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Discovering the Real MeDiscovering the Real Me::Student Textbook and Student Textbook and Teacher’s Manual 1: Teacher’s Manual 1: Learning To Be GoodLearning To Be Good

• For children ages 6-7 years old, but appealing to all ages

• Most stories are based on Aesop’s Fables

• In Books 1 and 2, the Teachers’ Manuals are inside the books

The Discovering the Real Me The Discovering the Real Me Series—Book 1Series—Book 1

• 17 stories • Two lesson plans per

story, 30-45 minutes each

• Story is read to the children

• Activities bring out story’s theme

Universal StoriesUniversal Stories

• Aesop told these stories over 2000 years ago!

• Timeless themes of human nature and morality

• Animal characters, appealing to children

Character Education’s Goals:Character Education’s Goals:

• To know the good — head

• To care about the good — heart

• To do the good — hands

Each Story has Cognitive, Each Story has Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Affective, and Behavioral

GoalsGoals

Educating the Head, Heart, and Educating the Head, Heart, and Hands Hands

Sample StorySample StoryChapter 7: “The Dog and His Chapter 7: “The Dog and His

Reflection ”Reflection ”

The StoryThe Story

• This story is about a dog that is given a bone

• The dog carries the bone to the pond and sees his reflection

• Thinking it is another dog with another bone, he tries to grab the other bone

• The dog drops his own bone into the water and loses it

““The Dog and His Reflection”: The Dog and His Reflection”: Cognitive ObjectivesCognitive Objectives

• It is important to be grateful for what we have

• When we are greedy and try to grab what is not ours, we can get into trouble

““The Dog and His Reflection”: The Dog and His Reflection”: Affective ObjectivesAffective Objectives

• Students will feel sad for the dog, but will also laugh at the dog’s greediness and misfortune

• They will feel grateful for what they already have

““The Dog and His Reflection”: The Dog and His Reflection”: Behavioral ObjectivesBehavioral Objectives

• Students will tell themselves to be grateful for what they have when they are tempted to be greedy

Lesson PlanLesson Plan——ActivityActivity

• Students act out the story, using a real mirror

• Students initiate a service project to practice kindness

Lesson PlanLesson Plan——ActivityActivity

• Students trace their hands on paper

• Students name five things they are grateful for

• When they feel greedy, they look at their own hands and remember gratitude

Mom

Dad PetFriend

Sunshine

Sample StorySample StoryChapter 11: “The Ant and the Chapter 11: “The Ant and the

Dove”Dove”

The StoryThe Story

• This story is about a dove that rescues an ant from drowning

• Later on the ant rescues the dove from a rock-throwing child by biting the boy on the toe

• The ant and the dove express their gratitude and promise to always watch out for each other

““The Ant and the Dove”: The Ant and the Dove”: Cognitive ObjectivesCognitive Objectives

• Students will understand the value of kindness and cooperation

• They will understand that when they are kind, others will be kind to them

““The Ant and the Dove”: The Ant and the Dove”: Affective ObjectivesAffective Objectives

• Students will feel relieved that both the ant and the dove escaped danger, understanding that it was because of kindness that they survived

““The Ant and the Dove”: The Ant and the Dove”: Behavioral ObjectivesBehavioral Objectives

• Seeing how kindness can benefit them and others, students will choose to be kind to others and help others when they need it

Lesson PlanLesson Plan—Discussion—Discussion

• Students will learn to recite the Golden Rule:

Do to others as you would have them do to you

• What you give comes back to you

Lesson PlanLesson Plan——ActivityActivity

• The teacher explains that ants work together very well, helping each other—this is “cooperation”

• Students draw and color ants—guard ants, queen ants, nurse ants

Sample StorySample StoryChapter 13: “The Ants and the Chapter 13: “The Ants and the

Grasshopper”Grasshopper”

The StoryThe Story

• Ants are working hard to prepare for the winter season

• A grasshopper fiddles and plays as the ants work

• Cold winds blow, the grasshopper has no shelter or food

• Should the ants help him?

““The Ants and the The Ants and the Grasshopper”: Cognitive Grasshopper”: Cognitive

ObjectivesObjectives• Students will

understand what it means to be responsible and hard-working

• Laziness can get you into trouble!

““The Ants and the The Ants and the Grasshopper”: Affective Grasshopper”: Affective

ObjectivesObjectives• Students will feel

inspired to be like the ants, not the grasshopper—responsible and hard-working

““The Ants and the The Ants and the Grasshopper”: Behavioral Grasshopper”: Behavioral

ObjectivesObjectives• Students will

identify their responsibilities at home and school and will be more conscientious about fulfilling them

Lesson PlanLesson Plan——Discussion and Discussion and Activity Activity

• After reading the story to the children, the teacher checks for comprehension

• We all like to have fun, but we have to do some work too

• The teacher and students make a chart naming chores at home, and what happens when they don’t get done

• It’s fun to exaggerate here!

Parents’ Chores Chores Not Done

Wash dishes Dirty, germy dishes

Job No money, no home,

no food, no fun!

Laundry Smelly yucky clothes

Kids’ Chores Chores Not Done

Put away toys Toys broken, toys lost

Brush Teeth Cavities, smelly

breath, pain

Shower or bathe Dirty, smelly, may get

sick

Get dressed Go to school in

pajamas!

Lesson PlanLesson Plan——ActivitiesActivities

• Students learn and sing a camp song about ants and responsibility

• Students learn about balancing work and play by balancing objects

Discovering the Real Me, Book Discovering the Real Me, Book 1: 1: Learning to Be GoodLearning to Be Good

• Teamwork, cooperation, responsibility, honesty, diligence, respect, gratitude, self-confidence, kindness, peacefulness, anger management, and conflict resolution are the main themes of the stories in Book 1.

• Explore and enjoy!

Discovering the Real MeDiscovering the Real Me—An —An Easy and Enjoyable Teaching Easy and Enjoyable Teaching

ToolTool• For classroom teachers

• Homeschooling parents

• Sunday school teachers

• Cub Scout or Brownie leaders

• Youth club leaders