Our Virtue Lesson About Tolerance
A Unit Study to Help Young Catholics Learn About Being Tolerant
The Lesson
This Virtue of Tolerance Unit Study focuses on helping kids grow closer to God by loving their neighbor, appreciating individual uniqueness, and accepting things that they cannot change. The activities and materials can help Catholic kids practice and live their faith in a real way. Kids are sure to enjoy the daily activities which can span a month. Teachers will love the ease of use, including weekly core lessons and plans, daily reinforcement with scripture discussions, prayer, and the incentive progress sheets. These tools allow students to quickly learn how to recognize and begin practicing the virtue of tolerance. Additional worksheets and activities extend the learning fun.
Unit Summary
Grade Level: K-6
Age: 6-10
Focus: Virtue Lesson Unit Study
Theme: Tolerance
Step 1. Download the Lesson Packet
This small packet contains the teacher info as well as the main lesson and activity sheets needed for students.
Step 2. Download the Support Materials
With a goal of training young learners to develop habits to form and live virtuous lives, we focus on the virtue of tolerance. This unit study helps to meet this goal by incorporating a variety of fun and engaging components. Each is listed below along with additional support materials to accompany and extend each lesson component.
Aesop’s Fables Materials
Aesop’s Fables provide simple but effective use of short stories to teach morality.
This unit study incorporates the use of moral tales. These short fables by Aesop highlight the work of Milo Winter, and they are used in weeks two and three of this unit study. This resource has over-sized text and a color image, which make it appealing to young readers. Excellent discussions can occur with such simple stories. Sometimes the stories selected can fit into other virtues as well as the one presented. Feel free to use them repeatedly.
Although most morals are relatively clear-cut, there are a few stories that require thought as to their selection and inclusion in this unit study. Sometimes it is because they provide a positive example of the highlighted virtue, other times it is because they are a negative or contrary example of the virtue. Having older learners come up with a reason for why the fable was selected is a great exercise and can even be turned into a simple writing assignment. Writing paper featuring the thematic image for this particular virtue is provided. For younger students, trace copywork reiterating the moral is offered in both print and cursive styles for reinforcement.
Download the Aesop Materials Below.
Present Aesop's Fable: The Lark and Her Young Ones. Enjoy a printable version of this timeless fable from Aesop designed to help teach lessons in virtuous behavior and morality. This resource has large text and a color image, which makes it appealing...
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Focus on the moral truth from Aesop's Fable of the Lark and Her Young Ones. Find two copywork sheets in this Aesop Copywork Set for the Lark and Her Young Ones. There is one to trace in cursive and the other in manuscript. A generous writing area...
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Kids Can Have Fun Using the Aesop’s Fables Montessori Cards Set 15. Use these cards to help children explore, ponder, and remember all the great moral teachings from Aesop in The Aesop for Children, Illustrated by Milo Winter. Montessori cards...
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Scripture Suggestions for the Virtue of Tolerance
“Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another. Even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also. But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.” – Colossians 3:13-14
“The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.” – Proverbs 16:32
“I, therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called with all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity.” – Ephesians 4:1-2
Additional Passages:
Numbers 14:18
1 Thessalonians 5:14-15
2 Timothy 4:2
Romans 14:1-4
1 Peter 3: 8-11
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Luke 21:16-20
2 Corinthians 6: 4-6
Revelation 14:12
Colossians 3:13
Proverbs 16:32
The quotes provided above are taken from the Douay-Rheims Translation of the Holy Bible.
Ideas for Studying Scripture Using This Unit Study
Choose a favorite scripture passage about tolerance from your own collection or the selection above to discuss with students. You may wish to use a passage for copywork or handwriting practice. Writing Paper is provided featuring the thematic image for this particular virtue.
Alternately, students may be encouraged to study about the virtue of tolerance with a fun, hands-on activity F3 (Flip, Flap, Fold) Tab Booklet. Learners cut out tabbed pieces, arrange them in order, and staple to finish construction. Students can then write in the book. The scripture reference is noted on the tabbed edge, and the body of the text is written in the box. Children may copy a Bible verse presented by the teacher featuring this virtue, or they may give a narration of a favorite passage they may have studied previously.
This tabbed F3 piece can accommodate up to five different scripture passages. Versions are provided in black-and-white as well as color and feature the thematic image used throughout the unit study. Finished books can be glued into a notebook or blank F3 Folder.
Read our article with pictures on How to Assemble an F3 Bible Verse Piece.
Make Scripture Study Creative with Our F3 Tab Booklet – Bible Verses About Tolerance. Our F3 Tab Booklet - Bible Verses About Tolerance encourages Bible study about tolerance. Learners cut out tabbed pieces, arrange them in order, and staple...
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Writing Sheet Prompts Thoughts About Being Tolerant. This writing sheet has just the right amount of cuteness to draw young writers to share their thoughts about tolerance. This printable includes a black-and-white and color version of the writing...
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Reading Activities and The Book List
Select a book from the list below to read to or with your students to help them see some examples of this virtue in action. Each title incorporates or focuses on the virtue of tolerance in some way – either in the theme, plot or through a specific character. Some characters will provide a positive example of the virtue while other characters seem to lack the virtue at times.
Don’t forget that picture books are great for any age group and present ideas very clearly. Children can use the “Reading Log Bookmark” included in this unit to help them keep track of their reading.
Use the “Dr. Virtue’s Discussion Questions” cards to help learners make connections between the stories and the virtue being studied. Older learners may enjoy being led in a book discussion using the question cards as prompts. Alternately, cards may be dispensed to students to answer on their own as a writing assignment or proof of learning.
Some learners may enjoy doing a book report or reviewing a specific book. Use one of our fun templates below to guide young readers or new writers.
Look through the selection of reading suggestions below. Feel free to use other titles as well.
Picture Books That Can Teach About Tolerance
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Different Just Like Me by Lori Mitchell
Five Nice Mice by Chisato Tashiro
Just the Way You Are by Max Lucado
Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf
I Wish I Had Freckles Like Abby by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
I Wish I Was Tall Like Willie by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
I Wish I Was Strong Like Manuel by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
The New Baby by Mercy Mayer
Me, Too by Mercer Mayer
Franklin and Harriet by Paulette Bourgeois
Easier Chapter Books That Can Teach About Tolerance
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Chapter Books That Can Teach About Tolerance
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
Download the Additional Reading Aids Below.
Help Young Catholics to Learn About Kindness as They Track Their Reading Progress. Young readers can easily keep track of the books they read with this fun bookmark that reinforces the virtue of kindness. With each completed book or story, readers...
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Simple Book Review Helps Children Explore Reading and Sharing Their Opinions with Others Do you have a learner who likes giving their opinions about anything and everything? You could easily use that to your advantage with this simple book review....
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This Recipe Book Report Brings Smiles and Fun to Literature Exploration. Do you have a child who likes to cook? Are you looking for something completely different to use to pick apart your child's favorite read? Look no further. This fun Recipe...
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This Six-Page Blank Detailed Book Report Is Ready Fun for Beginning Readers and Writers. Many times when we think of book reports, we think of something stale, cut and dry. Perhaps we envision something full of research, or something, dare I...
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Book Report for Freckle Juice Extends the Reading Fun. This fun Book Report for Freckle Juice focuses on the plot of the book and the characters as well. This fun reading activity also presents opportunities for grammar practice, virtue recognition,...
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Saint Study
Saint study is important. This is why we have incorporated it into this unit study. Every saint uniquely encounters Christ. From living simply to doing pious works, shepherding the Church to evangelizing to the nations, the saints followed a path to our Lord. We, too, can follow a path to Christ by studying their lives. When kids learn about the holy heroes of the Faith, they can feel encouraged to grow in a variety of virtues, including tolerance.
Help children to better understand the virtue of tolerance by learning about St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church. The What Can St. Stephen Teach Me About Tolerance Worksheet is included in the lesson packet to help guide students on a simple study of this saint.
Below are some fun and creative ways to incorporate the study of St. Stephen into this virtue lesson.
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See All of Our Resources About Tolerance
Browse our entire collection of materials that incorporate the virtue of tolerance in some way. See individual materials from this virtue lesson as well as additional activities not found in the lesson.
Our Virtue Lessons for Kids Check-Off Sheet
Teachers Can Track Series Progress with Our Virtue Lessons for Kids Check-Off Sheet.
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Saint Stephen Word Search Puzzle
Saint Stephen Word Search Puzzle (21 Words) Can Help Teach Kids About the First martyr of the Church.
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Our Virtue Lesson About Tolerance Unit Study
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A-Z Quest for the Virtue of Tolerance
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Virtue of Tolerance Chart Set
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Virtue of Tolerance Keytag Set
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Virtue of Tolerance Word Search Worksheet
Use Word Fun to Reinforce the Virtue of Tolerance.
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Dig Deeper into the Virtue of Tolerance Worksheet
Try the Dig Deeper into the Virtue of Tolerance Worksheet.
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Grow in the Virtue of Tolerance Prayer Worksheet
Remind Young Catholics of Ways to Live Out the Virtue of Tolerance.
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Picture It - The Virtue of Tolerance Worksheet
Encourage Young Catholics to Explore the Virtue of Tolerance by Using Their Drawing Skills.
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Teachers Can Track Series Progress with Our Virtue Lessons for Kids Check-Off Sheet. Our Virtue Lessons...
Saint Stephen Word Search Puzzle (21 Words) Can Help Teach Kids About the First martyr of the Church. Saint...
Help Teach Young Catholics About Tolerating Others and Situations Beyond Their Control with Our Virtue...
Our A-Z Quest for the Virtue of Tolerance Can Help Kids Reflect on Being Tolerant. Invite children...
Help Children Learn to be Tolerant. Use this progress incentive chart set featuring a young boy...
Encourage and Recognize the Tolerant Behavior of Your Students. Consider using these Virtue of Tolerance...
Use Word Fun to Reinforce the Virtue of Tolerance. Help young Catholics better understand the...
Try the Dig Deeper into the Virtue of Tolerance Worksheet. The Dig Deeper into the Virtue of Tolerance...
Remind Young Catholics of Ways to Live Out the Virtue of Tolerance. Help children learn easy ways...
Encourage Young Catholics to Explore the Virtue of Tolerance by Using Their Drawing Skills. Help...