LifeSteps: Respect DVD
- Help students understand empathy and respect as the basis of all relationships
- Features actual students filmed in actual schools and uses lively, spontaneous discussions, dramatized dilemmas, and topical humor
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Leader's guide available online
- Grades: 6-12
Respect is the fundamental value of democracy in a diverse society. Barriers to respect, such as prejudice and bigotry, are explored as students learn that empathy and respect are the basis of all healthy relationships. The objectives of this program are for viewers to learn to explore respect as a fundamental social value, to understand how disrespect causes conflict, to strengthen self-respect, and to understand the relationship between empathy and respect.
Features actual students filmed in actual schools and uses lively, spontaneous discussions, dramatized dilemmas, topical humor, and the sensitive, supportive guidance of Michael Pritchard to encourage, engage, and educate viewers. Pritchard is a youth educator, humorist, actor, former probation officer, and host of award-winning series.
This DVD is also part of the LifeSteps DVD Series.