March Character Trait: Courage
Doing the right thing in the face of difficulty and follow
your conscience instead of the crowd.
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Saturday
1 How have you seen
others demonstrate
courage? What does
it look like?
2 Read Across
America Day – read a
book about Courage.
3 National Women’s
History month ‐ read
about Susan B.
Anthony.
4 Talk about it: what
are some situations
where it would be
hard to have
courage?
5 Do something in
class today that takes
courage.
6 Ask your parents
about a time when
they had to show
courage.
7 Write down ways
that you can show
courage in difficult
situations.
8 What does,
“Courage is not the
absence of fear – it is
the ability to face your
fear” mean to you?
9 It takes courage to
do lots of things, like
playing a new sport.
What new activity
have you tried?
10 Have you been in
a play or music group
that required you to
have courage? What
was that like?
11 If talking or giving a
report in front of the
whole class makes you
nervous, what can you
do to show courage?
12 Why is it important
13 Can you think of
a situation in which
you had to show
courage?
14 Read the book
"Brave as a Mountain
Lion" which is a story
about Martin Luther
King, Jr.
15 Have you watched
or read the “Wizard of
Oz”? What did the
lion do to show his
courage?
16 What does “What
is right is not always
popular, and what is
popular is not always
right" mean?
17 Make a poster
about someone
showing courage.
18 What things
make you afraid?
How can you show
courage to overcome
your fears?
19 How did you
show courage this
week?
20 Talk about
synonyms for
courage. Whom
does courage help
and how?
21 At the dinner table,
talk about opposites
for courage and
discuss whom its
opposites could hurt
— and how.
22 True courage is
feeling fear, but doing
what needs to be
done anyway. Where
might you need
courage this week?
23 Read about
Mahatma Gandhi
who showed courage
by standing for what
he believed.
24 Courage means
trying something
even if you don’t get
it right the first time.
What are you going
to try?
25 Think about it:
How do the police
and fire fighters
show courage?
26 Who have you
seen showing
courage this week?
27 In the
newspaper, where
do you see people
showing courage?
28 Read about Harriet
Tubman’s courage.
What risks did she
take to show courage?
29 What examples
have you seen on the
TV about people
showing courage?
30 How has your
definition of courage
grown over the
month?
31 Think about it:
what things have
taken courage this
month?
that you show courage
when facing new
challenges?