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Compassion   Honesty   Kindness   Perseverance  
Respect Responsibility   Tolerance

                  
Introduction:

This webquest is designed for a diverse population of students. It is very important for students to be able to recognize and communicate  good morals and values in their everyday living.
                 

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This webquest will help you to better understand the importance of morals and values. You will learn why morals and values are important in everyday living and why you should apply good character traits everyday and in all aspects of your life.

Task:

You have been selected to serve on the school’s committee to examine Character Education and its importance to students. You will be asked to make recommendations to your school’s administration about this subject. You will have to decide whether Character Education should be added to the school’s curriculum. The committee will be their findings to an audience that will consist of students, parents, teachers, school administrators and community members.

1. Study character education.
     
2. Find out what character education is all about.
      
3. Provide recommendations of approach for character education at your school.
       
4. Identify the benefits of character education.
        
5. Support your recommendations with identifiers of how character education will be beneficial for your school’s curriculum as well as your community.
      
6. Create a Power Point presentation to show your findings and support of your recommendations for administrators, community members, parents, students and teacher.
                       
7. List your recommendations in a handout form for the school administration to support your presentation

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• You will work in groups of three.
              
• Each group should begin with research on character education.
                         
• Each person should answer the following questions
  • What is character education?
  • What are some benefits from character education?
  • How can we improve ourselves by applying good character to our everyday lifestyle?
  • What are some approaches to character education?
                      
• While doing your research, record the Internet website sites you used, and share these with other groups. CITE your sources.
             
• Prepare your presentation. Your presentation should include:
  • An introduction to character education.
         
  • An explanation of why character education is import to your school.
                 
  • A list of the strengths and benefits of character education for your school.
                    
  • Your recommendations about including character education in the school curriculum.

• Character Counts: a nationwide initiative to support nonpartism character education. This site includes a description of character education and curriculum suggestion. http://www.charactercounts.org
          
• Six Pillars of Character: http://www.charactercounts.org/defsix.htm
          
• Do’s and Don’ts of Character: http://www.charactercounts.org/dosdonts.htm
            
• Education Leadership: Character Education http://www.ascd.org/frameedlead.html
          
• Center for Civic Education http://www.civiced.org/
  
• Knowledge Without Character = Incomplete Education
  http://www.naesp.org/comm/mmw98.htm
                

Literature that provides background information for the need of character education:

On Character – Essays: Norton, W.W. & Co Inc. April 1994

Nucci, L.P., (1989). Moral Development and Character Education: A Dialogue. Berkely CA: McCutchen Publishing Corporation.

Intellectual Character: Wiley, John & Sons Inc. April 2002

Teen Talks: Hyperion Press October 2001

Building Moral Intelligence: Wiley, John & Sons Inc. June 2002

Character Styles: Norton, W.W. & Co. Inc. April 1994

All Kinds of Minds: Educators Publishing Service Inc. June 1992

Teaching Values Reaching Kids: Creative Teaching Press, Inc. September 1997

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You have completed your task and provided your parents, school administrator’s, community members and, fellow students with recommendations and the importance of adding Character Education to your school’s curriculum.

- Theodore Roosevelt

 

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