Character Builders

This new book by well-known authors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith (Boys and Literacy Reading Rules etc) fills the need for a K-12 resource for teachers and librarians searching for materials and activity ideas to teach character education at all grade levels.|This book by well-known authors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith (Boys and Literacy Reading Rules! etc.) fills the need for a K-12 resource for teachers and librarians searching for materials and activity ideas for character education at all grade levels. It consists of 12 chapterseone on each virtue: empathy respect courage humor responsibility perseverance loyalty honesty cooperation tolerance citizenship and forgiveness. Each chapter has a listing of related virtues a definition several useful famous quotes listings of people and organizations who have demonstrated the virtue related topics for further curricular exploration and discussion questions. There is also a complete listing of annotated titles divided into five sections: picture books primary (gr. 1-3) intermediate (gr. 3-5) middle school (gr. 5-8) and young adult (gr. 8-12).||This book by well-known authors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith (Boys and Literacy Reading Rules! etc.) fills the need for a K-12 resource for teachers and librarians searching for materials and activity ideas at all grade levels. It consists of 12 chapterseone on each virtue: empathy respect courage humor responsibility perseverance loyalty honesty cooperation tolerance citizenship and forgiveness. Each chapter has a listing of related virtues a definition several useful famous quotes listings of people and organizations who have demonstrated the virtue related topics for further curricular exploration and discussion questions. There is also a complete listing of annotated titles divided into five sections: picture books primary (gr. 1-3) intermediate (gr. 3-5) middle school (gr. 5-8) and young adult (gr. 8-12).