What is Learning for Life?
Learning for Life is an educational program designed to meet
the needs of youth and schools. It helps youth meet
the challenge of growing up by teaching character and good
decision-making skills and then linking those skills to the
real world.Developed
by professional educators and child development experts, the
age-appropriate and grade-specific lesson plans of the
Learning for Life program have been praised for their
ability to get youth involved through the use of such
teaching techniques as role playing, small group
discussions, and reflective and dilemma exercises.
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Learning for Life Lesson
Plan Books
The
elementary program is for kindergarten through sixth-grade
youth. The curriculum for each grade level consists of 61
lesson plans designed to reinforce social, ethical, and
academic skills in areas such as critical and creative
thinking, ethical decision making, interpersonal
relationships, practical living skills, building self-worth,
writing and other language arts, and participating
citizenship.
Lesson plans feature themes such as
Accepting Consequences, Conservation, Ethnic Heritage,
Meeting Deadlines, Gangs, Never Give Up, What Is Freedom?,
Respecting Differences, Violence Prevention, and Sticking to
What's Right. The themes instill in youth the importance of
respecting the rights of all people and prepare youth to
participate in and give leadership to American society.
