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Songs
Character Counts
If your school uses Character Counts, you might find these suggested songs helpful:
- Trustworthiness – Trust is a Must Blues by Roger Emerson
- Respect – R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Roger Emerson
- Responsibility – Be Responsible, my adapted version of a Spiritual
- Fairness – Sing About Martin by Jackie Weissman. For one of the phrases, I substituted the phrase, “Sing about fairness,” instead of one of the phrases in the song.
- Caring – See Songs about Friendship / Golden Rule / Give Said the Little Stream
- Citizenship – Save the Planet by Gene Grier & Lowell Everson (I changed the verses to say: “We’ll do our share to help the school and our community. Cooperate and stay informed. Respect authority!”) [Also see Tree Song]
Don't Laugh at Me
The song was written and recorded by country singer, Mark Wills. I once saw Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) sing it and talk about his ant-bullying program during a teacher institute day. The program is called Operation Respect. On their website it says: “Operation Respect/ESR also grants educators permission to reproduce the written DLAM materials, the copywritten CD and video, free of charge.”