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 * Today's Objective**: To cultivate the positive character trait of **courage.**


 * Essential Questions/Topic Starters**: What would you do if you were brave?


 * Class Format:** Journalizing, Whole-group discussion


 * Time Allotment**: One 15-Minute Session


 * Today's Activities**:
 * 1 minute
 * Define **Courage** (and write or display definition on the board). Definition: The williness to put your beliefs into practice. The capacity to meet danger without giving way to fear.
 * 2 minutes
 * Discuss the Essential Question: What would you do if you were brave?
 * 5 minutes - Journalizing
 * In your journal, reinvent yourself as a brave super-hero with a lot of courage. Name your character and write a list of the brave things that you would do in a day as a super-hero with your courage. Face your fears and list some things that you might not normally do. For example, as a super-hero maybe you would run for class president. Maybe with courage, you would stand up for your beliefs and refuse to do something wrong that a friend is asking you to do.
 * Remaining Session:
 * Whole Group Discussion: We are all super-heros to some extent, because we are all put into situations where we must display courage. Discuss times that you had to step out of your comfort zone and be brave at school, home, church, or work. Discuss ways that you can gain more courage? (For example, **education** can make you more knowlegable and confident, giving you courage to apply for a job.)
 * Homework: Face problems and difficulty and responsibly express your beliefs even if you are afraid.

**Key Terms**: Courage, Bravery
 * Quote:** //"Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it." - Mark Twain, Author//

Resources**: [|Martin J. Marrazo], [|Quotations by ThinkExist]**

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