Positive Character Traits
This pair of lessons explores how character traits are used to build personal growth.
Short video highlighting famous people who were "failures" before they became household names.
Personal Time Capsule
This lesson from leadership teacher Bill Battaglia asks students to think about what future middle school students might want to know about life in 2009 (or whatever the current year is), and then create a personal time capsule in words and pictures.
Another great lesson from Bill Battaglia asks students to imagine their life was being made into a movie and create the soundtrack to that movie. They must come up with 10-12 songs that will become their personal soundtrack.