This lesson teaches students that everyday choices either strengthen or weaken their friendships, using a "bank" metaphor where kind acts are deposits and unkind acts are withdrawals. Students physically add or remove peanuts from a bag in response to friendship scenarios to make the concept tangible.

Students will interview multiple partners using a feelings-based scenario sheet, recording both their own and their partner's emotional reactions to identify where their feelings match and where they differ.

Students play a modified version of Apples to Apples where, instead of anonymously laying down cards, each player holds their card and must verbally argue why theirs should win — with the judge selecting the best argument rather than the best match.

Students work together to create a mural that illustrates community values, using art and reflection to explore what it looks like to practice—or not practice—those values.

In this lesson, students practice self-confidence and relationship building by sharing their name and a personal interest using alliteration in a fun, interactive circle activity.

Students explore the power of spoken word to build safe spaces by analyzing CHIKA’s poetry, reflecting on their classroom culture, and committing to actions that foster respect, inclusion, and expression.

In this lesson, students will address misconceptions they likely have about Christopher Columbus and the colonization of what is now the United States.