Don Trent Jacobs - Teaching Virtues: Building Character Across the Curriculum

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More Praise for
Teaching Virtues: Building Character Across the Curriculum

"In this brilliantly written, utterly practical book, the authors tell and
show teachersand anybody with an interest in our future generationshow to build
this wise and ancient way of learning into both classroom practice and everyday life.
Help make the world a better place: read and use this book now!"
Thom Hartmann, author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
and ADD: A Different Perception

"Teaching Virtues adds to our understanding of the connections between the teaching
of virtues and the practice of moral reciprocity within community.
As the book is based on the American Indians' varied and rich experience of
community, it brings a tradition of wisdom to the authors' specific recommendations
for reforming the curriculumwhich is much needed at this time."
C. A. Bowers, author of Educating for an Ecologically
Sustainable Future and The Culture of Denial

"Here is an educational approach that honors the interconnectedness of the
world and helps our young people engage it with wisdom and integrity.
The authors combine the inspiration of spirituality and ecologically
rooted indigenous traditions within the creative practices of progressive educators.
The result is a refeshing perspective on character education."
Ron Miller, author of What Are Schools For? Holistic Education in American
Culture and publisher, Paths of Learning magazine

"Seldom do I receive manuscripts in this field with as much passion
and beautiful writing as this. I wish we could have published it."
Don Bohl, publisher, National Professional Resources

"Teaching Virtues is a fundamental and welcomed change in educational approaches
to building character. It uses a meaningful context to youth rather than just
dishing out facts and hoping that kids will eventually succeed in life."
Vine Deloria Jr., author of Spirit and Reason: A Vine Deloria Jr. Reader

"The authors of Teaching Virtues: Building Character across the Curriculum
invite the reader to think 'outside the box' as they construct an innovative
model for character, drawing from the great spiritual traditions
of First Nations people of North America."
Larry Brendtro, director, Reclaiming Youth International
and author of Reclaiming Youth at Risk and Positive Peer Culture

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Building Character Across the Curriculum

Don Trent Jacobs
Jessica Jacobs-Spencer

with contributions from
Richard M. Jones and Edwin J. Dawson

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Disclaimer:
Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.

SCARECROW PRESS, INC.
A Scarecrow Education Book

Published in the United States of America
by Scarecrow Press, Inc.
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Copyright 2001 by Don Trent Jacobs and Jessica Jacobs-Spencer

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jacobs, Donald Trent, 1946
Teaching virtues : building character across the curriculum / Don Trent
Jacobs, Jessica Jacobs-Spencer.
p. cm. (A Scarecrow education book)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8108-3963-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Moral education United States. 2. CharacterStudy and teaching
United States. 3. Indians of North AmericaReligion. I. Jacobs-Spencer,
Jessica. II. Title. III. Series.
LC311 .J27 2001
370.11'4'0973dc21 00-053139

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of
Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.
Manufactured in the United States of America.

About the cover artwork:
"Hoop dancers carrying one hoop representing the circle
of life are recorded on ancient pictographs in the Paha
Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota. Today, hoop dancers
from many tribes continue this tradition, adding more
hoops, perhaps to reflect that there are many circles within
the circle of life and that we can learn to balance them."
Dallas Chief Eagle

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