The goal of this lesson is to help students understand the importance of courage and to make them aware of the many times they have already shown it in their lives. This resource consists of a 20 slide PowerPoint or Google Slides lesson, which seeks to engage and involve the students though questions and powerful images, and a two-sided worksheet which reviews the concepts presented and discussed. Here is a more detailed outline of the resources: PowerPoint Lesson: Slide 1: The bear and courage. Slides 2 - 3: What is courage? Slides 4 - 6: Courage on display in adult roles. Slide 7: Courage in you introduction. Slides 8 - 15: Ways you have already shown courage. Slides 16 - 17: Courage and confidence. Slide 18: Courage quotes from Muhammad Ali, Taylor Swift, J.K. Rowling and Michael Jordan Slides 19-20: Using and building courage (summing up) Review Worksheet: Side 1: Defining courage, joining courage quotes, matching quotes, times you showed courage Side 2: Classifying behavior choices as brave or foolish and identifying your courage goals

The presentation begins with questions and discussions designed to help students recognize which qualities, behaviours and attitudes cause us to respect or look up to certain people. The lesson then strives to encourage students to exhibit or develop these characteristics in themselves to acquire greater respect from others and to build stronger feelings of self-respect. This resource includes a fifteen page Lego themed Building Respect Google Slides discussion and lesson, a two page student activity and a teacher's guide.

This resource is designed to fit well into any Grade 4 - 6 character education curriculum and will further develop your students’ understanding of what respect means, its importance and how to show it to people, animals, and things. I am confident that this resource will help you develop a more caring and considerate classroom community. Here is an outline of each component of the resource: The Presentation - 15 slides carefully prepared with questions, clipart and photos designed to involve, engage and educate your students. Here is a slide by slide outline: Slide 1: The Title Slide 2: Respect - Student question: What does it mean? Slide 3: Respect definitions Slide 4: Showing Respect - Question: Who or what should we treat with respect? Slide 5: How to Show Respect for Nature and the Environment Slide 6: Respect Pets and Other Animals - Student Question: How? Slide 7: How to Show Respect for Animals Slide 8: Respect Each Other - Student Question: What behaviors show disrespect? Slide 9: How to Treat All People with Respect - List of human rights Slide 10: Student Question: How do you show respect for people’s property? Slide 11: How to Show Respect for People’s Property Slide 12: How to Show Respect for People’s Privacy Slide 13: Respect Yourself: Student Question - How do you respect yourself? Slide 14: How to Respect Yourself Slide 15: Reviewing Respect Student Activity: A group or individual chart making activity in which students give examples of how to show respect for people, animals, the environment, property, privacy and themselves. Crossword Puzzle: A 20 clue puzzle reviewing the lessons of the presentation. A key is provided.

This 22 slide PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation includes a retelling of the Legend of the Seven Grandfathers and explains each of the seven sacred teachings. For many generations, the legend and teachings have been shared and spread from coast to coast across North America. Today, they are being used in schools across Canada and the United States to help promote and develop student character. The carefully prepared, engaging presentation serves well as an introduction to the character education theme, a stand alone lesson or a source of reference and review throughout the year. The accompanying worksheet reinforces and reviews the teachings. Here is a slide by slide outline of the presentation’s contents: Slide 1: Title page Slides 2 - 8: A retelling of the legend with dialogue and illustrations or photos. Slides 9 & 10: Wisdom - The Beaver Slides 11 & 12: Respect - The Bison Slides 13 & 14: Humility - The Wolf Slides 15 & 16: Courage - The Bear Slides 17 & 18: Honesty - The Raven Slides 19 & 20: Love - The Eagle Slides 21 & 22: Truth - The Turtle Worksheet: First the students are asked to match each spirit animal to its teaching, then they complete sentences about each lesson by filling blanks with provided words.

I have used this Power Point presentation in whole school assemblies to recognize the greatness of Terry Fox and his journey while inspiring students to run to raise funds to continue his fight against cancer. Here is an outline of the presentation: Slide 1: Title and video link - Show the video first; the answers to the questions that follow can be found in the video. Slide 2: Trivia Contest title slide Slides 3-8: These slides contain a total of 10 trivia questions and answers. Slide 9: How to decrease your chances of getting cancer. Slide 10: Cancer survivors Slide 11: Provides encouragement to continue Terry’s fight.