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Attitudes
  1. 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn at School
  2. Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
  3. "Are You Going to Finish Strong?" (man born w/ no arms or legs talks about getting back up again)
  1. Book
  2. Book
  3. On line video
Bullying/Harrassment
  1. "Fear Factor: Harassment Hurts"
  2. "'She Used to be Pretty': On-line Bullying"
  3. "Bullying Remains a Problem"
  4. "School Bullying Complaints in the UK Rising"
  5. "Support Center for Anti-Bullying"
  6. National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
  7. Take the Bully by the Horns: Stop Unethical, Uncooperative, or Unpleasant People from Running and Ruining Your Life
  1. On-line Article
  2. On-line article
  3. On-line Article
  4. On-line Article
  5. Website
  6. Website
  7. Book
Choices & Decisions 1. John Edwards, Presidential Candidate, has affair
2. Ten Reasons People Make Stupid Decisions
3. Decision making in adolescents (how the teenage brain may be wired to make poor choices)
4. How to Make a Decision
5. Amusing Anecdotes of Bad decisions
6. I Can Manage Life; Learning How to Make Major Life Choices and Decisions
  1. News Report
  2. Website Blog article
  3. on-line article
  4. on-line article
  5. website
  6. Book with Activities
Communication
  1. People Power: The Power of Communicating on the Internet
  2. The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know
  3. Body Language Quiz
  4. What is Your Communication Style?
  5. Active Listening Tips and Skills
  6. Do John Edwards' Facial Expressions Indicate He's Lying?
  1. YouTube Video
  2. Book
  3. On-line quiz
  4. On-line quiz
  5. Website
  6. News Report
Conflict Resolution
    1. Cooperative Conflict Resolution Skills
    2. What is Peer Mediation?
  1. Website
  2. Website
Critical Thinking
  1. "Forget the Facts: Can you Learn? Preparing Students for Future Learning"
  2. "Brain Boosters: Challenge Your Critical Thinking Skills"
  3. Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World
  4. Can Cell Phones Cook an Egg?
  5. Can Cell PhonesPop Popcorn?
  6. Cell Phones Can NOT Pop Popcorn
  7. Man Landed on the Moon
  8. "Becoming a Critic of Your Thinking"
  9. "Logical Fallacies" a handout on common mistakes in reasoning
  10. Exercises in recognizing logical fallacies (idea: put students in pairs and have each pair present one of the examples)
  11. Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life, by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.

  1. On-line Article
  2. Website
  3. Book
  4. YouTube Video
  5. YouTube Video
  6. YouTube Video
  7. YouTube Video
  8. website
  9. website
  10. website
  11. Book
Dilemmas

Dreams
  1. Paul Potts' "Britain's Got Talent" Audition
  2. "Failure is Part of Success"
  3. Tony Melendez
  4. Andrew Johnston "Britain's Got Talent"
  5. Examples of Famous Rejections (Fred Astaire, Charles Dickens, etc)
  1. YouTube Video
  2. YouTube Video
  3. YouTube Video
  4. YouTube Video
  5. Website
Emotions
  1. Emotional Intelligence Test: Abridged
  2. Emotional Intelligence Test: Full Length
  3. Emotional Intelligence
  4. "Emotional Intelligence: The Missing Piece"
  1. On-line quiz
  2. On-line Quiz
  3. Book
  4. On-line article
Entrepreneurial Leadership
  1. Kids and the Train Track
  1. YouTube Video
Evaluation Skills
  1. Evaluating Information on the Web
  2. How to Evaluate Internet Information
  3. Resources for evaluating websites
  4. Bogus Wesite #1: "Feline Reactions to Bearded Men"
  5. Bogus Website #2: "Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide"
  6. "Learning to Research on the Web"
  1. Website
  2. Website
  3. Website
  4. Website
  5. Website
  6. On-line Article
Finance
  1. 1000 Best Smart Money Secrets for Students
  1. Book
Inspiration 1. "Carry Your Candle"
2. "Carry Your Candle" another version w/ lyrics on screen
3. 8 Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela		 1. YouTube music video
2. YouTube music video
3. Online Article
Leadership
(Activities and Icebreakers)		 1. Leadership Lesson; Lessons to Lead By edited by The National Association of Secondary School Principals
2. 		1. Book
Learning and
Learning Styles
  1. What kind of learner are you?
  2. Strategies for Visual Learners
  3. Strategies for Auditory Learners
  4. Strategies for Reading and Writing Learners
  5. Strategies for Kinesthetic Learners
  6. Strategies for Multimodal Learners
  7. Study Smarter, Not Harder
  8. The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond
  9. On-line Study Guides and Strategies
  10. Learning Style Quiz for Teens
  11. Left vs. Right Brain
  1. On-line quiz
  2. Website
  3. Webite
  4. Website
  5. Website
  6. Website
  7. Book
  8. Book
  9. Website
  10. On-line quiz
  11. On-line quiz
Maturity
  1. "How Adult Are You?"
  1. On-line quiz
Motivation
  1. "My Motivation Skills"
  2. Motivate Yourself Activity
  3. Motivation (Resource for Facilitators and Teachers)
  1. On-line quiz
  2. On-line Activity
  3. Website
Organization &
Time Management
  1. How I Spend My Day
  2. Creating a Motivational To-Do List
  3. The Assignment Calculator
  4. Printable Time Use Chart (1 of 4)
  5. Printable Time Use Summary of Activities (2 of 4)
  6. Evaluation of Time Use Summary (3 of 4)
  7. Planned Week Schedule (4 of 4)
  8. Are You Left-Brained or Right-Brained?
  9. Left Brain Right Brain Quiz for Teens
  10. "Tales of Mere Existence: Procrastinaton"
  11. Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens
  12. Talk show guest Psychologist Dr. Greg Cason tells you why people procrastinate and helps you to stop!
  1. On-line Chart
  2. On-line Chart
  3. On-line Tool
  4. Webpage
  5. Webpage
  6. Webpage
  7. Webpage
  8. On-line quiz
  9. On-line quiz
  10. YouTube Video
  11. Website
  12. You Tube Video of talk show program
Perspective
  1. Creative Ways to Gain Perspective in Your Life
  2. "Four Effective Practices for Gaining Perspective"
  3. "Gaining Perspective"
  4. "Little Red Riding Hood Retold"
  5. The Wolf's Side of the Story: The REAL Three Little Pigs"
  6. "How to Change Your Perspective"
  7. "Bystander Syndrome Explained"
  8. Perspective on Your Values: Think Twice
  9. "Change Your Perspective" 4 teens walk through Atlanta. rhyming their efforts to change stereotypes and apathy
  10. World Hunger
  11. Lincoln's speech: "... so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."
  1. Website
  2. On-line Article
  3. On-Line Article
  4. On-Line Story
  5. Website
  6. On-Line Article
  7. News Video
  8. Video
  9. YouTube Video
  10. YouTube Video
  11. On-line Speech
Pressures/Stress
  1. "Stress Management Skills Test"
  2. How Stressed Out Are You?
  3. Managing Stress Activities
  4. Overcoming Test Anxiety
  1. On-line quiz
  2. On-line quiz
  3. Webpage
  4. Webpage
Problem Solving &
Decision Making
  1. Problem Solving & Decision Making Help
  2. Decision Making Tool
  3. 21st Century Decision Making
  4. "What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail: 12 Steps to Practical Problem Solving" from Out of Poverty by Paul Polack
  1. Website
  2. Website
  3. Video
  4. Website and on line video
Reflection
  1. "Reflective Practice"
  2. Activities for Reflection
  1. Website
  2. Website
Setting Goals
  1. Goals, Objectives, and Priorities Chart
  2. Michael Jordan: Why Failure Brings Success
  3. Goal Setting (Resource for Facilitators and Teachers)
  4. S.M.A.R.T. Goals
  1. On-line Chart
  2. YouTube Video
  3. Website
  4. on-line article
Social Issues
  1. "Elderly Connecticut Man Hit; Nobody Helps"
  2. Not in Our Town: Citizens Respond to Hate
  3. Radiohead, MTV EXIT and USAID - All I need
  4. Is it OK to spank students in school?
  1. News Video
  2. Website
  3. YouTube Video
  4. On-line article
Taking Positive Risks

Teamwork & Collaboration
  1. Cooperative and Collaborative Learning Tips
  2. Cooperative Learning (Resource for facilitators and teachers)
  1. Website
  2. Website
Technology
  1. Using Technology in the Classroom: Too Much, or Not Enough?
  2. "A School That's Too High on Gizmos"
  3. "Technology and Education"
  4. "Tech Without Support: IT Snags Hamper Schools' Technology Use"
  5. "We Think" Video about power of connectivity on the Web
  6. "Learn to Change, Change to Learn" schools need to tap into kids' use of social and connective technology
  7. "Pay Attention" facts about today's students' ties to technology
  8. Why Social Networking Matters
  1. On-line article and poll
  2. On-line Article
  3. On-line Article
  4. On-line Article
  5. YouTube Video
  6. YouTube Video
  7. YouTube Video
  8. On-line Editorial
Values
  1. Your Values Determine Your Behavior
  2. What are Your Values in Life? Think Twice.
  3. Stand for Something: The Battle for America's Soul
  4. The Heart of America: 10 Core Values That Make our Country Great
  5. "Dishonesty, Trickery Commonplace in Today's Sports World"
  6. "Internet Cheating Clicks With Students"
  7. "Cheating Gets Easier With Gadgetry"
  8. Values Questionnaire
    9. Values, Decisions, and Inner Peace
    or Who Am I and Where am I Going?
  1. YouTube Video
  2. YouTube Video
  3. Book
  4. Book
  5. On-Line Article
  6. On-Line Article
  7. On-Line Article
  8. On-line Quiz
  9. On-Line Article and Values chart
Workplace and 21st Century Work Skills
 The Hard Truth About Soft Skills: Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They'd Learned Sooner
  1. Book
Diversity
 Project Implicit from Harvard University
1. Understanding Prejudice
2. Implicit Association tests on a variety of topics, including:
a. gender biases
b. fat/thin biases
c. dark skin/light skin
d. disabilities
e. religions
f. and many more!

3. "A Girl Like Me" (African American girls discuss their self-image)
4. "Slip of the Tongue" (a poetry-slam style film about stereotypes)
5. "51 Years later" A look at Little Rock High School & the Obama Inauguration
 1. Website
2. On-line Quizzes








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