The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kindness Resources for Educators
Lesson Plans
Caring When It Counts
After completing this lesson plan, students will be able to identify and demonstrate three ways they can care for their family, community and environment.
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Beverly Hills: Path to Poverty Leads to Global Kindness
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Nouriel and Yaelle Cohen, California
Video Synopsis:
Many people have been affected by the country's economy. Many people have lost all they have. If you lived in Beverly Hills, had a successful business, and then lost everything, what would you do? Watch this video of an incredible couple who lived in Beverly Hills, had a successful business of their own and did lose everything, and then decided what they needed to do was simplify their lives and focus on helping other people. With modest beginnings Global Kindness now feeds, clothes, and even pays bills for people who cannot do it themselves. With plans to grow into a storefront, despite the fact that the Cohens and their six children still don't have much themselves, this couple continues to give what they do have: their time, their energy and their home. Be inspired by this couple who have little but give so much.Suggested for: Traditional schools, alternative programs, youth groups, community centers
Suggested grade use: 5-12
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Old-Fashioned Valentine's Day
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This project was designed to have some fun making old-fashioned Valentines with a variety of individuals who are confined for one reason or another.
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School Activities
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Activities for Grades 6-8
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Read through our kindness activity ideas for grades 6-8.
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Podcasts
Featured Podcast
Kindness in the Classroom podcasts focus on areas of practicing kindness as part of the classroom experience and the impact that has on faculty, students, administration and parent communities
Welcome Educators
For any educational context, from preschool and elementary through the teen years, in schools large and small as well as home-school, our pages provide resources to supplement, complement, and support positive behavior goals. You'll find activity ideas in the School Activity Ideas section. Calendars and Graphics are housed on the Resources pages.
In the Classroom to Community section, we feature exciting lesson plans based on real-life actions by community leaders. Our "Quick Start" feature puts lesson plans and student activities in your hands instantly. Browse the list of ideas, and then click on "Read More" to see a full lesson plan.
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spreading kindness in your community.
What would you do if the person in front of you at a fast food restaurant discovers that they don't have money to pay for their order?
The Random Acts of
Kindness Foundation Inspires
Kindness Foundation Inspires
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is an internationally recognized non-profit organization founded upon the powerful belief in kindness and dedicated to providing resources and tools that encourage acts of kindness.
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