vocal skills enables actors to create dramatic action that generates a sense of truth and credibility.	1.3.8.C.2	Create and apply a process for developing believable, multidimensional characters in scripted and improvised performances by combining methods of relaxation, physical and vocal skills

3-31-2012 Cesar Chavez Day

TOP 25 WAYS TO TEACH YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT 

CESAR CHAVEZ DAY

BACKGROUND:

1. Voice of America
2. America's Story
3. The Fight in the Fields Timeline
4. Watch, Know, Learn Videos
5. A Biography
6. Printable Timeline
7. The Short-handled Hoe
8. Presidential Proclamation
9. ABC Person of the Week
10. Cesar Chavez Reflects on Working Towards Peace

LESSONS:

1. Teaching Tolerance: Viva La Causa
2. Cesar Chavez Day Model Curriculum and Resources from California DoE
3. El Civics Lesson
4. BrainPop: Cesar Chavez
5. Harcourt: Cesar Chavez
6. Cultural Literacy: Cesar Chavez Day
7. Current Events: Si Se Puede Article
8. Cesar Chavez: Lessons in Compassion
9. Reading A-Z
10. Cesar E. Chavez Campaign: Middle School Toolkit
11. Scholastic: Honoring Cesar Chavez
12. Harvesting Hope Teacher's Guide

FOUNDATIONS:

1. United Farm Workers
2. Cesar Chavez Foundation
3. Cesar E. Chavez Institute

2-13-2012 - Random Acts of Kindness Week

MAKE KINDNESS A WAY OF LIFE
http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

1. 29 Ways to Carry Out Random Acts of Kindness Every Day
2. Kindness Ideas from Help Others. org
3. on Trend Watching
4. Random Acts of Kindness Stories (share yours!)
5. Buttoned Up: Commit 5 Acts of Random Organizational Kindness
6. Love Through Acts of Kindness
7. Valentine for a Stranger
8. Activities for Grades 6-8
9. Teaching Your Child to Pay it Forward
10. Kind Acts: Random Acts of Kindness Week
11. Pay it Forward
12. Start something at your school
13. Surprise your teachers and encourage them to pass it on.
14. Write to the troops, thank a fireman, policeman , teacher.
15. Write to veterans, visit a hospital, hug someone, hold the door.
16. We Stop Hate
17. Kind Over Matter - You Are So Beautiful Card
18. The Traveling Poet - You Are Beautiful Cards

Please post a comment below if you have a site or lesson idea to share for teaching these concepts.  I would love your input!