Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
generationOn
Purpose:
The learners will reflect on quotations about self-discipline and relate them to personal goals.
Duration:
One 20-minute lesson
Objectives:
The learner will:
- participate in a class discussion about self-discipline and character.
- select and reflect on a quotation about self-discipline.
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 www.generationon.org.
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Display this anonymous poem:
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny!!!
Teacher: Do you agree or disagree with the poet? Why or why not? How does the poem relate to self-discipline? Allow time for discussion.
- Display these quotes and ask the students to choose one to reflect on in their character education journals:
- "Self-Discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from the expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear and doubt. Self-Discipline allows a pitcher [person] to feel his individuality, his inner strength, his talent. He is master of, rather than a slave to, his thoughts and emotions." --The Mental ABC's of Pitching by H.A. Dorfman
- "Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you something and you don't talk back." --W.K. Hope
- "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." --Vince Lombardi
- "The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. What ever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work." --Oprah Winfrey
Lesson Developed By:
Betsy FlikkemaAssociate Director
Learning to Give
Barbara Dillbeck
Director
Learning to Give
Handouts:
Unit Contents:
Overview:Character Education: Self-Discipline (Grade 8) Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Resolutions
- 2.
- What It's Not and What It Is
- 3.
- Sandra Cisneros
- 4.
- Imagine That!
- 5.
- Character and Self-Discipline
All rights reserved. Permission is granted to freely use this information for nonprofit (noncommercial), educational purposes only. Copyright must be acknowledged on all copies.
