Experience inspiring stories about people who:

  • didn’t give up in the face of adversity
  • touched the lives of others through their caring, courage, and other virtues / strengths of character

Consider ways you can overcome obstacles in your own life and succeed in making a positive difference in the world.

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Character Action Media offers video and text-based lessons and leader’s guides that will inspire students to live out the virtues, to live productive and fulfilling lives, and to become engaged citizens.

Featured Lesson

Ordinary Teen, Extraordinary Courage

When 16-year-old Tyler Soden saw smoke pouring from a neighbor’s house and heard children screaming for help, he didn’t freeze—he acted. With no special training, just bravery and a ladder, Tyler rescued a mother and her kids trapped on the roof of their burning home. This lesson shares Tyler’s real-life story and invites students to explore what it truly means to be courageous. Along the way, they’ll reflect on the power of humility, the responsibility of citizenship, and how everyday actions—big or small—can make someone a hero. It’s a moving reminder that anyone, at any age, can change a life.

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WATCH: Cleveland teen rescues family from roof of burning home