Character Building Through Choices and Challenges
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Each story can be used as a powerful lesson plan in character education, complete with key words, introduction, questions and activities. The text of each story is very interactive with questions inserted ready for discussion. The situations spark discussion and help children explore what they stand for and what they believe. Reading and listening skills are enhanced. Each chapter ends with more questions for discussion and group or individual activities. All the tools and information to inspire children to think and use good decision making skills are offered right here.
The Mukie adventures help teach values such as mutual respect, cooperation, wisdom, love and caring, responsibility, nondiscrimination, and many other traits children need to develop.
Children 8-12 will find challenges in helping the Mukies work through risk taking adventures, friendship conflicts, and bravery episodes. These compassionate and optimistic characters show that by being open-minded and truly listening to one another, issues such as racism, violence, and aggression can be avoided.
Note for teachers and parents: Boys especially are drawn to these stories.
Robert Bohlken
Robert Bohlken, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Communication, writes a weekly newspaper column and is a communication consultant. He retired after many years teaching at both the secondary and university levels.His professional areas of expertise and research are in listening, semantics, and interpersonal trust/relationship. Dr. Bohlken has published more than twenty academic journal articles,presented papers at more than forty academic conferences, and made over one hundred service, social club and school presentations. He is an entertaining and thought-provoking speaker/lecturer/children’s reading specialist. He authored three booklets: Grandpa Listens as Bobby Grows Up How the Rabbit Became the Easter Bunny How to Talk Rural Northwest Missouri Talk He is a member of the International Listening Association, International Society of General Semantics, National Communication Association, and a life member of the Optimist International Service Club. He is a Korean War veteran and has been a longtime member of the American Legion. Degrees held by Dr. Bohlken include a B.S. degree in Language Arts Education with Distinction from Nebraska State College; Master of Arts Degree in Communication/Theatre Arts, University of Nebraska, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Communication, University of Kansas. He and his wife, Mary, live in Maryville, Missouri.
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Character Building Through Choices and Challenges - Robert Bohlken
Character Building Through Choices and Challenges
Robert Bohlken, Ph.D
Copyright 2013 Robert Bohlken, Ph.D.
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The core of effective character education is promoting positive behavior. In these short stories, students help solve problems encountered by the compassionate, optimistic Mukies. These clever characters show that by being open-minded and truly listening to one another , issues such as racism, violence and aggression can be avoided. Each chapter has an introduction to the character traits emphasized and ends with activities and questions for discussion.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Character building
Meet the Mukies -an overview of the Mukie Nation
An Ounce of Prevention - problem-solving, decision making
The Happy But Unhappy Mukie - self esteem, contentment, happiness
Crossing the Line - friendship. trust, courage, risk taking, cooperation
What Handicap? - mutual respect, love, caring, relationships
Guilt- loyalty, fairness, being a good sport, accepting consequences
The Mukies' Change of Heart - open communication, positive attitudes
A Mukie of a Different Color - tolerance, integrity, bravery, resourcefulness
The Honey Tree - accepting consequences, boldness, daring, peace-keeping
About the Author
Introduction – Character Building Through Choices and Challenges
These powerful lesson plans make it easy to meet the character education requirement. They not only offer insight into character building but also enhance reading and listening skills. This is an empowering combination in the classroom and at home. Helping kids make decisions about every day living through the eyes and actions of these prehistoric compassionate and caring Mukies make the lessons more meaningful.
Kids today have lots of decisions to make-this ebook helps them sort out their thoughts, feelings, and concerns and brings them closer to making good decisions. Through character building skills and problem-solving techniques they learn how to analyze problems and come to conclusions.
The themes include respect for others, cooperation, understanding, peaceful co-existence, and many others that kids need to address in our present society. This Building Character Through Choices and Challenges ebook provides you with character building activities at a moment's notice. If you ever need a lesson in a hurry, you'll love the activities and review questions at the end of every chapter.
Each short chapter poses character situations to spark discussion and help kids explore what they stand for and believe in. The aloud reading of the stories and the interaction of reader and listener are as important as the messages presented.
An introduction to each chapter is given, with various character traits to identify. A list of terms is presented at the beginning of each chapter. There are discussion questions inserted in each story that help students in their decision making process and help to clarify their thinking. You will find the questions and activities at the end of each chapter most helpful.
For student copies of the stories in the book, refer to the ebook Mukie of a Different Color – Making a Difference, another Smashwords book. The students will read the same stories as found in this ebook, without the special sections this books provides, such as the teacher helps in introducing the chapter, terms, questions, and activities.
Now let's take a look at the world of the Mukies and how this relates to present times and situations. Let the Mukies provide the