CHARACTER COUNTS! Kindness 101

Honor - Siblings Honor Their Late Father with a New Word and Lasting Legacy

We honor someone when we carry out their legacy after they leave us.

Honor
Grade Level: K-12
 
Character Skills
  • Caring
  • Good Citizenship
SEL Skills
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Awareness
Academic Skills
  • Curiosity and Passion
  • Self-Direction and Engagement

Definitions

Caring
  • Be kind.
  • Be compassionate.
  • Express gratitude.
  • Forgive others.
  • Be considerate of others’ feelings.
Good Citizenship
  • Do your share to make your home, school, and community better.
  • Cooperate.
  • Stay informed. Vote.
  • Be a good neighbor.
  • Make choices that protect the safety and rights of others.
  • Protect the environment.
Relationship Skills

Create positive relationships and meaningful connections with family members, classmates, and teachers.

Self-Awareness

Identify and understand emotions, values, attitudes, motivations, mindsets, and personal attributes.

Curiosity and Passion

Enthusiastic to understand more about themselves, others, and the world around them.

Self-Direction and Engagement

Fully engaged in the educational process and connected to the school community.

Learn more about our character, SEL, and academic outcomes.
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Students will explore ways to honor the people and traditions they cherish.

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activiate prior knowledge

Activate Prior Knowledge

  • What do you think it takes to get a word added to the dictionary?
  • What does honor mean?
    • Honor means paying tribute to someone with meaningful acts or gestures.
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Discussion Prompts

Think about the video.

  • How are people honored in your community?
  • Can you honor people while they are still alive? Why or why not?
  • What is the difference between honor and admiration?
  • Is it more powerful to honor someone publicly or privately? Explain your answer.
  • When is it challenging to honor someone?
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Activity Materials

  • Pencils and paper
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Activity: Dictionary Entries

  • Prompt students to think about a school-appropriate word or phrase they have heard a loved one use a lot. It should be a word that the person finds meaningful. Alternatively, they can consider a tradition that is important to them. For example, a student may choose the word “joy” because their mom frequently talks about finding joy in life.
  • They will write a dictionary-style entry for this word, phrase, or tradition. This should include:
    • The word, phrase, or tradition
    • How they personally define the word
    • An example of how this word, phrase, or tradition exists in their life
  • Have students share their dictionary definitions with the class.
  • Optional: Create a class dictionary using words, phrases, routines, and memories to honor your class.
  • Follow-up questions:
    • How did it feel to honor the person or people that your dictionary entry was about?
    • Would you want to share your dictionary entry with your loved one, if you had the opportunity to? Why or why not?

If you would like to learn more about the effort to get orbisculate added to the dictionary, visit the website here: https://www.orbisculate.com/.

journal prompts

Journal Prompts

K-5

  • How can you honor someone important to you?
  • Who is someone that doesn’t always get noticed, but deserves to be honored? Why?

6-12

  • How do you want to be honored?
  • If you had the chance to give a speech to honor someone, who would it be about? What would you say?
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Family Connection

Educators: Copy the Family Connection and email it to parents or click here to download a PDF version to email or print.

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Discuss

Use these questions to start meaningful conversations about honor.

  • How can we honor people as a family?
  • What traditions do we have as a family to help us strengthen our relationships?

Activity

  • Create a family dictionary of words, phrases, and traditions that are important to your family. Define what each means to your family and how it shows up in your lives. Get creative and add pictures and other memories!

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