Creator: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation | visit site
Grade Range: - 11
Inspire people to practice kindness and empathy and pass it on to others. The Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Foundation is a non-profit organization founded upon the powerful belief in kindness. It is dedicated to providing resources and tools that encourage acts of kindness. Discover inspirational quotes, videos, stories, and posters. They also have a new program titled Kindness at Home and a new High School Curriculum. Explore lesson plans, classroom materials, projects, ideas for courses, and RAK clubs. Find research, videos, and stories about random acts of kindness. Sign up for the newsletter, daily texts, or join the blog.
In the Classroom
Become a "RAKTIVIST" and start a kindness raid on unsuspecting communities, classes, or schools! Give children power and voice through their actions. Partner this with character education programs to make a difference in all the lives you touch. For example, you may want to use the Ripples of Kindness activity included in the Empathy videos at the Big Ideas Video Series, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17170">reviewed here</a>. During social studies, find ways kindness has changed the world. Look for times in which kindness was thwarted, such as during civil wars, dictatorships, or wars. Start a research project on world leaders who have changed the world through nonviolence, education, or generosity. Explain the power of nonprofit organizations and all the lives affected. Look into your own community and school to find needs that are waiting for active, caring participants. Create school or classroom rules to promote the power of kindness. Show your students how to embed media transforming their work and enhance their learning by challenging students to create "kindness" commercials and share their knowledge with their peers in a multimedia presentation using Adobe Spark for Education, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18378">reviewed here</a>. Alternatively, students could create a video using Typito, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18298">reviewed here</a>. Share them using a tool such as SchoolTube, <a href="/single.cfm?id=9437">reviewed here</a>. Emotional Support or Autistic Support teachers may find some of the ideas here helpful for talking about how others feel and ways to show kindness in a very deliberate way.
At Home
Help your child discover the hidden power of random acts of kindness! Make it a family resolution for a summer or new year to practice RAKs.
Tags
classroom management, service projects, emotions, character education, empathy,
Subjects
Careers & Guidance, Character Education, Current Events, Gifted, Health, History & Culture: World, Language Arts, Mind Stretchers, Parent Information, Professional, Reading, Social Studies, Social Studies, Special Education, Writing,