Promote Ethical Decision-Making in Your Classroom
Free ethics-based SEL lesson plans for teachers
Promote Character Development
Each lesson plan is aligned to one of six SEL themes and leveled for each grade so students have something fresh to experience every lesson.
Teach Ethical Decision-Making
Rooted in the Rotary Club’s Four-Way Test, every lesson provides a comprehensive framework to teach the importance of ethical values and decision-making.
Reach Every Elementary Student
Lessons are curated across nine levels in Elementary, so every lesson offers the appropriate level of engagement for each student.
A Proven Approach
Hundreds of schools in the United States and abroad are using the Epic Ethics lessons. The curriculum and resources are offered to educators for free, thanks to our generous sponsors. Our goal is to support all early childhood, elementary, and middle schools and parents with learning tools to address the relevant emotional concerns our youth are dealing with today so that they will emerge into the healthy, competent, and patient leaders of tomorrow.
Discussion-based Activities Promote Engagement
Epic Ethics uses the simple ethical measurement of Four Awesome Questions to ask before we speak or act: Is it true? Is it fair? Will it build friendships and community? Will it be helpful to those involved? These kid-friendly critical thinking questions, derived from the time-tested ethical test adopted in the 1940s by Rotary International, serve as a non-prescriptive model for decision-making. Ethics is concerned with the decisions made when no one is around to advise. Youth voices need to be empowered to be change agents independently. Epic Ethics is the only character education/social-emotional learning program to engage an earnest development in ethics, a philosophical pillar of all cultures.
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"Epic Ethics teaches me how to help my friends and build peace."
1st Grade Student
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"My students use the Four Awesome Questions when discussing behavior, conflict, and friendship skills"
Jan S., Elementary School Teacher
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"Epic Ethics for Peaceful Schools Program helps kids as well as me consider our individual impact in our community and the world."
High School Student Volunteer
