Books and Printed Resources   




This series contains the following books and teaching aids:

A Handbook for Teachers
A comprehensive guide to character education!! In her first in a series of four books,Comprehensive Character-Building Classroom- A Handbook for Teachers, Dr. Lori Wiley explores:

  • What character is and how it is acquired
  • What character education is and why it is needed
  • Teachers as ethical professionals
  • Methods of teaching character education through the LC5 model
  • Fostering a moral climate
  • Building a moral community
  • Using classroom and behavior management for moral correction
  • Character education across the curriculum
  • Using community service learning and common projects to foster character development
  • Assessment of character
There are also hundreds of activities for teaching character education described throughout the book.  For more information on this book click here.
Price: $19.95 + $3.00 S&H  

Activities and Worksheets I
In Activities and Worksheets I, Dr. Wiley walks the reader through the LC5 model using activities and worksheets. Find out how to implement it through:

  • Moral leadership
  • Creating a moral climate
  • Developing the classroom into a moral community
  • Using discipline and behavior management for moral correction
  • Mining your curriculum for its moral content
  • Common projects or community service learning
Click here for a complete Table of Contents and more information about this book.
Price: $23.95 + $3.00 S&H

Activities and Worksheets II
Activities and Worksheets II shows teachers how easy it is to:

  • Lead discussions on moral issues
  • Set up activities for small groups
  • Photocopy worksheets for individuals
  • Make character education on-going throughout the year
Each page is a self-contained worksheet that may be photocopied and used for homework, in-class work, small group activities or class discussion. The teacher (or substitute teacher) can engage students in a ten-minute lesson with minimal preparation. Click here for a complete Table of Contents and other information about this book.
Price: $23.95 + $3.00 S&H

Assessment
In the 4thand last book in the series, Assessment provides the educator with a set of tools to:

  • Measure character development in your classroom
  • Document your character education program
  • Earn recognition for a character-building classroom
  • Teach students how to assess their own character
Click here for more information.
Price: $23.95 + $3.00 S&H

Black Line Masters for Activities I:
Black line masters are single pages from Activities I, single-sided, and shrink-wrapped as a set. They are useful for those who want to make multiple copies of a single page.

Price: $19.95 per set.  


Black Line Masters for Activities II
Black line masters are single pages from Activities II, single-sided, and shrink-wrapped as a set. They are useful for those who want to make multiple copies of a single page.

Price: $19.95 per set.  


Community-Building Activities
Community-Building Activities provides much-needed material for the secondary and post-secondary educator. This book is a must for teachers, instructors, and students who want to build community in their classrooms.
For more information about this book click here.
Price: $14.95 + $3.00 S&H  


Code of Ethics
This Code of Ethics for Educators covers ethical issues regarding students, parents, colleagues and administrators. It provides guidelines and professional expectations as defined by other educators and educational organizations. Every educator should read and know these guidelines. Click here to see text.

Price: $4.95 per copy  


Story-based Approach to Ethics
This monograph gives the philosophy behind a story-based approach to ethics. Many examples from literature and language arts are described: music, poetry, drama, creative writing, etc. For a workshop or course in using this manual, click here.
Price: $9.95 per copy  


Free Articles
Article: Character Education and Staff Development (web only)
Article: Character Education: An Overview (web only)
Article: Character Education: A Comparison between the U.S. and U.K. (web)
Article: Consequences: Natural and Logical (web)
Article: First Day of School (web)

In addition to these great resources, we have specialty materials to aid in teaching ethics to prisoners. These materials can be found on the Prison Materials page and include the following:
  • Ethically Fit: Comprehensive Character Development in Prison: Activities and Worksheets. BEGINNER
  • Ethically Fit: Comprehensive Character Development in Prison: Activities and Worksheets. MIDDLE
  • Ethically Fit: Comprehensive Character Development in Prison: Activities and Worksheets. ADVANCED
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