Character education is also needed for our young to learn and practice those values inherent in this nation's founding documents. Newspapers describe a range of human behaviors. Newspapers report human events and they provide teachers, parents and students with a cast of characters that cannot be found in textbooks. In other words, newspaper content is value rich. Newspapers are excellent resources that can be used in school and at home to help students learn and practice positive personal and civic values.
Newspapers are an essential resource to a character education program.
Honest people are real and genuine, people who you can trust. For example, they may find stories about individuals who returned lost money or property to its rightful owner, people who admitted an error or wrongful act and accepted the consequences, people who were honored by an organization or institution for their good character, or whistle-blowers who tell about companies that behaved in dishonest ways. Collect the stories on a class bulletin board. Categorize the stories in some way, for example, honesty in the workplace, honesty in competitions or honesty in personal relations. Post quotes about honesty near the stories on the bulletin board.