Invite students to create a list of leaders and other well-known people from all walks of life in your community. Assign each student one person or more to contact. Create your own book of advice gathered from around your community. After reading the book, invite students to choose the one quote that left the biggest impression on them. Ask students to write a paragraph in which they explain why that quote had special meaning to them.
Most libraries have among their resource books several volumes of quotes.
Invite students to search those volumes for quotes that they find particularly inspiring. The students might select one special quote that they find most inspiring and explain what that quote means to them. Invite students to learn more about some of the celebrities quoted in Kids' Little Instruction Book , especially the celebrities with whom they aren't familiar. Students can report their findings to the class. The Kids' Little Instruction Book , written by Jim and Steve Dodson, is published by Troll Communications.