Core Concepts: Respect The state of being regarded with honor or esteem

 Grade Range: Middle School

Operational

Concept

Objectives

Sample

Activities/Ideas

Feeling or showing honor, esteem and consideration for self, others and one's natural environment Respect for Self

The student will be able to:

  • show respect for self by developing and maintaining suitable, appropriate appearance
  • express personal reactions and feelings with appropriate honor and consideration
  • demonstrate self-worth and acknowledge his/her strengths and limitations
  • demonstrate high expectations for personal achievement
  • make responsible decisions and be accountable for the outcomes and consequences
  • establish acceptable level of personal assertiveness
  • respond appropriately to peer pressure
  • understand the difference between respect for one's self and egotism
  • (Respectful behavior will be demonstrated through sharing, cooperating, praising, admiring, honesty, acceptance, attentiveness, privacy, reverence, courage, politeness, thoughtfulness, helping, listening, courtesy, loyalty, compassion conservation and moderation)

Respect for others

The student will be able to:

  • demonstrate understanding and caring
  • demonstrate sympathy and empathy

  • demonstrate patience/tolerance when working with others

  • demonstrate regard for others; property and privacy
  • establish and maintain friendships
  • demonstrate consistency and reliability
  • cooperate by understanding, sharing, and negotiation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respect for Natural Environment

The student will be able to:

  • develop positive behaviors for respecting/preserving life and natural habitat
  • demonstrate appreciation of the interdependence of the total environment
  • understand the limitations of scientific knowledge of humanity's effect on the natural environment
Have students:
  • picture themselves 10 years from now, out of high school considering questions which require analysis of strengths and weaknesses: Did you graduate? Are you in school or training program? Are you working?
  • focus on cleanliness and appropriate appearance in various situations or environments
  • engage in interviews with successful persons in the community asking them about their perceptions about the importance of appropriate appearance in the job market
  • make a list of social situations common to this age group where they discuss appropriate appearance, behavior, customs, and consequences of making poor choices in these areas
  • work in small groups to resolve situations where personal assertiveness is important
  • create, read or memorize a poem and be able to explain in other words what it says about respect for self

 

 

 

Have students:

  • state the meaning of respect at home, in school and in a community
  • identify examples of respect and lack of respect for others in social studies textbooks and other materials
  • role play situations in which failure to show respect for others is turned into a positive example of how to respect others
  • make a plan that shows specific things they can do at home an din school to show respect for others and then carry out the plan and keep a record of what was accomplished
  • keep a daily record of things they did to show respect for others at home in class, in school activities and in other situations
  • identify and clarify a controversial community of school situation ; gather related information; separate facts from opinions; and propose a solution in terms of consequences
  • create, read or memorize a poem and be able to explain in other words what it says about respect for others.
  • extend their understanding and appreciation of respect for others by reading and sharing reading
  • brainstorm situations in which respect for others is important including encounters at home, in school and in the community
  • share personal experiences where respect for others or the student was or was not shown and discuss the experience by asking such questions as: How did the person Feel when respect was shown? When it was not shown?; How did you feel when others showed respect for you? When they did not?; How does showing respect help improve both individual and group work?

 

Have students:

  • study past environmental issues and analyze why these predictions did not prove true
  • "adopt" a local park or stream and contribute to its environ-mental integrity
  • create, read or memorize a poem and be able to explain in other words what it says about respect for environment