Kagan
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Higher-Level Thinking Questions: Developing Character
Character Quotations
This set includes 16 question cards on Character Quotations. The questions are all open-ended, higher-level thinking questions to get your students to think deeply about Character Quotations. For example, “‘The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.’—John Holt. What are situations which test our character?” The questions are ideal for thinking, discussion, and writing. This set includes a variety of engaging team, pair, class, and individual activities to make the most of your question cards. Also includes reproducible prompts for journal writing and activities for student-generated questions. Go beyond facts. Develop meaning. Promote critical and creative thinking!
Respect! Responsibility! Integrity! Honesty! How do you develop these valued character traits? In this book of questions, you will find hundreds of questions, quotations, and dilemmas to explore and develop character. Use quotations by famous folks as a springboard for writing and discussing, such as the following by Anne Frank: "The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. Why is your character ultimately your own responsibility?" Use dilemmas to have students evaluate their own values and behaviors: "If someone doesn't treat you with the respect you deserve, would you treat them with the respect they don't deserve? Why or why not?" And have students examine their own traits and those of others with provocative questions such as: "Are there ever situations where it is best to say something you don't believe?" Questions are provided in convenient reproducible question card format, perfect for the engaging cooperative questioning activities provided. 160 pages.