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Character Based literacy Program

CBL lesson plans are available by subscription.  If your county office of education/ school district is a subscriber, you will receive your user name and password through your CBL Administrator. New users should contact Kim McCauley at kmccauley@scu.edu. If you are interested in viewing a sample lesson plan please click on "Sample Lesson Plans" in the right-hand menu.

Character-Based Literacy, a project of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, helps educators integrate ethics into the language arts curriculum. The program operates on the premise that teachers are overwhelmed with multiple requirements and diverse student skill levels. Rather than adding another requirement to the school day, this program provides detailed lesson plans, literature recommendations, and concrete activities that address ethical questions within the parameters of California's language arts curriculum. Plays, poems, and novels are used not only to teach reading and writing but also to have students reflect on and internalize values such as integrity, self-control, and respect.

 
 
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Responsibility Requires Action 
Responsibility Requires Action

Quarter 1 Lesson Plans


tree, unit 2, change requires effort
Change Requires Effort
Quarter 2 Lesson Plans 

unit 3 justice
Justice Requires Restraint
Quarter 3 Lesson Plans

unit 4 moderation
Courage Requires Moderation
Quarter 4 Lesson Plans

unit 5 integrity requires wholeness 
Integrity Requires Wholeness
Quarter 5 Lesson Plans