Character Education
Informational
Handbook & Guide
Respect:
To have high regard for, to hold
in esteem, to treat with courtesy and consideration
Short Lessons
• Talk about how good
manners—courtesy, politeness, kindness—demonstrate respect.
Which actions demonstrate a lack of respect?
• Brainstorm ways in which we
communicate verbally. Develop a list of positive and negative words
they hear every day. which show respect and which do not? How do
these words make you and your students feel?
• Discuss individuals/groups
of other cultures. How do they show respect and how can you show
respect towards them?
• Discuss rules. What are
rules for? Why do we have rules? Which rules do we like and which do
we not like? Why? Relate this to playing a game, such as football.
How does following the rules demonstrate respect?
• Using the U.S. flag, lead
the class in the Pledge of Allegiance. Discuss how this demonstrates
respect for our country. What is the correct position for reciting
the pledge? How does this position demonstrate respect?
• Ask students how they show
respect for themselves. What does a person’s way of walking,
acting, dressing and talking say about him or her?
• Ask students how they can
show respect to their parents and grandparents. Why should we respect
older people?
• Cards of Courtesy—Give
out cards when you see students showing exemplary respect for others.
At the end of a certain period of time, count the number of cards for
students and hand out appropriate “Thank You
Gifts.”
Student
Assignments
• Be spies. Pay attention and
try to catch other students or teachers being respectful. Nominate
these people for a ribbon in school colors to wear for the week.
(Teachers: Allow students to present the person with a “respect
ribbon.”)
• Keep a respect log. For 24
hours, list every example you can find of people demonstrating
respect. This list could include family members, strangers on the
bus, etc. As a class, list how many different ways there are to show
respect.
• Interview your parents or
grandparents and find out how they were taught to demonstrate respect
to older people and people in authority.
“Life is not so short but
that there is always time enough for courtesy.” - Ralph Waldo
Emerson
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