Building a
Classroom Community
Creating
Class Rules: A Beginning to Building Community
Activities/Energizers
Unit (grades 3-6)
Lesson,
grades K-2
Lesson,
grades 3-4
Bully-free
Zone (grades 3-7)
Managing Your
Classroom
Social Skills
Lesson Plans
Pretzels
(compliments & criticism, K-2)
Good
Manners - Teaching with Clifford
Respect
& Good Manners
Teaching Good
Manners Using FairyTales
Good
Manners lesson with handout
Self Esteem
Lesson Plans
Self-Esteem
Theme Page
Ten
Activities to Improve Students' Self-Concepts (Ed World)
Self-Esteem/Class
Pride (lesson)
The
Fuzzy-Feeling Chair (activity)
Art
Activities for Exploring Self-Esteem
Building
Self-Esteem (middle school)
It's
a Small World After All (multicultural)
Positive
Images: Happy to Be Me (PK-2)
Awesome
Library (search for self esteem)

Friendship
Lesson Plans
Be
a Good Friend (Clifford)
Cliques,
Friendships, Groups, or Boxes (HS)
Friendship
(mini-unit)
Friendship
Theme
Priorities (lesson,
Friendship, 8th)
Art
Activities and Lesson Plans for Exploring Friendship
Articles
Friendship
Qualities
Kindness Lesson
Plans
Light
(Stories of Kindness) - from many cultures
Day
of Kindness Lesson Plans and Worksheets
30
Lesson Plans in pdf format
Ideas
for International Acts of Kindness Day (Sept)
Be
Kind (Clifford, the Big Red Dog)
K
is for Kind
Living
the Dream: 100 Acts of Kindness (K-2, MLK Jr)
Art
Activities and Lesson Plans for Exploring Kindness
Feelings/Emotions
Lesson Plans
Articles
Fun
with Feelings (PK-2)
Exploring
Feelings (Dr Seuss)
Writing
About Feelings (with handout)
Brain-Based
Learning and Feelings (KWL)
Striking
Out Stress: A "Gallery Walk" Activity (EdWorld)
Unexpressed
Emotions (lesson)
Emotion
in Art and Poetry
Seeing
Feelings (art lesson)

Creative
Thinking
Assorted
Creative Thinking Activities
Creating
Art Using Music and Feelings
Creativity
and Butterflies
Squiggle
Art
The
Creative Teaching Web Site
Creative Thinking
Critical
Thinking
Teacher
Resources K-12
Critical
Thinking Strategies
Detective
Fiction: Focus on Critical Thinking (6-8)
Critical
Thinking Skills (6-8)
Mission
Critical
Holistic
Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric
Critical
Thinking Competency Rubric
Critical
Thinking and Problem Solving in Art
Whatever
Happened to the Passenger Pigeon? (science)
Fostering
Critical Thinking Skills for Consumer Health Decisions
(Health)
Character/Ethics/Value
Character
Development
Character?
A Family Value (K-2)
Learning
to Give (K-2)
Activities:
Character Building
Articles
Giraffe Project - Heroes
Decisions in a Lifetime
- 8th, character lesson
Life Skills for Kids, Character
Education
Character
Education
Character
Education Lesson Plans
Character
Education (lesson)
Honesty
Teacher's
Overview
Character
Education (A-Z Teacher)
Character motivation
in books vs. real life (7th)
Bullying
Prevention
Out
on a Limb (a guide to getting along, flash) conflict
resolution
Kids
Bullying Kids (EdWorld, lesson)
Bullying
Reality Quiz (middle school)
What's Wrong with
Bullying (Thinkquest)
Project
against Bullying
Bullying
Bullying
(42explore)
Teen
Facts - Bullying
Articles
Stop Bullying
Now
New
Ways to Stop Bullying
Gangs/School
Violence
Articles
Should
Video Cameras be placed in school hallways to protect students from violence,
and other simulations
Guns
in Schools; other mock trials and the Justice System
School
Violence and the Second Amendment
School
Violence
Fads &
Culture
Culture,
Heritage and Identity UNIT
Looking
at ourselves and others (defining culture, lesson)
Cultural
Appreciation Lesson
Culture
in Relationship to the Mind UNIT
Celebration
of Diversity - Immigration (UNIT, elementary)
1920's
Rise of Consumer Culture Unit
Fads:
Turbulent
Times of the 60's UNIT
America
in the 60's: Culture and Counter-culture (units)
Economic
Systems - Communism vs Socialism vs Democracy
Holidays
Around the World
History
& Culture: Eastern Hemisphere Countries & Oceania
(lessons)
History
& Culture: Western Hemisphere Countries & The Poles
(lessons)
Multicultural
Lesson Plans & Activities (lessons)

Multiple
Intelligences
Multiple
Intelligences
Technology
& Multiple Intelligences
Intrapersonal/Interpersonal
Interpersonal
Intelligence
Intrapersonal
Intelligence
How
to work in a group, and more
Interpersonal Intelligence -
What
is it? Who needs it? (people smart)
Intrapersonal -
Intrapersonal
intelligence (self smart)
Problem
Solving
Lesson
Plans for Problem Solving
Problem
Solving Lesson Plan Index
Problem
Solving and the Sports Page
Improving
Deductive Reasoning Skills (HS)
Problem
Solving---A Part of Everyday Thinking
Problem
Solving: Definition, Terminology, and Patterns
Health
Education
Boys and Girls National
Hotline - Call With any Problem, Anytime
1-800-448-3000 (TDD 1-800-448-1833)
Open 24 hours a day, everyday
Health &
Nutrition
Society, Family,
Relationships
Family
Life Unit
Youth
and Society Lessons
Flirting vs Sexual
Harassment (lesson, 8th)
Role
of the Family from 1945 to Present (Unit)
Children
& Authority: Roles, Rights & Responsibilities UNIT
Creative Coloring
(8th guidance lesson)
Articles
General Guidance
& Counseling
Counseling
& Guidance Lesson Plans (Florida Dept of Ed)
General
Sociology
Links
from Mr Walls' Class (HS)
Sociology
Civil
Liberties/Security
Social
Darwinism
The
Internet and Society Lessons

General
Psychology
What
is psychology?
Psychology
Portal (lessons)
The Psychology
of Color and Sound (lesson)
High School
Psychology
Personality
Theories
Sigmund
Freud: Conflict & Culture
Carl
Jung
C.G. Jung
Page
Psychology
Links (huge list, Mr Walls Psych Class)
Psychology
Lesson Plans & Resources
AP
Psychology (lessons, teachers guide)
Memory
(from the Exploratorium)
The
Brain
Philosophy
Philosophy
Slam
Fun Games that
Teach
Kid Psych
(ages 1-5, ages 6-9) shockwave games
IQ Tests, Personality Tests (in English,
From Sweden)
Puzzles & Word Games
(Donn)
Huge List of Online Java
Shockwave Flash Games for Kids of All Ages (Donn)