Guidance Programs, Activities, and Lesson Plans

www.eduref.org
Contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world.

http://mis.spps.org/counselors/
This link contains 39 classroom guidance units. Each unit contains between two and twenty classroom lessons.

www.firn.edu/doe/programs/cd_lesson.htm
This link contains lesson plans that will assist counselors, career specialists, and teachers to implement counseling and guidance components of personal/social development, academic achievement, career development, and community involvement. Sample lesson plans are available and can be opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) and Microsoft Word 97 (Word).

www.guidancechannel.com
Provides information on social and developmental issues for educators, counselors, therapists, students and families. Guidance materials and other publications, products and resources are offered over the Internet at the company's many web sites and through specialized direct mail catalogs. Enter the site, select counseling/therapy, life skills, or other related topics to find information pertinent to teaching social/emotional issues.

www.midgefrazel.net/character.html
Educational resources web page, with connections and links to the multitude of aspects of Character Education. References to what it is, favorite websites, resources, and unit ideas for literature activities, lesson plan links, and companies offering character education resources.

www.bu.edu/education/caec
CAEC directs the Character Education Network for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). This network informs members across the country and around the world of effective practices and useful theory in character education. It provides some curricular information and lesson ideas and resources.

www.goodcharacter.com/
Provides comprehensive information for schools wishing to implement a character education program as well as those already implementing who want new ideas and materials.

www.eduplace.com
Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Co. Provides K-8 resources for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Intervention, Professional Development, activities, games, and textbook support. Open the site, click on activity and you can find lessons plans useful for all subjects math to social skills.

http://charactered.net/main/traits.asp
Provides quality online, ready-to-use curriculum, activities and resources that integrate with and enhance the classroom experience. It allows schools and students to network together by sharing ideas and experiences with others in their community and nationwide. The Character Education Network is Internet access program, for a fee, designed for students, teachers, schools and communities to facilitate character education.

www.career-lifeskills.com
Presents a variety of contacts for materials related to career counseling and developmental guidance programs (with information on other topics as well).

www.lions-quest.org
Provides information on training, products, materials, and services provided by the LionsQuest program; is a developmental guidance program suitable for elementary, middle, or high schools, with specific sub-training programs available in substance abuse, violence, and conflict resolution; program focuses on responsibility, decision making. Program materials can be purchased following teacher training.

www.peerhelping.org
Provides information on training, products, materials services available through the National Peer Helpers Association programs. Involves training students to assist peers with issues of concern to other students in a school setting.