Standard 2: Personal Responsibility

Using the case study, “Space, Media or Friends?,” students will learn about digital footprint and ways to use social media profiles safely, especially as it pertains to what they post and what others post about them. Students will brainstorm safe and unsafe social media content and role-play how to respond to a negative post. Finally, students will write a promise to themselves describing what they will not share about others on social media.

Type: Lesson Plan

Using the case study, “The Honesty Reward”, students will discuss the importance of having the courage to do the right thing even when it is difficult. Students will create personal narratives to demonstrate a time they may experience a challenge that forces them to do the right thing even when it is difficult.

Type: Lesson Plan

Using the case study, “What is the Right Thing to Do?” students will be defining what peer pressure and external influences means to them. They will use the problems of the characters in the case study to list solutions of how to positively deal with a peer pressure situation. Students will role-play each side of the situation to determine which is the right course of action. They will reflect and connect their learning to how they will respond to difficult moral and peer pressure situations in the future.

Type: Lesson Plan

Using the case study, "Family Creations through Interactions," students will engage in discussion of how our attitudes affect our behavior. The case study is intended to show the connection between attitudes and behaviors. The students will work in a cooperative learning group to complete a summary graphic organizer and rewrite the case study as a narrative writing piece.

Type: Lesson Plan

Using the case study, "Doing the Responsible Thing," students will evaluate the importance of making responsible decisions. They will work collaboratively to answer questions prompting their thinking about time management, how decisions can have positive and negative consequences, and how to make responsible decisions. Students will then create a calendar to help Paul from the case study to organize time to accomplish the goals he has for himself. They will then create goals for themselves with steps to help them achieve those goals.

Type: Lesson Plan

Learn more about how your attitude can impact other people's thoughts and behaviors in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Elementary version of Durable Skills

Type: Teaching Idea

Using this case study, students can discuss, "Why is it important to communicate effectively and do the right thing even when it’s hard to?"

Type: Text Resource

In this case study, students can discuss, "What should you do when your friends encourage you to do the wrong thing?"

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Using this case study, students can discuss, "How does social media affect our relationship with ourselves and others?"

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Using this case study, students can discuss "How can responsible-decision making have an impact on you?"

Type: Text Resource

Using this case study, students can discuss, "How can our attitudes influence our behavior?"

Type: Text Resource