Teaching the Discovering the Real Me Series

Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual

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Discovering the Real Me:Student Textbook 5: Family and

Friends

• Original stories

• True to life

• Ages 10 to 11 years

• Dilemmas, conflicts, resolutions

Character Education’s Goals

• To know the good — head

• To care about the good — heart

• To do the good — hands

Each Story Has Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Goals

Educating the Head, Heart, and Hands

Chapter 2: Family and Friends“Doing the Right Thing”

• Alger is shoplifting from Mr. Chang’s fruit market

• Twang Lo, his friend, feels inner conflict

“Doing the Right Thing”—Twang Lo’s Conflict

• Loyalty to friend

• Loyalty to what is right

• Loyalty to parents

• Loyalty to self

“Doing the Right Thing”—Twang Lo Solves His Conflict

• Loyalty to other considerations outweigh loyalty to a dishonest friend

• Twang Lo tells the storeowner the truth

“Doing the Right Thing”: Cognitive Objectives

• Students will understand why stealing is wrong

• They will understand the concepts of conscience and responsibility

“Doing the Right Thing”: Affective Objectives

• Students will sympathize with Twang Lo

• They will be happy Twang Lo is proven innocent and that Alger changed for the better

“Doing the Right Thing”: Behavioral Objectives

• Students will be able to recite the maxim “Always let your conscience be your guide”

• They will define responsibility

“Doing the Right Thing” — Activities

• Questions for Reflection: doing the right thing in life

• Exercise: How would Alger feel if Twang Lo got in trouble with the police for something he, Alger, did?

“Doing the Right Thing” — Discussion Themes

• Everyone Pays for Stealing

• The Golden Rule

“Doing the Right Thing” —Discussion Themes

• What is the conscience?

• Do students think they have a conscience?

• Solicit stories from them of times they understood their conscience and obeyed it

• Share teacher’s story of an experience with conscience

“Doing the Right Thing” —Activity

The Responsibility Game

Chapter 8: Family and Friends“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”

• Charlie is a good runner

• He has won many track meets

• He is competing for best in the state

• He is sure he is going to win

“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”

• Charlie’s coach warns him to compete against himself

• Coach tells him to be more humble

• “The best winners also make the best losers”

“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”: Cognitive Objectives

• Students will understand the benefits and drawbacks of competition

“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”: Affective Objectives

• Students will appreciate competition and value good sportsmanship as well as graciousness in defeat and victory

“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”: Behavioral Objectives

• Students will debate the merits and demerits of competition

• They will distinguish good from bad competitiveness

“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”—Discussion Themes

• Confidence versus arrogance

• Being a good loser and a good winner

• Learning from the competition

“It’s Okay to Be in Second Place”— Activities

• Questions for Reflection on Competition

• Debate: “Trophies Should Be Given to the Winners, Not Just Anyone Who Participates”

Chapter 12: Family and Friends“Time with Mom and Dad”

• Libby plays soccer• Her parents never

have time to come to her games

• Libby secretly follows her parents around to find out what they do all day

“Time with Mom and Dad”

• Libby discovers how hard her parents work

• She’s sorry she was angry

• Libby helps with chores

• Libby’s parents attend her game

“Time with Mom and Dad”: Cognitive Objectives

• Students will understand how hard their parents work and how they should help out

• They will understand the necessity for and benefits of chores

“Time with Mom and Dad”: Affective Objectives

• Students will want to help out

• They will experience satisfaction from helping out in class

• They will look forward to helping out more at home

“Time with Mom and Dad”: Behavioral Objectives

• Students will classify chores

• They will organize family chores into a proposed plan

• They will do a class clean-up project

“Time with Mom and Dad”— Discussion Themes

• How hard parents work

• Neglect is not always neglect

• Helping out frees up time with Mom and Dad

• Importance of chores and contributing to the whole

“Time with Mom and Dad” —Activities

• Questions for Reflection

• Common Chores and How Often They Are Done

• Equitable Family Plan for Chores

• Classroom clean-up

Utilize the Power of Story through Discovering the Real Me

Storytelling:

• Is a classic way to pass on culture

• Helps the young experience things vicariously

• Imparts wisdom

• Binds people together