Do you believe that a story can change your life? That it can inspire you to be more happy, more confident and more caring? That it can lift your mood, clear your head and give you perspective? Now what about 101 of the most uplifting stories you've ever read about people reaching out, stepping up and transforming their lives and the world around them? At Chicken Soup for the Soul, we know that a story can change your heart. It can touch your mind. It can free your soul. The moment might be as simple as a small child giving water to a dog on a hot day or as heart-wrenching as a parent responding with love to the murder of their child. It might be as common as a class of poor immigrants giving their young instructor a new coat she needed but couldn't afford; as life changing as an unruly student learning to love math because of a dedicated teacher; as satisfying as someone apologizing for a hurtful action of several years before; or as monumental as the international work of Jimmy Carter and Oscar Arias, former President of Costa Rica. As these stories so wonderful illustrate, the power to change starts with you, but it doesn't end there. When we change one heart at a time-our own and then those around us-we create a better world. We hope these stories will touch and change your heart today.

Chicken Soup Stories for a Better World (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

CANFIELD, JACK

Hansen, Mark Víctor

Williams, Linda

Palomares, Susanna

Winch, Bradley

Carter, Candice

Literature & Fiction

Kids love these fun, enjoyable, delightfully illustrated ready-to-use worksheets. Sixty-nine separate activities involve students in the development of their own self-esteem, confidence, awareness, and resiliency. Organized around recognized building blocks of self-esteem; identity, belonging, purpose, and competence, they provide quick, easily implemented experiences in vital issues. Appropriate for use with individuals, small groups and classrooms. Grades 3-6.

All About Me

Self-Help

Jalmar Pr

One of the most important things students can learn in school is how to learn. Studying, Test Taking, and Getting Good Grades falls solidly within the "how to learn" category. Taken from a broad variety of disciplines, it goes beyond basic study skills to address motivation, personal responsibility, diet, exercise, the brain, and numerous other topics. This entirely reproducible student activity book is designed to (1) build a base of understanding and skill development in the broad spectrum of learning, studying, and test-taking; (2) provide opportunities for students to apply this knowledge to their own lives; and (3) provide opportunities to practice and discuss new information and skills so students are better prepared to apply these techniques and skills in all subject areas.

Studying, Test Taking, And Getting Good Grades

Business & Money

Schilling, Dianne

Education & Reference

Pro.ed

Today, more than ever, all students need a safe place to share their feelings and concerns with supportive peers and an attentive, caring adult. This unique, easy to implement, and highly effective discussion process is based on years of experience in teaching and leading discussion groups worldwide. It is a proven and highly acclaimed way to reach young people of all ages. Through participation in Sharing Circles, students get to know who they are, how they function, how they relate to others, and they learn to believe in themselves. Most importantly, it provides the safety net of social bonding with others - perhaps the most important link to violence prevention and safe schools. Connect with all your students through this simple yet profound process. Grades K-12.

The Sharing Circle Handbook: Topics for Teaching Self-Awareness, Communication, & Social Skills

Innerchoice Pub

Over 70 activities, discussions, role plays, simulations, and reproducible handouts develop in students self-motivation, positive attitudes, effective communication skills, decision-making, problem-solving and planning skills, reasonable self-expectations and a personal vision. This book demonstrates to students through enjoyable activities that the gap between dreams and accomplishments is filled, not with luck and more dreaming, but with planning and action. Students learn to develop written goals, make deliberate, considered decisions, communicate effectively, create step-by-step plans of action, motivate themselves, understand and effectively use self-talk and affirmations to control their attitudes. These experiences impart vital knowledge and skills that empower young people in their lives today and in the future. Grades 7-12

Helping Teens Reach Their Dreams

Management & Leadership

Innerchoice Publishing

This award-winning activity book is designed to help children develop empathy and compassion, recognize the real-life consequences of acts of violence, deal effectively with anger, communicate clearly, resist negative peer pressure, and exercise sound judgement and self-discipline when confronted with tough decisions. Includes creative and energizing activities, individual worksheets, stories, songs, and guided discussions. A wealth of ideas for engaging students’ minds and touching their emotions. Grades K-8

Caring & Capable Kids: Activity Guide for Teaching Kindness, Tolerance, Self Control & Responsibility

Education & Teaching

Williams, Linda K.

Schools & Teaching

This timely book contains effective experiences for helping children understand and cope with three intense emotions which, left unmanaged, can lead to deep psychological disturbances and/or inappropriate acting-out behaviors. With this collection of activities and ready-to-use blackline masters, you can help children explore, understand and express their feelings in safe and acceptable ways. Special emphasis is placed on learning to make positive behavioral choices in response to feelings of grief, fear, and anger. This easy-to-use, yet powerful collection of experiences and information can have far ranging beneficial effects—both as an effective prevention program and a tool for immediate intervention. Grades 3-8

Helping Kids Manage Grief, Fear, Anger

Cowan, David

Akin, Terri

Parenting & Relationships

This book is designed to provide teachers and counselors with tools to help reduce racial, religious, ethnic and social prejudice in their schools and to promote tolerance and the celebration of diversity. 
 This highly effective instructional tool helps tudents better understand the roots of stereotyping and prejudice while examining some of the influences that form theirideas about race, disabilities and other differences. It also explores how stereotypes influence behavior. 
 The lessons are presented in a logical, developmental sequence, from valuing self and cultural identity through communication and conflict management to cooperation and team building. They are designed to counter influences that lead to fear and exclusion of thers by helping students to develp self-awarenes, esteem for self and others, communication and conflict management skills, and capacities for independent judgment, critical thinking and thical reasoning. 
 Throught the design of the activities and discussion questions, students share their ideas, beliefs and perspectives, and interact with others who may or may not share their points of view. Out of this interaction they learn to withhold judment, question their own ideas, exercise flexibility and , ultimately, embrace the richness of diversity. 
 This is a must have guide for all who want to encourage tolerant attitudes among young people. Includes high interest activities, stimulating discussions and reproducibles. Grades 2-12

Lessons in Tolerance and Diversity

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

During the teen years, everything in a young person's life can go off the charts--responsibilities, parental expectation, homework, social distractions and hormone levels. The need to fit in competes with the desire to stand out. Implausible cockiness masks relentless self-doubt. To be cool, teenagers have to be successful on their own terms, but do they really know what that means? Not often. 
This straightforward, delightfully illustrated, fully reproducible handbook gets teenagers to stop and focus for a few minutes at a time on their own development. Enjoyable activities ask them to look at who they are, what they want to be (and be like), their dreams, aspirations and interests. It encourages them to take stock of their own "developmental assets," observe other people to find out what works and doesn't work in life, and learn important intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. 
Ages 12-18

Teen Success Handbook

Schilling, Dianna

Jalmar Press

: Teach students how to deal with bullying in a safe and nonviolent manner with these highly effective prevention and intervention strategies. Through easy to implement activities, stories, discussions and reproducible, victims and bystanders learn the pro-social skills needed to effectively handle bullies, teasers and tough guys. By changing attitudes, learning new and effective skills and behaviors, and developing social, friendship and assertiveness skills, students learn practical approaches to banishing bullies and enhancing self-esteem. Grades 3-9

How to Handle a Bully

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