Character building
In the last few years, we have been bombarded with these anti-bullying campaigns that are prominent in schools now. When I was teaching last semester, I was curious to see exactly what changes were being made for this. The only additional changes outside of the basic classes was a new addition called Character Building. Out of curiosity, I asked to sit in on these classes to observe exactly what this was about. Most of these things are concerned with being nice to one another. Some are presented with situation that they are to interpret in a variety of ways. Execution of this can come in the form of role playing games, a "what would you do" Choose Your Own Adventure, or debating topics. These are helpful exercises in that it gives the teacher the ability to preform things that may or may not fall under state requirements as your standard health classes may or may not say (the introduction of birth control / sex ed, healthy eating habits, etc.)...