The following activity is intended to be used in conjunction with the K-5 Card Deck. This is a quick, starter activity that has been intentionally designed for educators to engage students in character formation activities focused on a specific PI character domain and asset. For more information about purchasing and obtaining a K-5 Card Deck, please reach out to pi@asu.edu.
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K-5 Card Deck Activity: Intellectual character
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Why we believe obvious untruths
Article
10 minutes
By: New York Times, Philip Fernbach and Steven Sloman
Truth matters: teaching young students to search for the most reasonable answer
Article
30 minutes
By: Alina Reznitskaya and Ian A.G. Wilkinson, Phi Delta Kappan
Using data to support teacher and student growth
Video
5 minutes
By: Edutopia
What if? The life changing power of curiosity and courage
Video
14 minutes
By: TEDx, Van Lai-DuMone
Systems thinking: understanding the whole rather than just separate pieces
Video
3 minutes
By: Synergos