GoodCharacter August Newsletter

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Contents The Daily Dilemma Theme of the Month Lessons and Activities Character Education Tips and Resources In the News Special Offer
	When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Daily Dilemma Challenge your students! Not-so-hypothetical situations from the case files of Charis Denison. For August... Andrew is caught in a conflict between trying to please his overbearing father and doing what is best for himself. Click here for the Daily Dilemma Back to Top
	Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. - Harvey S. Firestone
Theme of the Month: Bullying Bullying is one of those unfortunate things that kids of any age, race, or sex might face as they grow and mature. Whether it is teasing on the playground or put-downs and threats given on-line, our children are constantly faced with situations that qualify as "bullying." The following are some lessons, organizations, and products that will help in any anti-bullying program.

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	Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. - Benjamin Disraeli
Lessons and Activities Elementary School Bullying from Getting Along with Groark Day of Kindness (PDF) Dealing With Bullies, For Grades 1-2 Middle School A Bad Case of Bullying: Using Literature Response Groups With Students Respecting Others from Big Changes Big Choices Bullying and Core Democratic Values High School High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying in Schools Do Something about... School Violence, Day 1: Bullying Back to Top
	Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Character Education Tips and Resources Tips for Dealing with Bullies Here is a nice article with some simple actions middle schoolers can take to stop bullies in their tracks. Be sure to check out some of the other related materials. We found some great stuff on this site! Tips for Dealing with Bullies National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other Federal partners, the Resource Center provides current information developed by Federal agencies or with Federal support pertaining to youth violence. A gateway for professionals, parents, youth and other interested individuals, the Resource Center offers the latest tools to facilitate discussion with children, to resolve conflicts nonviolently, to stop bullying, to prevent teen suicide, and to end violence committed by and against young people. Resources include fact sheets, best practices documents, funding and conference announcements, statistics, research bulletins, surveillance reports, and profiles of promising programs. Safeyouth.org Beatbullying Beatbullying aims to reduce and prevent the incidence and impact of bullying, (physical, emotional, verbal, genderised, racist, inter-faith, homophobic) between young people by a variety of student and community based initiatives. Beatbullying Back to Top
	The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery. - Clarence Darrow
In the News Use these articles to gather ideas about how to build good character at home, work, and in your community! Whitby teen develops bullying program Tough cookies: Girl Scouts launch nationwide offensive against spreading bully culture World at the feet of anti-bully girls A school year without bullying? Dept. of Education sees discrepancies Schools combat bullying Back to Top
	I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. - Conrad Black
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