Gordon Hirabayashi refused to go to an internment camp when ordered by the U.S. government.
Posts Tagged ‘citizenship’
How to feed more people with your food drive
If you could use a $1 donation to feed one person, or 20 people, which would you choose?
Congratulations to the 2011 National Schools of Character!
Five CHARACTER COUNTS! schools are among the winners.
Foldit: Solving puzzles for science
Try introducing Foldit to your high school students who have a passion for video games. They may get glued to the screen, and cure some diseases while they’re at it.
The fabric of America
As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Barbara Gruener reviews Red, White and Blue by Debbie Clement.
Fwd: Say something nice
This video by Improv Everywhere shows how much fun being nice to people can be.
The Internet is your permanent record
The joke in classrooms used to be that bad behavior would go in your Permanent Record. There was no such thing in the old days, but there is now, and it’s called the Internet.
Budget cuts don’t have to ruin summer
Drastic reductions in public funding for summer school and summer job programs mean summer break is broke for thousands of kids across the country.
Citizenship matters
Pat Brisson’s Sometimes We Were Brave is tops among illustrated picture books for tackling the emotionally charged and extremely challenging issues that come with military service and sacrifice.
Teaching kids to care for animals and one another
As Manager of Humane Education at the Arizona Humane Society in Phoenix, Dr. Kris Haley uses the Six Pillars of Character to teach kids about having empathy and compassion for animals – and each other. We love hearing about new applications for CHARACTER COUNTS!, so we asked Dr. Haley a few questions.
