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- Building Esteem in Students Today - The BEST Program is a school wide character education program comprised of nine character themes that teach character, value, and citizenship.
www.bestprogram.org
- Careapy - This site distributes Character Education Distance Learning Courses developed by Barbara and Glenn Smyly through their work in the Alivening Project.
www.careapy.com
- Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character - Boston University's CAEC is committed to providing educators with the resources necessary to foster the development of strong character and good judgment in students.We offer many resources (lesson plans, articles about character education, and reading lists) for teachers, administrators, students, parents, and scholars/researchers.
www.bu.edu/education/caec
- Character Development Group - A provider of resources for character education.
www.charactereducation.com
- Character Education - Programs train educators and students to manage aggressive behaviors, build self-esteem, resolve conflicts, encourage diversity tolerance, practice core values, and promote character education.
www.JoyInLearning.com
- Character Education - Noel Rideau, author of K-5 Uncle Noel's Fun Fables, entertains prosocial/critical thinking for lifelong learning. His reading program appeared on NBC News with Tom Brokaw.
www.geocities.com/noelrideau
- Character Education - Cultivating knowledge for purposeful living, students learn through literature, art, humanities, and throughout the existing school curriculum the benefits and consequences of behavior.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/SchoolsOnline/charactered.html
- Character Education for Children - Heartwood Ethics Curriculum is an elementary ethics program designed to integrate character education seamlessly into the existing curriculum.
www.heartwoodethics.org
- Character Education Reading List - Just what it says.
www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/char_ed/resource/reading.html
- Character Education Resources - Center for Youth Issues is a provider of character education resources to educators across the country.
www.cyi-stars.org
- Core Attributes - The Heartwood Institute creates ethics curricula for children from preschool to grade six. Based on fine multicultural children's literature, the curricula are designed to introduce a language of ethics and to foster literacy, good judgement and moral imagination.
www.enviroweb.org/heartwood/element/attrib2.html
- Daily Character Builders - Covers daily character building principles for elementary and middle school students. Sixteen character traits are presented in a ready-to-use format for teachers. Preview resource and sample lessons.
www.integrity.com/homes/souter
- Educators for Social Responsibility - A source of curriculum materials and teacher training programs that focus on issues of peacemaking and conflict resolution.
www.esrnational.org
- Evansville Character Development - Indiana Education Program - The mission of the Evansville Character Education Committee is to incorporate character building skills into school lessons and adult examples, resulting in an improved community.
www.characterinyou.org
- Foundations Magazine - Magazine designed to help develop character and personal responsibility by laying down the basic building blocks of a successful person.
www.foundationsmag.com
- GoodCharacter.com - Free character education resources for K-12 teachers, coaches, and youth group leaders. Includes discussion questions, writing assignments, learning activities, opportunities for student action, and lots of teacher support materials.
www.goodcharacter.com
- Institute for Affective Skill Development - Creates and produces programs that build character by teaching students how to succeed while maintaining dignity and respect for self and others.
www.iasd.com
- Kidder and Company - Provides newsletters, brochures, and character curriculum for schools across the United States.
www.kidderco.com
- Living Values - An experiential values education program for children, young adults, parents, and children affected by war. An effective character development program, it builds positive emotional and social skills for peace, including conflict resolution and tolerance.
livingvalues.net
- Pennsylvania Alliance for Character Education - Character education information and resources. Organization is an informational, advocacy and instructional endeavor for character education Pennsylvania.
www.pitt.edu/~pace
- Teaching anger management techniques through classroom activities - Peace Education International - Teaching anger management techniques through classroom activities
www.peaceeducationintl.com
- Teaching Virtues - This book and workshop teaches character education using a balanced approach to learning that uses the teachers own wisdom and creativity along with ancient formulas used by American Indians for thousands of years.
teachingvirtues.net
- TeachingValues.com - Resources for parents and teachers on character education and teaching children family values with accelerated learning techniques
www.teachingvalues.com
- The Character Education Network - For students, teachers, schools and communities to facilitate character education. This site is dedicated to providing quality, ready-to-use curriculum, activities and resources that integrate with and enhance the classroom experience.
www.CharacterEd.net
- The Character Education Partnership - An organization committed to developing civic virtue and moral character in our youth for a more compassionate and responsible society. The purpose of character education is to help students develop good character, which includes knowing, caring about, and acting upon core ethical values such as caring, honesty, fairness, responsibility, and respect for self and others.
www.character.org
- Tribes - A new way of learning and being together. The mission of Tribes is to assure the healthy development of every child so that each has the knowledge, competency and resilience to be successful in a rapidly changing world.
www.tribes.com
- WhyTry Organization - Provides character education lesson plans for all youth including those with behavioral disorders or learning disabilities. Program addresses peer pressure, anger management and social and emotional intelligence.
www.whytry.org
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