Character Strong

Character Strong Lessons

 6th 7th 8th
1. Welcome (WEB Day)  1. Welcome (WEB Day)  1. Welcome (WEB Day) 
2. Building Connections  2. Building Connections  2. Building Connections 
3. Building Community  3. Building Community   3. Building Community  
4. Middle School Mythbusting (Worries & Wonders)  4. Developing Community Agreements  4. Developing Community Agreements  
5. Understanding the CharacterDare Process  5. The CharacterDare  5. Envisioning Your Future (Dreams Ahead) 
6. Developing Community Agreements  6. What Do We Value, pt 1  6. Values and Dreams 
7. Middle School Mythbusting (Expert Explorers)  What Do We Value, pt 2  7. Connecting Your Future & High School (The Story of Values) 
8. Meeting New People  8. What Do We Value, pt 3  8. Values & Your Future in High School (The Story of Values) 
9. Get to Know Your School  9. Understanding Emotions  9. Connecting Your Future & This Year (Planning Ahead) 
10. Values Exploration  10. Exploring Emotions  10. Developing Values as Guides 
11. Understanding Values (Values in Community)  11. Expanding Emotion Vocabulary  11. Creating Goals 
12. Practicing Values (What's Important to Us?)  12. Practicing Emotion Regulation  12. Making Positive Habits 
13. Building Listening Skills  13. Identifying Emotions  13. Happiness Mythbusting 
14. Listening Practice  14. Understanding Stress  14. Happiness Self-Acceptance 
15. Understanding Others' Perspective  15. Stress Coping Strategies  15. Understanding How Emotions Work, pt 1 
16. Practice Perspective Taking  16. Understanding Community Connections  16. Understanding How Emotions Work, pt 2 
17. Understanding Emotions  17. Building Social Awareness  17. Dealing with Emotions 
18. Regulating Emotions (Naming Emotions)  18. Understanding Effective Empathy (Choosing to Care)  18. Practicing Self-Regulation 
19. Using Values in Conflict Regulation  19. Acting with Empathy  19. Building an Emotions Toolbox 
20. Understanding Conflict Resolution  20. Practicing Effective Empathy  20. Connecting Emotion Regulation and Values 
21. Developing Friendships  21. Understanding Mental Health & Well-Being  21. Practicing Emotion Regulation 
22. Strengthening Friendships  22. Exercising Well-Being  22. Regulating Emotions in Academics (Overcoming Obstacles) 
23. Applying Listening Skills  23. Well-Being in Practice  23. Using Values to Increase Belonging (Our Influences) 
24. Listening with Empathy  24. Developing Well-Being Habits  24. Understanding the Value of Teamwork 
25. Exercising Perspective-Taking  25. Communicating with Assertiveness  25. Practicing Effective Teamwork for Impact 
26. Connecting Through Perspective-Taking  26. Practicing Assertiveness  26. Regulating Emotions on a Team (The Team in Teamwork) 
27. Connecting Motivation and Emotions  27. Learning to Compromise  27. Developing Strategies for Teamwork 
28. Regulating Emotions (Calming Our Emotions)  28. Handling Conflict  28. Listening and Empathy on a Team (Team Listening) 
29. Making New Friends  29. Reflecting on Conflict  29. Exercising Listening on a Team (Team Creativity)
30. Becoming a Better Friend  30. Growth Mindset 30. Grit and Willpower 
31. Resolving Conflicts with Friends  31. Real Life Respect, pt 1  31. Strengthening Commitment, pt 1
32. Helping Others Resolve Conflict (Saying I'm Sorry)  32. Real Life Respect, pt 2  32. Strengthening Commitment, pt 2
33. Choose Kindness 33. Promoting Honesty, pt 1  33. Understanding Selflessness, pt 1 
34. Remembering This Year  34. Promoting Honesty, pt 2  34. Understanding Selflessness, pt 2 
35. Final Reflections 35. Final Reflections  35. Final Reflections