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• Title:Strong spirits, kind hearts : helping students develop inner strength, resilience, and meaning / Sandra Finney.
  
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• Author/Creator:Finney, Sandra.
  
• Published/Created:Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2013]
  

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  • Call Number: LB3013 .F496 2013
    
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  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: LB3013 .F496 2013
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Classroom management.
  Affective education.
  Resilience (Personality trait) in children.
  Spirituality--Study and teaching.
  Reasoning--Study and teaching.
  Activity programs in education.
  
• Description:xxi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9781475802092 (cloth : alk. paper)
  1475802099 (cloth : alk. paper)
  9781475802108 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1475802102 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9781475802115 (electronic)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Classroom World
  1. It Starts With Me: The Teacher As A Compassionate Role Model
  One Small Thing about Me
  2. Classroom Community: Everyone Is Safe Here, Belongs Here, Is Needed
  Kindness Lessons
  Would Everyone Please Listen to Me? A Role-Play
  What Do You Need?
  3. Strengthening Bonds Between Class Members
  Who I Am Now: A Project
  Getting to Know You: Short Activities
  Getting to Know You a Little Better: Lessons to Use Once a Level of Emotional Safety Is Established
  Many Ways to Be Smart
  Laughter Is Good for the Soul: Short Activities
  pt. II Inner World
  4. Building Resilience And Inner Strength
  Sources of Strength-Sources of Happiness
  Gifts of Silence
  Finding the Kindness Within
  I Am More Than You Think: A Lesson in Self-Knowledge
  Who Needs You?
  5. Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: A Unit
  What Are You Thinking?
  We Can Change Our Thoughts
  We Can Change Our Thoughts and Behaviors
  Paths to a Happier Life
  6. Meaningful Life
  From Routines to Rituals
  Beauty That Money Can't Buy
  We Are All Creative
  What Is Your Song?
  7. Spirit Matters
  Box for Important Questions
  Other Ways to Explore Students' Questions and Concerns
  What Is the Spirit? What Is the Soul?
  What Is Sacred to You?
  Exploring the Many Meanings of Prayer
  Wondering about God
  Enrichment
  pt. III Natural World
  8. Breath Of Fresh Air
  Short Activities in the Outdoors
  Take Short Walks Regularly
  Visit Local Gardens
  Visit a Body of Water
  Spirit of Place: Developing an Ongoing Relationship with a Conservation Area
  9. Ten Thousand Things: Supporting Awe, Wonder, And Respect
  What Has Heart for You? How Much Will Your Heart Hold?
  Take a Nature Break through the Use of Multimedia Technology
  Explore the Diversity of Species on Earth
  Use Nature-Focused Thoughts for the Day
  Collect Awe and Wonder Stories
  Develop a List of Marvels and Mysteries
  Heighten Awareness through a Study of Colors, Shapes, and Patterns
  Develop Students' Interest in and Appreciation of Plants by Exploring, Caring for, and Growing Plants
  Foster a Respectful Connection to Animals
  10. Tree Of Life: An Integrated Unit
  Introductory Lesson: The Tree of Life as a Spiritual Symbol
  Trees in My Community
  Awe and Wonder Stories Related to Trees
  Passionate about Trees
  World without Trees
  Adopt a Tree
  Culminating Activity: Create a Tree of Life with Personal Meaning
  pt. IV One World
  11. We Are All One
  Why Do We Need Bears?
  Circle of Life
  What and Who Do You Need in a Day?
  What Do We Have in Common with Others? A Year-Long Focus on Human Unity within Diversity
  Whole People, Whole Lives: Lessons on Moving beyond the Use of Global Labels to Describe People
  12. Good People Of The World: A Unit
  What Is a Hero?
  What Does It Mean to Be Courageous? Where Does Courage Come From?
  What Causes People to Be Cruel to Others? Reflections, Discussions
  True Stories of Child and Youth Heroes
  Heroes in My Family and Community
  Different Types of Good People: Everyday Heroes, Humanitarians, Eco Heroes, and Philanthropists
  Thinking Globally: Acting Locally
  Respecting, Not Patronizing: What It Means to Use an Empowerment Model
  Better World
  Hero within Us All
  Terms Used.