Anyone know any Character Building activities or games for high schoolers?

Question

I am a mentor for a group of about 8 high school student in a summer program. I was just wonder if anyone knew of any fun games or activities I could do with them. Any ideas at all but I would prefer ones that had a lesson behind them or were character building in some way.

Answer 1

Here are a few websites that will help you out:

http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/september/character_activities.html

http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin/admin364.shtml

http://pa4h.psu.edu/Projects/Cloverbuds/docs/BuildingCharacter.pdf

http://www.any-book-in-print.com/_grades_k5/character_build_k5.htm

http://www.teambuildingusa.com/murder-mystery-character-lounge-singer.asp

Answer 2

yea its a game where u have 2 work 2gether u use a hola hoop n then everyone gets in a circle holding hands n u can see how fast hey can get the hola hoop around the circle without using thier hands it great fun when they figure out the trick

Answer 3

help a local charity do an extreme makeover of their property like a home improvement project.

I once painted a women's crisis center and fixed up the place in a weekend for a big reveal.

really rewarding.