Character Building GROWTH MINDSET Lessons: Fun END of YEAR Learning Skills (6Cs)

FUN Character Building Activities to do at the End of the Year - once marks are done, and you need something good to teach!

A week of Character Education lessons.

Empower your students with life-long learning skills. This Growth Mindset lesson shows students HOW to learn and persevere!

• Includes student Growth Mindset survey.

• Don't just learn about a Growth Mindset.

• Practice staying in a Growth Mindset while struggling through differentiated puzzles!

Want to see exactly what you get before you buy this bundle?

• Watch the BUNDLE PREVIEW VIDEO.

• Look at the BUNDLE PREVIEW PDF.
  (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource.)

Want to see what the handouts and lesson plans look like?

• Section A. Growth Mindset Survey and Puzzles
  (PREVIEW VIDEO and PREVIEW PDF)

• Section B. Video Analysis + C. Consolidation
  (PREVIEW VIDEO and PREVIEW PDF)

⭐ Use this life-long tool over and over again!

• Have fun in June during END OF THE YEAR activities while learning important transferrable skills.

• Use this lesson again in September during BACK TO SCHOOL season to set the tone for a year of learning!

• Teach important lessons if you ever need to fill a period.

• Use this anytime to hit the re-start button in your classroom community.

• Detailed lesson plans so you can leave them with a supply teacher.
  
• IN-PERSON or ONLINE LEARNING.

CHARACTER EDUCATION vs ChatGPT:

Would your students cheat if they knew they couldn't get caught?

Would they use ChatGPT to "help" them come up with the answers?

If you have a FIXED mindset...

• You might feel that you have to get the answer right (or you're not smart.)

• You might be tempted to use ChatGPT to do your school work.

If you have a GROWTH mindset...

• You might recognize that you don't need to be correct all the time "to be smart"

• Learning from mistakes is how we grow.

• You might use ChatGPT as a learning tool to help you understand difficult concepts.

FREE RESOURCE ALERT: ChatGPT Critical Thinking Debate Video Lesson.

TEACH students HOW to approach life challenges (Covid-19), ethical dilemmas (ChatGPT), systemic racism, and academic challenges with a growth mindset... in any subject.

• We don't have to be perfect, but let's try to be better than who we were yesterday.

• And, that starts with explicitly talking about challenges and strategies to overcome the tough stuff.

• NOTE: This Growth Mindset resource does not specifically mention Covid-19 or ChatGPT. That makes this character education resource timeless. Use it to help students navigate conversations around a changing world - whether we're talking about Covid, ChatGPT, or the next big thing.

The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The second best time is now.

• This unit is perfect for teachers who believe we can raise students with character regardless of what subjects we teach!

• If you believe students need grit, tenacity, and resilience at school and in other parts of their lives, then this is a great way to explore GROWTH MINDSET and SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING skills with your students.

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BUNDLE BONUS:

• Use these emoji sudoku puzzles to see how your students do with a familiar, yet different puzzle!

• Use these Growth Mindset strategy posters to help your students overcome obstacles.

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Should ChatGPT be allowed in schools? (or is this cheating?)

• YES

• NO

ARE YOU (or your students) BURNING OUT?

What do your students struggle with the most?

(PS - These are lifelong resources that you can use year after year.)

✅ Option 1: Trying (when they've given up)

• - Try this CHARACTER boost

✅ Option 2: Standing up for others (when things aren't fair)

• - Try this CITIZENSHIP boost

✅ Option 3: Working in groups (not the same as teamwork)

• - Try this COLLABORATION boost

✅ Option 4: Getting their point across (when upset and things matter)

• - Try this COMMUNICATION boost

✅ Option 5: Coming up with ideas (instead of copying others)

• - Try this CREATIVITY Boost

✅ Option 6: Thinking logically (and making informed decisions)

• - Try this CRITICAL THINKING boost

✅ Option 7: ALL OF THE ABOVE 

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Read more about Character Education Lesson Plans on our website.

August 26, 2022 UPDATE: Thanks to Heidi A for letting me know the language warning in the lesson plan for The Rock was not obvious enough.

I added a language warning to the slides regarding the videos for The Rock and Ellen

• Slides 139 to 142: The Rock - language warning (see lesson plan pg 40) 

• Slides 147 to 150: Ellen - trigger content warning (see lesson plan pg 46) 

KEEPING IT REAL - Content Warning:

Everyone teaches in a different classroom reality. We have different student populations, teaching styles, and comfort zones.

Please take note of the following information. This way, you can make an informed decision about how to handle the following two videos in your classroom.

They are examples of real-world character building, but not all teachers may feel comfortable using them.

- The Rock -

Here is the content warning in the lesson plan regarding the YouTube video for the Rock (pg 40.) You can also see this warning in the Section B PREVIEW PDF

Diversity Opportunity: 

Sometimes, we have stereotypes about people who are in low socio-economic classes. The Rock breaks those stereotypes by working harder than everyone else until he succeeds.

Language Warning:

• 9:09 you’re gonna get your ass kicked; we’re gonna get the s* kicked out of us.
• 11:49 get your ass kicked

For this lesson, watch 8 minutes from 8:40 to 16:48 of this video clip:

• https://youtu.be/Y85_muzKuI0?t=517

*please see the questions at the bottom of this product description to see why I include this video.

- Ellen -

NOTE: Trigger Content Warning:

Here is the content warning in the lesson plan (pg 46.) You can also see this in the Section B PREVIEW PDF

Content Warning:

• Her girlfriend was killed (in a car accident) and she passed by the scene (unaware.) 
• She talks about how she realized she had purpose when kids who almost committed suicide but didn’t wrote to her.

Video (approx 5 minutes): https://youtu.be/RnNN4EjU5lg

Question: Did you screen the video with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? Are you aware there's swearing / cussing?

• Yes, I did screen the video. Yes, I am aware of the swearing. For this reason, I suggest watching the 8 minutes from 8:40 to 16:48. Even then, the Rock cusses at 9:09 and 11:49, hence the language warning in the lesson plan.

• I think there's value in analyzing what the Rock has gone through to look for lessons about perseverance. But I recognize that not all teachers are comfortable with cussing.

• The language warning has been in the lesson plan since the product was first published.

• With the July 27, 2022 update, I included the lesson plan in the Section B PREVIEW PDF - this way teachers can see the entire lesson before buying.

• On Aug 26, 2022, I put a language warning on the slides themselves so it's more obvious to teachers. I also added information about the language warning at the top of the product description and bottom of the product description. In the Preview video and Preview PDF, I added a red "content warning" bubble to draw attention to the language warning.

Question: Can you make a copy of the video and edit out the swearing?

• Unfortunately no, it's not my video. I am not the owner of the YouTube video. I do not own the copyright to the content in the video. We are using it under Fair Use doctrine (student research, education.)

Question: But other people copy and repost content all the time.

• Just because someone does something on the internet (or anywhere else,) doesn't mean they're allowed to.

• I am not a lawyer. I would have to consult an Intellectual Property Lawyer to find out what I can and cannot do. Even then, I may have to spend legal fees to defend my use.

• Cool fact: Sometimes, you see someone else content that is "obviously" not theirs. Only the copyright owner can force YouTube to take down the video. Sometimes, the copyright owner chooses to leave the video up because they make money from the ads on that video (Source.)
  

Question: Can you find a different video of the Rock - one without swearing?

• I used to have a different YouTube video of The Rock, but that one is no longer available.

• I tried finding a motivational version of the Rock's story where he doesn't swear. I'm still trying. The Rock swears.

• If you happen to find a good video that talks about getting evicted, working harder than anyone else in the room, and how he only had a few dollars in his pocket, I'd love to see it. Please email me at Mike@educircles.org

• Having said that, the Rock does not swear in Oprah's videos. I considered using Oprah's 2020 Vision Tour Visionaries: The Rock Interview but it's an hour long and it doesn't include all of the energy and information in his other videos. I also considered How a High School Coach Changed Dwayne Johnson's Life | Oprah’s Master Class but it doesn't include some of the other parts of Dwayne Johnson's story: getting evicted, only having a few dollars.

Version 2022-07-27a - language warning update 

Updated on Friday, August 26, 2022. Thanks to Heidi A for letting me know the language warning in the lesson plan for The Rock was not obvious enough.

I added the language warning to the slides regarding the videos for The Rock and Ellen

• Slides 139 to 142: *language warning (see lesson plan pg 40) 
• Slides 147 to 150: *trigger content warning (see lesson plan pg 46) 

Fixed a copy/paste error in the footer of 6Cs Character - Chapter Review handout

SINGLE PDF update - v2022-07-29

This product now has a Single PDF to print (with a File Table of Contents and all handouts)

I added a digital learning version (Easel by TpT) 

I added Microsoft versions for all files

Updated teaching content:

• Replaced the YouTube video for The Rock (slides 139-142); updated lesson plan discussion points.
• Combined the video analysis into a single lesson (Lesson B1) 
• Updated the self-evaluation handout

Content has been moved around and renamed

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Ready or not, ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence will completely change the world.

• How do we prepare our students to survive and thrive in a world with ChatGPT?
  
• ChatGPT is simultaneously the world’s best learning tool and cheating tool. 
  
• (The internet is funny that way. It is an incredible productivity and procrastination tool all at the same time!)
  
• Imagine your kids and students grew up today without ever using the internet. 
  
• How would they survive and thrive in a world where so much of life relies on the internet? 
  
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Questions? Ask in the TPT Question and Answer section or email Mike@educircles.org