September |
Respect
Emily Dickinson. Bee! I’m Expecting You. (LA) Aileen Fisher. Caterpillar. (LA) Christina Rossetti. Hurt No Living Thing. (LA) Carl Sandburg. Buffalo Dusk. (LA) Auld Lang Syne. (M) Friendship Charlotte's Web(LA) |
“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” “Two heads are better than one.” |
October |
Diligence
Labors of Hercules. (LA) The Trojan Horse. (LA) Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet. (AC) Paul Bunyan. (LA) Johnny Appleseed. (LA) Pecos Bill. (LA) The Discus Thrower. (FA) John Henry (LA, AC, M) Sweet Betsy from Pike. (M) |
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“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” “Back to the drawing board.” “Easier said than done.” |
November |
Gratitude, Wonder, Stewardship
Harry Behn. Discovery. (LA) Federico Garcia Lorca. Seashell. (LA) Rachel Field. Something Told the Wild Geese. (LA) Christina Rossetti. Who Has Seen the Wind? (LA) Robert Louis Stevenson. Windy Nights. (LA) James Barrie. Peter Pan.(LA) Pajaro Cu. (LA) Pandora’s Box. (LA) Aristotle. (WC) Hokusai. The Great Wave at Kanagawa Nami-Ura. (FA) Van Gogh. The Starry Night. (FA) Thomas Cole. The Oxbow. (FA) |
December |
Generosity, Charity, Service and Holidays
Dickens. A Christmas Carol. (LA) Brothers Grimm. The Fisherman and his Wife. (LA) The Gift of Athena. (LA) Clement Moore. The Night Before Christmas. (LA) |
January |
Courage
James Madison. (AC) Dolly Madison. (AC) Francis Scott Key. (AC) The Erie Canal.(AC) Pioneers heading west. (AC) Harriet Tubman. (AC) Abraham Lincoln. (AC) Martin Luther King.(AC) |
“Cold feet.” |
February |
Honesty, Justice; Love of Country; Loyalty
All men created equal.We the People. (AC) Abraham Lincoln. Emancipation Proclamation. (AC) Immigration unit. (AC) Rights and responsibilities of citizens. (AC) Susan B. Anthony. (AC) Eleanor Roosevelt. (AC) Martin Luther King. (AC) Cesar Chavez. (AC) Aaron Copland. Fanfare for the Common Man. (M) When Johnny Comes Marching Home. (M) America. (M) This Land is Your Land. (M) Faithfulness to Country Crete and King Minos. (WC) Theseus and the Minotaur. (LA/WC) Athenian democracy. Pericles. (WC) Chagall. I and the Village. (FA) |
March |
Humility
The Emperor’s New Clothes. (LA) Inktomi Lost His Eyes. (LA) Dionysus. (LA) Arachne the Weaver. (LA) Daedalus and Icarus (LA) Mercy Beauty and the Beast. (LA) Buddha. (WC) Asoka. (WC) Florence Nightingale. (S) |
“Pride goeth before a fall.” “Back to the drawing board.” “Practice what you preach.” |
April |
Hope
We shall Overcome. (M) Swing Low Sweet Chariot. (M) Follow the Drinking Guourd. (M) |
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“Don’t cry over spilled milk.” “Get up on the wrong side of the bed.” |
“Turn over a new leaf.” “Keep your fingers crossed.” |
May |
Wisdom: Knowledge of the Things that Matter
The Blind Men and the Elephant. (LA) The Gift of Athena. (LA) Daedalus and Icarus. (LA) Oedipus and the Sphinx. (LA) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. (WC) Rodin. The Thinker. (FA) Tis A Gift to be Simple. (M) |
June |
Lives to Learn From
Alexander the Great. (WC) a man of courage, but hubris Robert Fulton (AC) Clara Barton. (AC) Jackie Robinson. (AC) Eleanor Roosevelt. (AC) Jacob Riis.(AC) |