Medal of Honor Character Development Program
State Standards Alignments
We provide free character development lessons to teachers across the country
The Medal of Honor Character Development Program is a free resource which teaches courage, commitment, integrity, sacrifice, citizenship, and patriotism to students through educationally grounded lessons developed by teachers for teachers. These lessons use the real life examples of Medal of Honor Recipients and citizen heroes to show students how they can put values into action. Besides being engaging for students, these lessons fall into the standards you are already teaching.
Click the button to access the lessons, and check the list below to see how our lessons align with the standards in your state.
How does the Medal of Honor Character Development Program align with the standards in my state?
Click the links below to download documents detailing how the Medal of Honor Character Development Program lessons and Recipient stories align with the standards in your state.
Alabama Middle School Standards Alignment
Alabama High School Standards Alignment
Arkansas Social Studies Standards Alignment
Florida US History Standards Alignment
Georgia High School Social Studies Standards Alignment
Indiana History Standards Alignment
Kansas Social Studies and SEL Standards Alignment
Louisiana Social Studies Standards Alignment
South Carolina Social Studies Standards Alignment
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Sample Lessons
Exploring the Six Core Values – Introduce your students to the core values of the Character Development Program. During the course of the lesson, they will research, define, and interpret the values of courage, commitment, sacrifice, integrity, citizenship, and patriotism.
What is Courage? – Ask your students to define courage based on specific examples they identify in the stories of Medal of Honor Recipients from the Vietnam and War on Terror eras.
War in Social Context – Challenge your students to examine a country at war across generations of service members. Focusing on Medal of Honor Recipients from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, this lesson gives students the opportunity to compare and contrast experiences of those in the military and on the home front.