Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Random Acts of Kindness

National Random Acts of Kindness week is Feb. 14-20. As part of our argumentative unit, students will be choosing a random act of kindness and researching its benefits for their first argumentative paper. The topic of the paper will be: "How will my random act of kindness benefit others?"

Today, students brainstormed ideas for random acts of kindness, trying to pair the idea with something they are passionate about. They also decided when they would complete their random act of kindness and brainstormed some of the logistics behind completing it. Please know that it is not required that they/you spend money on any random act of kindness. We encouraged kids to think about acts of kindness they could complete without having to spend money or be taken anywhere by their parents.

I have attached some of the resources we used in class when discussing the importance of random acts of kindness to make a difference in our world. Feel free to check them out!

Can Random Acts of Kindness Make a Difference? (Article)
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation Kindness Ideas
29 Ways to Carry out Random Acts of Kindness Every Day


For my 20th birthday, I did 20 Random Acts of Kindness.


Target employees help boy prepare for his first job interview.