Classroom Ideas for The Beginning of the Year
The days of the knights and their code of chivalry.
Each student has a shield upon which they will earn & display the 7 virtues in Values in Action! as they earn them throughout the weeks. They earn them by acts of exhibiting daily character deeds over a specified period of time.
Your class can read about the various virtues from William Bennett’s Book of Virtues and relate them to our day and time.
You can also branch off into “Patriots and Heroes” using our founding fathers as role models. You might want to create a comic book character from the past who practices the virtues and how he teaches folks in the year 2000 about the need for learning these character traits for the times we live in and the times ahead. How virtues serve you!
– Gary Avants
