Teaching Character Through Literature: Courage
I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth
Category: Character
The Character Issue: Courage
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. ― Franklin D. Roosevelt Last March when we introduced our character
The Humility of Socratic Discussion (Reprise)
If we have had the practice to ask again and again what the author meant, and the discipline and training to return to the text and say, “How do you
Teaching Character Through Literature: Humility
…A powerful story…quickens that hero’s heartbeat within us. Well-chosen words touch and transform our souls–making us want to be better than we are right now. Nagging lectures from Mom and
The Character Issue: Humility
In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as
Teaching Character Through Literature: Diligence
When we read a book with a protagonist facing difficulties we can’t help but cheer them on. As they face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, we want to shout, “Don’t give up!”
The Character Issue: Diligence
Did you know that the word diligence also refers to a stagecoach? It is short for the French carosse de diligence. A diligence was a large, four-wheeled, closed French stagecoach
Teaching Gratitude Through Literature
We introduced the SLOCA character trait for the month of December last week. Check out The Character Issue on gratitude for some ideas to encourage this trait in yourself and
The Character Issue: Gratitude
Gratitude. As we are entering the last month of a year like no other, many may be thinking, “The only thing that I am grateful for is that this year
Teaching Character Through Literature: Integrity
Hello, Down Home Readers! Guess what? It is only 2 weeks till Thanksgiving Break! We are now in the season where time flies for adults but often creeps for kids
