This document discusses the importance of character education in schools. It proposes several methods to teach character education, including using a webquest to teach voting, having students create PSAs about bullying, making podcasts about respect, and creating posters with instructions like proper handwashing techniques. It emphasizes that both parents and educators share the responsibility of instructing children to become respectful citizens, and that character education is as important as academic learning.

1. Rebekah Mader, Austin O’Connor, Kelly Dunham

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Developing morals, civics, ethical reasoning, conflict
resolution, manners, interpersonal relations, respect
Importance: Teaches
respect, responsibility, safety, leadership, ethical values, and
supports positive character development
Parents aren’t always necessarily teaching positive character
development, so it is the role of teachers and schools to
promote and model good behavior

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YouTube
Podcast
WebQuest
QRs
Poster

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Use a WebQuest in order to teach students the history of
voting and how to vote.
Use it to teach the importance of doing their duty as citizens
and voting.

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Making a PSA video about bullying is a great idea to support
character education.
You could have students participate in a contest to see who
can make the best PSA, and the winner receives a prize.
This is a method that could definitely grab students’ attention
very well.

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To build character education, you could have students make
their own podcasts about respect.
Have them give details of what they believe the true meaning
of respect is, and how they can use it with their peers.
This is a great way to have students teach each other.

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Provide a
Make QRs for students that include videos of how to use
proper manners.
Videos may include how to act while at a restaurant, or in
public, or when to say “thank you”, “you’re
welcome”, “please”, and other phrases. They could also
include how not to act around other students, as well as how
to treat your parents and teachers with respect.
This method could show them all the different ways to have
proper manners.

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Another method that can be used is a poster. This can give
the students a visualization of what needs to be done.
We chose to do a poster on how to wash your hands. This
allows the students to see the steps in which they need to
follow.
This poster could be placed right above the sink, that way the
students can follow the steps while washing their hands.

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It is the duty of both parents and educators to instruct the
coming generation of adults to be upstanding and respectful
citizens in our communities.
Character education is as important as academics in schools.
Children spend so much of their lives in the
classroom, making it a crucial environment for enforcing core
values (such as respect, responsibility, etc.)

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http://www.qrstuff.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMuNlAIJFog
https://www.google.com/search?q=PICTURES+OF+WASHING
+HANDS&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=O9qcUqX
MGYjvkQeWpoHgCw&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=599
http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/character/brochure.html