 Sites
to See:
Life Skills
"Life skills" refer to the information and behaviors
that enable people to lead healthy, happy, and successful lives. Life
skills Web sites include information and resources on increasing self-esteem,
effective communication, responsible citizenship, decision-making, problem
solving and peer pressure. Included: Fifteen sites
to help young people develop the skills they'll need to make the right
life choices.
In today's world, young people face many challenges, including illegal
drugs, random violence, bullying, and discrimination. Teachers, parents,
and others who work with young people have a responsibility to help them
learn the skills and behaviors that will lead to healthy choices and productive
lives. The Internet offers valuable information and resources -- including
lesson plans, interactive activities, and research -- for teachers and
parents who are responsible for teaching life skills, and for helping
young people understand themselves and their potential.
GoodCharacter.com
This site offers valuable free resources to help young people grow both
emotionally and morally. Resources include K-12 lesson plans, a how-to
guide to service learning, essays on using the Socratic method, and topics
for productive ethical discussions with children. Teaching guides are
grouped by elementary, middle, and high school, and offer discussion questions,
writing assignments, and student activities teachers can use to create
their own lesson plans.
Out
on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along
Out On a Limb offers online exercises for dealing with conflict resolution,
including such situations as unfriendly remarks from friends, sibling
problems, and angry feelings. The site stresses the importance of listening
to others and communicating your feelings, and presents situations designed
to allow students to explore their choices. The teachers guide offers
lesson plans and activities to supplement and enhance the online resources.
Science,
Tobacco and You
Science, Tobacco & You is a multidisciplinary, multimedia, science-curriculum
resource on the health effects of tobacco. Designed to reduce tobacco
use among young people, the site offers resources both for teachers and
students. Engaging activities help students explore the harmful effects
of tobacco on the body, strategies for handling peer pressure, and how
advertising promotes tobacco usage.
Web
Pop Online Books
Web-Pop Books offers a variety of interactive and printable storybooks
designed to teach basic human values to young elementary students. Topics
include sharing, consideration of the elderly, literacy, doing chores,
selfishness, and more. Students can read the stories themselves or follow
along as the author narrates. The download section allows users to download
and print the stories for their own personal library.
What
Kids Can Do
What Kids Can Do highlights examples of students working with teachers
and community members on real-life issues that concern them. Included
are detailed accounts of youths working to improve their own communities,
audio clips, news stories, photo galleries, curriculum guides, oral histories
gleaned from student interviews, graduation speeches, articles, publications
and more.
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Article by Hazel Jobe
Education World®
Copyright © 2009 Education World
02/16/2005
Updated 06/02/2009
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