Learning objectives from UPF's Discovering the Real Me character education books for students in grades 5-8
With links to sample lessons in the curriculum
Addictions
8 – A Life Changes
Bullying
5 - I Am Valuable
6 – Quit Picking on Me
7 – Brendan and the Bullies
Cheating
5 – Righting a Wrong
6 – My Best Friend?
7 – No Fair
Civic duty
8 – Civic Duty
Cliques
5 – A True Friend
Commitment
7 – A Loyal Friend?
Community
8 – I Belong to a Community
Compassion
8 – The Gift
Competitiveness
5 – It’s Okay to Be in Second Place
Conflict-Resolution
6 – Peacemaking
8 – Resolving Conflicts
Conscience
6 – The Voice
7 – Finding Your Way Home
Cooperate
5 – Learning to Cooperate the Hard Way
8 – Cooperation
Coping
7 – A New Friend
8 – A Life Changes
Courage
5 – Over the Edge with “Brave” Bob
7 – Brendan and the Bullies
Diplomacy
6 – Getting Along with Others
Disappointment
5 – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Empathy
6 – Finding My Real Value
Failure
8 – The Loser
Fairness
7 – No Fair
Family
6 – My Role in My Family
7 – Family or Friends?
Freedom
8 – “I Hate You, Mom and Dad”
Friendship
5- Suzy’s Skills
6 – My Best Friend?
6 – Far-Away Friend
6 – A Good Friend
7 – A New Friend
8 – Family or Friends?
Generosity
8 – Giving
Good organization
5 – Me and My Things
Gratitude
6 – An Attitude of Gratitude
Habits
7 – Going Nowhere Fast
Health
7 – Everything’s Changing
Helping at home
5 - Time with Mom and Dad
6 – The Cramers Get It Right
Heroism
5 – Over the Edge with “Brave” Bob
Honesty
7 – The Best Policy
Humility
7 – The Dark Horse
Infatuation
8 – Opposites Attract”
Integrity
7 – Who Am I?
Judgmental
7 – Could I Have Been Wrong?
Legacy
5 – Making Grandfather Proud
Loyalty
5 – Suzy’s Skills
7 – Friends and More Than Friends
7 – A Loyal Friend?
Motivation
5 – The Melting Pot
Patience
7 – Mike and the Model Airplane
Peer Pressure
7 – Joey’s Dare
8 – Pablo’s Choice
8 – Saying “No”
Perfectionism
6 – Mr.”Perfect”
Perseverance
5 – Don’t Give Up!
6 – Tommy the Tortoise
Pollution
8 – The World Around Us
Popularity
8 – Who’s the Loser Now?
Pride
5 Don’t Let Pride Stand in Your Way
Puberty
7 – Everything’s Changing
Purposefulness
7 – My Purpose in Life
Respect
5 – Teacher’s Pet
6 – Respect Me
7 – Could I Have Been Wrong?
Responsibility
6 – What Is Precious to Me
7 – Billy Blows It
8 – “I Hate You, Mom and Dad”
Restitution
6 – The Voice
Rewards
5 – Grades Do Count
Romance
8 – Opposites Attract
Sacrifice
6 – Tommy the Tortoise
Self-Discovery
7 – My Inner World
Self-Worth
6 – Mr. “Perfect”
Selfishness
6 – Getting Along with Others
Sexuality
8 – Dangerous Attraction
8 – The Drive
Sportsmanship
5 – It’s Okay to Be in Second Place
7 – No Fair
Stealing
5 Doing the Right Thing
Stress
6 – Handling a Hurricane
Talents
8 – The Gift
Tattling
6 – A Good Friend
Trust
7 – Friends and More Than Friends
7 – Billy Blows It