All Practices
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Three Good Things for Students
Students record three good things that happened to them each day for a week.
Giving Wise Feedback
A simple way to build students’ academic mindset, trust, and positive identity.
What is Gratitude?
Students define gratitude and the many forms it takes.
Making a Difference
Students learn that when someone does something kind, it takes time and effort.
A Song of Gratitude
Students identify the many ways that exist to express gratitude.
Obstacles to Expressing Gratitude
Students explore ways to overcome what keeps us from expressing our thanks.
Gratitude Quotes
Students interpret and role-play a variety of quotes about gratitude.
The Cycle of Gratitude
Students learn how the positive emotions from gratitude create a cycle of giving.
Gratitude Interview
Students interview an older person about gratitude, deepening their own understanding of gratitude.
Flipping Complaints Into Gratitude
Students practice turning complaints into gratitude statements.
Be the Change: Performing Acts of Kindness
Students identify ways they can practice “random acts of kindness.”
What's the Tint of Your Glasses?
Students learn how our different backgrounds give us different perspectives.
Put Down the Put-Downs
Create class community by brainstorming ways to stop put-downs.
Crooked Circle: A Game for Building Trust
A game involving balance and teamwork that helps build trust.
Superstar
Students build trust and inclusion through a quick and fun game that reveals their commonalities.
Discovering Your Strengths and Talents
Students reach out to trusted adults to ask what they think are students’ strengths and talents. (Purpose Challenge Practice #1)
Man’s Search for Meaning
Students reflect on a Viktor Frankl quote about why meaning in life is important. (Purpose Challenge Practice #3)
Magic Wand
Students describe their ideal world and how they might contribute to creating that world. (Purpose Challenge Practice #2)
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