Thanks to generous donations, "11 Days of Kindness" student activity lessons are now FREE DOWNLOADS. Simply click the blue button on the right to fill out a short form, and the link to the lesson plans will be emailed to you.
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After the 9/11 tragedy in 2001, our world was reminded just how simple it was to show kindness to each other. It also taught us that kindness can change lives and bring unity to a brokenhearted world.
Kids today didn’t experience the September 11th attacks, nor were they able to witness the power of kindness and unity in the weeks and months after 9/11. To spread our mission of honoring the heroes and the lives lost, we started Pay it Forward 9/11 in 2002. We all said we would "never forget."
To educate younger generations, we designed activities and lesson plans for kids as a companion to our 11 Days of Kindness and Unity movement (any 11 days in September may be selected).
Click the link above to receive free elementary, middle, and high school activity decks.
Pay it Forward 9/11 has partnered with leading educators from across the country to develop lesson plans to assist educators in turning these activity decks and the 11 Days of Kindness into 11 Days of Learning.
These lesson plans are geared towards students in grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. They provide everything you need to implement in your classroom today including handouts and materials, objectives, essential questions, vocabulary, procedures, extension opportunities, debrief questions, and more. There are even book list suggestions for your classroom or school library!
Click the blue button above to fill out a quick form to gain access to these lessons immediately.
Thank you to:
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Dr. Meghan Everette, Director, ULEAD, Utah
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Jennifer Orr, Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
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Dr. Felix Yerace, Teacher, South Fayette Township School District, Pennsylvania
Our vision behind these lesson plans is so kids can see that they can be a catalyst of change. By doing simple acts of kindness, they will launch a ripple of ongoing good in the world with the “pay-it-forward effect.”
Thank you to the Small Changes | Big Shifts Foundation for their inspiration for these lesson plans and for the original decks of cards they designed to help kids grow up in a kinder world and educate them on how being kind impacts their physical and mental health. We believe both social and emotional learning is important to teach kids why kindness is important to their well-being and that of others.