SCHOOL: Sullivan Elementary School

Sullivan Elementary School

CLASS: Mrs. Sumner's Class ~Online Project

"Searching the World Over for Good Character"

ABOUT THE TEACHER: Mrs. Sumner was a participant in a Missouri grant entitled "eMINTS". The goal of eMINTS is to use the Internet and Technology to enhance student performance. Mrs. Sumner now helps train district eMINTS teachers. One of the training activities is to create an online project.

Mrs. Sumner's eMINTS Page

Mrs. Sumner's Fourth Grade

SES Tech Lab

ABOUT THE PROJECT: The online project "Searching the World Over for Good Character" will enable students and teachers in schools around the world to come together in sharing their experiences demonstrating good character traits.

The project timeline: December 11, 2001 - ?

To be included in the project:

1. Choose any or all of the above categories for sharing

2. Click on the above Email link (sumners@eagles.k12.mo.us)

3. Send us your information and we will post it to this web site (teachers - be sure to include your web site URL so we can link to you!)

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

"Searching the World Over for Good Character" Objectives:

1.  Promote good character traits - These not only make you a better person, 
they make the world a better place.

2.  Involve students all over the world by spotlighting their "good 
character" activities.



State of Missouri: The Show-Me Standards 

Social Studies - SS6: Relationships of the individual and groups to 
institutions and cultural traditions

Goals:  1.8, 1.10, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 3.2, 4.2, 4.3

Character Trait Definitions

The North Carolina Character Education Partnership's web site gives some very 
good definitions of common character traits.  You might think of these 
definitions when you send in your activities.




North Carolina Character Education Partnership


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Mrs. Sumner is looking forward to learning how others are becoming 
good citizens of their community, their country, and their world.  Sullivan 
Elementary School hopes our "search" for good character includes you and your 
school.