Directory of Character Education Resources

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Subcategories

• Character First
• Justice

Resources in This Category

• Center for Character & Social Responsibility

  http://www.bu.edu/ccsr/
  Committed to providing educators with the resources necessary to foster the development of strong character and good judgment in students.They offer many resources (lesson plans, articles about character education, and reading lists) for teachers, administrators, students, parents, and scholars/researchers.

• Center for Learning

  http://www.centerforlearning.org/
  A nonprofit educational publisher committed to integrating academic learning and universal values through the humanities.

• Character Counts!

  http://charactercounts.org/
  Character-education initiative in the U.S. that teaches the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

• Character Development Group

  http://www.charactereducation.com/
  A provider of resources for character education.

• Character Education

  http://www.joyinlearning.com/
  Programs train educators and students to manage aggressive behaviors, build self-esteem, resolve conflicts, encourage diversity tolerance, practice core values, and promote character education.

• Character Education Resources

  http://www.cyi-stars.org/
  Center for Youth Issues is a provider of character education resources to educators across the country.

• Educators for Social Responsibility

  http://www.esrnational.org/
  A source of curriculum materials and teacher training programs that focus on issues of peacemaking and conflict resolution.

• Foundations Magazine

  http://www.foundationsmag.com/
  Magazine designed to help develop character and personal responsibility by laying down the basic building blocks of a successful person.

• GoodCharacter.com

  http://www.goodcharacter.com/
  Free character education resources for K-12 teachers, coaches, and youth group leaders. Includes discussion questions, writing assignments, learning activities, opportunities for student action, and lots of teacher support materials.

• Institute for Affective Skill Development

  http://www.iasd.com/
  Creates and produces programs that build character by teaching students how to succeed while maintaining dignity and respect for self and others.

• Living Values

  http://livingvalues.net/
  An experiential values education program for children, young adults, parents, and children affected by war. An effective character development program, it builds positive emotional and social skills for peace, including conflict resolution and tolerance.

• Studies in Moral Development and Education

  http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/index.html
  Developing fairness and concern for others. Sample curriculum's for different age levels and subjects, articles, recommended books and an email domain theory mailing list.

• Teaching Virtues

  http://teachingvirtues.net/
  This book and workshop teaches character education using a balanced approach to learning that uses the teachers own wisdom and creativity along with ancient formulas used by American Indians for thousands of years.

• TeachingValues.com

  http://www.teachingvalues.com/
  Resources for parents and teachers on character education and teaching children family values with accelerated learning techniques

• The Character Education Network

  http://www.charactered.net/
  For students, teachers, schools and communities to facilitate character education. This site is dedicated to providing quality, ready-to-use curriculum, activities and resources that integrate with and enhance the classroom experience.

• The Character Education Partnership

  http://www.character.org/
  An organization committed to developing civic virtue and moral character in our youth for a more compassionate and responsible society. The purpose of character education is to help students develop good character, which includes knowing, caring about, and acting upon core ethical values such as caring, honesty, fairness, responsibility, and respect for self and others.

• The Peaceful Solution Character Education Incorporated

  http://www.peacefulsolution.org/
  Devoted to promoting character education as its main tool for positive character development. Students, whether children or adults, exhibit positive behavioral changes

• Tribes

  http://www.tribes.com/
  A new way of learning and being together. The mission of Tribes is to assure the healthy development of every child so that each has the knowledge, competency and resilience to be successful in a rapidly changing world.

• WhyTry Organization

  http://www.whytry.org/
  Provides character education lesson plans for all youth including those with behavioral disorders or learning disabilities. Program addresses peer pressure, anger management and social and emotional intelligence.

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