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.

Mike Williams jumps 10-stories from the Deepwater Horizon rig to save himself, but 11 other men die and 17 are injured.

Abraham Lincoln realizes that slavery is pulling apart the Union of American States and recognizes the country cannot hold together with such deeply d...

Abraham Lincoln is known as one of America's greatest presidents, but what do we know about his "love life?"

Abe Lincoln was elected to Congress and, in 1847, he and his family moved to Washington City (as America's capital was then known).

While a legislator for the state of Illinois, Abe Lincoln also studied law and passed the bar exam.

Being lost is much more than it seems for someone with Lewy Body Dementia.

As dementia progresses, once-cohesive thoughts become obscured (leading to frustration and hopelessness).

What does a dementia-afflicted patient do when she doesn't remember what seems impossible to forget ... especially when it just happened?

A man dressed in black seems to follow a patient wherever she goes, but no one else seems him. Is he real?

The original story of "The Nutcracker," by E.T.A. Hoffman, introduces us to the Nutcracker in Chapter 3 where this interesting wooden creature is call...

Scrooge can hardly believe that Marley's ghost, carrying its heavy chains, pays him a visit. His old, now-dead partner, has some warnings to deliver.

In June 1970, Brashear becomes the first black Master Diver, which is the highest position in the diving community.

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