The idea for the "Virtues in Action" project was born as an antidote to the prevailing mores in today's society based primarily on material values and lack of virtues in our relationships, especially those of the younger generation. The word virtue is so rarely used that probably the majority of students do not know its meaning . By distributing FREE the folder "Virtues in Action" and introducing the Virtues Project to as as many schools and kindergartens as possible we will be able to assist in the moral and spiritual development of children on a global level.

1. “VIRTUES IN ACTION”
a goodwill project inspired by the Virtues Project ™
www.virtuesinaction.com
Motivational intro about the project on youtube.com
PILOT PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY OF SOFIA

2. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
 Idea
The idea for the "Virtues in Action" project was born
as an antidote to the prevailing mores in today's
society based primarily on material values and the
lack of virtues in our relations, especially among the
younger generation. The word virtue is so rarely
used that probably the majority of students do not
know its meaning. According to the Webster’s
dictionary a virtue is a commendable quality or trait.
Virtues like caring, honesty, loyalty, generosity,
kindness are traits that are practiced less and less in
our everyday relations.
By distributing FREE the folder "Virtues in Action"
and introducing the Virtues Project™ to as many
schools as possible we will be able to assist in the
moral and spiritual development of children in our
local communities and throughout the world since
our goal is to work globally with willing partners.
The “Virtues in Action” photo competition and
exhibition aim to make the virtues popular among
the younger generation and to encourage daily
virtuous behavior.

3. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
1st Element – Printed materials
a) “Virtues in Action” folder consisting of 24 posters A3 format based on
the text from the Virtues Cards (part of the materials of the Virtues
Project™)
b) “Virtues in Action” wall posters 50x70cm
The goal is the folder and the wall posters to be distributed FREE to
kindergartens, schools, libraries, community centers, etc. Parents could
also order the folder online from the web site free of charge.
2nd Element - Photo Contest & Photo Exhibition
The idea for the photo competition is children with the help of parents and
teachers to capture with a camera moments showing a virtue in action or an
element of it. A photo exhibition will be organized with the winning photos
that will be displayed in public places such as parks, squares, libraries,
schools and others. This will remind the young generation and the general
public about the virtues. Once the virtues become an object of attention, the
topic of practicing virtues in our daily relations will become popular over time
and that would lead to positive changes of the status quo.

4. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
Here are the selected 24 virtues for this project. (The complete list of the 52 virtues presented by the Virtues Project ™ could be
seen here http://www.virtuesproject.com/virtuesdef.html
1.Caring 13.Humility
2.Compassion 14.Love
3.Confidence 15.Loyalty
4.Consideration 16.Patience
5.Courage 17.Respect
6.Courtesy 18.Responsibility
7.Creativity 19.Self-discipline
8.Determination 20.Service
9.Forgiveness 21.Tolerance
10.Generosity 22.Trust
11.Gratitude 23.Kindness
12.Honesty 24.Unity
Each one of the Virtues in Action posters contains:
A quotation by a famous person regarding this specific virtue
A description of the virtue
Signs of success (when practicing it)
An affirmation
A photo depicting a scene or element of the mentioned virtue
Larger images of the posters could be seen
here http://www.virtuesinaction.com/#!gallery/stackeraccordion0=3

5. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
 Purpose
 The “Virtues in Action” folder with the 24 posters inside is to serve as an
introduction to Linda K. Popov's book “Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring
Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves”. The book shows how to:
 learn the language of integrity and self-esteem
 understand the five roles parents play
 discover ways to introduce sacred time into family life
 help children to make moral choices.
More about the book in English
click here
For more information about the Virtues Project and character education
Here http://virtuestraining.com,
http://ondemand.neaacademy.org
Teachers can use ready lesson plans from
The Educator’s Guide of the Virtues Project
more about the guide here
More about the Bulgarian
translation of the book
click here

6. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project™
 Printed Materials

7. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
Annual “Virtues In Action” Photo Contest and Exhibition
practicing respect practicing courtesy practicing generosity
Example public places for display of the “Virtues in Action” annual exhibition practicing the virtue of trust

8. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
Pilot Project on the Territory of the city of Sofia
At the beginning, we’d like to use the “step by step” approach, so we decided to distribute FREE of charge 1000
folders A3 format to 3 kindergartens, 3 primary schools and 3 high schools together with sets of 24 wall posters
300 folders for 3 kindergartens 300 folders for 3 primary schools 300 folders for 3 high schools
or 100 folders for each one. or 100 folders for each one. or 100 folders for each one.
For the period of 3 weeks, we’ll visit 3 kindergartens, 3 primary schools and 3 high schools. We’ll present them
the Virtues in Action folders as well as a set of the wall posters. During the visit we’ll introduce the Virtues in
Action project and will schedule dates for teachers training seminars. The seminars are led by educators who are
teaching themselves virtues in several schools in Sofia. In this way the teachers in the prospective schools can
have an understanding on how to teach virtues in their classes. On the project’s web site there will be also
available various teaching tools and lesson plans regarding each virtue.

9. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
 Timeline for implementing the pilot project “Virtues in Action”- 24 weeks/6 months
Goal of the project – Each week for the period of 24 weeks (6months) introduce and teach students one of the 24 virtues comprising the
project “Virtues in Action”. At the end of each week after the virtue has been already studied and practiced, we’ll contact the schools
and fill out a report with feedback from both students and teachers. All written assignments and projects associated with the virtue will
be recorded in a digital record and uploaded to our web site. This is important so, it can serve as an example and demo to other schools
interested to apply the Virtues in Action project. At the end of each week students will be asked to create a project in the form of a
photo or photo collage with text depicting the studied virtue. After the completion of the pilot project an exhibition will be organized
with the awarded students’ works. The prizes will be in 3 categories a) kindergarten b) primary school c) high school.
1st week 2nd week 3rd week 4th week
CARING COMPASSION CONFIDENCE CONSIDERATION
5th week 6th week 7th week 8th week
COURAGE COURTESY CREATIVITY DETERMINATION
9th week 10th week 11th week 12th week
FORGIVENESS GENEROSITY GRATITUDE HONESTY
13th week 14th week 15th week 16th week
HUMILITY LOVE LOYALTY PATIENCE
17th week 18th week 19th week 20th week
RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY SELF-DISCIPLINE SERVICE
21st week 22nd week 23rd week 24th week
TOLERANCE TRUST KINDNESS UNITY

10. “VIRTUES IN ACTION” inspired by the Virtues Project ™
The images below represent part of the current reality of children today and the influences they’re
exposed to. It is our responsibility to change the status quo and to make photos like those history.
Bullying in schools Smoking cigarettes and other substances Domestic violence
Violent video games
Racial intolerance Drinking alcohol Misbehavior in the classrooms Arrogant disrespectful behavior
At the core of all negative demeanors shown above is the lack of virtuous behavior . This can change once virtues
are taught in schools, starting from kindergarten and parents get educated to speak the language of virtues to their
children. We’ll end this presentation with a powerful quote by Albert Einstein - “The world is a dangerous place to
live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”

11. Author of the presentation:
Teodora Atanasova – graphic designer e-mail: paxpublishing@gmail.com