Character Education Chapters

What better way for a youth to explore issues of character and to find their ethical center than through stories? Here is a collection of inspirational and thought-provoking stories to fuel that search.

When Lewy Bodies implant themselves in a human brain it's like beetles that begin to infest a maple tree. Soon nature takes a different course.

Marie believes that she is on a tour of a magical metropolis, with Nutcracker, but then she wakes up. Was she dreaming or did Nutcracker deliver her s...

Helen connects the finger spelling of water with water running over her hand, and she is eager to learn.

On April 30, 1789, George Washington becomes the first president of the United States.

Justice Hunt does not allow the jury to reach a verdict but gives his own written statement at the conclusion of proofs in the Susan B. Anthony trial....

In E.T.A. Hoffman's story about "The Nutcracker," a family gathers around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. In addition to all the wonderful presen...

Native Americans lose their land and leaders; their way of life changes forever because of U.S. westward expansion.

People who have dementia sometimes see things that are not real (but what they see is real to them).

On May 10, 1869, the last spike of the transcontinental railroad - an official golden one - is set into the tie at Promontory, Utah. Meanwhile, Nativ...

Scrooge takes a trip with the "Spirit of Christmas Present" and learns more about the lives of his clerk (Bob Cratchit) and nephew (Fred) than he ever...

The seven dwarfs are probably adult miners who suffer growth problems due to mining work as children.

As Godfather Drosselmeier tries to help Marie feel better, he begins to tell her the story of Princess Pirlipat.

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