Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
generationOn
Purpose:
Learners write an acrostic poem using the letters of their name to communicate their trustworthy nature.
Duration:
One 20-minute Class Period
Objectives:
The learner will:
- write an acrostic poem about trustworthiness.
Service Experience:
This character education mini-lesson is not intended to be a service learning lesson or to meet the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice. The character education units will be most effective when taught in conjunction with a student-designed service project that provides a real world setting in which students can develop and practice good character and leadership skills. For ideas and suggestions for organizing service events go to generationon.org.
Materials:
brainstorming charts and definitions from the previous lessons
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Read and discuss a quote about trust and friendship.
“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” --Nietzsche
“Trust is like a vase. Once it's broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be same again.”
- Have the students write an acrostic using the letters in their name written down the page. They come up with a phrase or word for each letter in their name that describes their dependability, trustworthiness, or examples of their actions and beliefs related to trust.
- Students make a final copy of their acrostic to display on the wall.
Lesson Developed By:
Betsy FlikkemaAssociate Director
Learning to Give
Barbara Dillbeck
Director
Learning to Give
Handouts:
Unit Contents:
Overview:Character Education: Trustworthiness (Grade 6) Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Building Trust
- 2.
- Trustworthy Friends
- 3.
- A Loyal Friend
- 4.
- Banking on Family
- 5.
- Naming Trust
All rights reserved. Permission is granted to freely use this information for nonprofit (noncommercial), educational purposes only. Copyright must be acknowledged on all copies.
