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Court News Ohio
New Statewide
Program to Teach Civility
March 20, 2015
A new curriculum aimed at teaching civility to middle school students
is now available to Ohio teachers.
The seven-lesson package of activities was developed by the Ohio Center
for Law-Related Education (OCLRE) with support from the Thomas J. Moyer
Legacy Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) and funded by
the Ohio State Bar Foundation. It’s designed to help students gain
knowledge to start a service learning project in their schools and
teach peers how to be civil to each other through mediation.
The OSBA’s Moyer Legacy Committee is named for the late Ohio Supreme
Court chief justice.
“Civility was at the heart of all that Chief Justice Moyer believed,
and we want to insure that his lessons are shared with the next
generation of Ohioans,” said Moyer Committee Chair Barbara Howard. “The
new civility curriculum supports several model state standards and
provides a creative way to engage students in making civility a regular
part of their lives. Working with OCLRE to implement the new curriculum
is a natural fit as they already work closely with Ohio schools.”
The civility project lessons include:
What Is Civility?
Acts of Civility Around School
Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities
Communication and Conflict Resolution
“Working with middle and high school students on issues like civics and
civility is the focus of the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education,”
said OCLRE Executive Director Lisa Eschleman. “This new civility
curriculum provides invaluable tools for teachers and students to
participate in a very unique program that fosters civility and is
aligned with Ohio’s learning standards. We are very excited to have
this new teaching tool and look forward to working with schools across
Ohio to implement the new curriculum.”
The curriculum can be used in the classroom or as a project for OCLRE’s
Youth for Justice program.
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