RAK EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM 2011-2012
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation recenty revamped our kindness teaching materials in preparation for launching our Kindness in the Classroom pilot project. For the 2011-2012 school year, RAK has selected three schools in the greater Denver metro area to launch this project. The program is a comprehensive infusion of teaching and learning kindness in the ongoing curriculum.
Research has shown that positive learning environments lead to better learning outcomes, and we believe that kindnes is a means to creating a positive learning environment. It is our hope that these materials fit seemlessly into any school's curriculum, teaching kindness and meeting academic standards. Please take a look at the lesson plans, kindness ideas, and other educational resources. Better yet, try them out yourself. As this is a pilot program, we would love your feedback! For more information on this program, please contact info@randomactsofkindness.org.
Many thanks to Rocky Mountain Academy, Thomson Elementary, and Marshdale Elementary for implementing this pilot program.
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Objective: Students will be able to demonstrate that individuals belong to different groups and communities and that speaking and acting kindly shows respect toward others and results in a culture ofkindness; explore how some events impact not only individuals, but also larger communities, cultures and nations. They will also explore how a kind contribution changes the world.
This lesson is also appropriate for the 6th and 8th grades.
Objective: Students will be able to iIdentify that we are faced with choices when bullying occurs and that how we choose to act affects the outcome of the event; explore what people can do to make a difference in their school, their community, their country, and the world.
Objective: Students will be able to identify the difference between fact and opinion when choosing kindness; explore expressing opinion in kind ways; describe how people form kind ideas and beliefs; and describe how friends, family and communities influence our ideas and beliefs.
Objective: Students will be able to explain how individuals and groups respond to different events through kindness, and how being member of a community affects one's response to an event.
Objective: Students will be able to identify kind ways to communicate that show care, consideration, and empathy for others.
Objective: Students will be able to identify their own and other people’s talents and strengths, and discover how to compliment others on their strengths.
Objective: Students will be able to describe how their kind actions affect others. This lesson should be done following the "Who Am I?" lesson plan.
Objective: Students will be able to identify ways to act kindly to themselves and others, and to be grateful. This lesson plan should be done prior to the "Who Are We?" second grade lesson plan.
