The Teacher's Guide [009]

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Harold Morris, a best selling author and former national speaker, has developed a Character Education Program for adolescents and teens that hits home with the issues in young peoples' lives today. Harold knows how to talk and relate to teens so that they will listen, and his candid and personal stories of his own life and people he has known paints a vivid picture of the consequences of decisions and choices.

This educational program is engaging and thought provoking, while it equips young people with clear and simple knowledge that will empower them to understand and make the right decisions in their lives. The program has been used in public and private schools across the country (in every U.S. state). While it teaches spiritual truths, this program does not include specific religious material, and it meets all of the standards for public education.    

Twice Pardoned
An Ex-Con Talks to Teens & Parents
With Harold Morris

VHS 33 minutes

This video is a crowd moving, unforgettable speech that former Georgia State Penitentiary prisoner Harold Morris gave to over 10,000 young people back in the late80's. In this award winning film, Harold speaks from the heart about the dangers of peer pressure and cautions teens to think hard about their decisions in life, as poor choices can be devastating.

The vivid descriptions and stories he shares make a lasting impression. Harold is a captivating speaker who hits the target with young people today facing so many challenges and crossroads that can lead them down the wrong path.  He offers hope and encouragement explaining that while wrong choices can have lasting consequences, they are forgivable. The packed stadium crowd gives a standing ovation at the end when Harold introduces a person who changed his life, a once 12 year old boy, who believed in Harold and reached out to him when no one else would.



 

The Law of the Harvest: You Reap What You Sow
 By Harold Morris
 

An inspirational and instructional guide to help today's teenagers take charge of their lives.

See also Teacher's Guide for Law of the Harvest and Unshackled

Harold Morris has proved that the he knows how to talk to teens. He engages them and parents and teachers once again in this thought provoking educational handbook that addresses a law in the physical and spiritual universe: You always reap what you sow.  The three basic components apply to everything in life; you always reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow. 
 

The Law of the Harvest  touches on issues in life that people, especially teens, face everyday. Chapters discuss subjects on peer pressure, alcohol, drugs, dating and sex, suicide, race, and love. This easy to read book goes straight to the point about the important life truth and principle that you always reap what you sow. If you sow a seed of evil, you reap evil in your life in abundance. If you sow seeds of goodness in your life, you reap blessings of love that are bountiful. This book is a message of hope and it contains uplifting true stories of people who found the courage to change their lives.  
Every teenager, when presented this book, will read it cover to cover. 

 
"Don't feel sorry for me, young people.  While I didn't actually commit the crimes that I got convicted of, I consorted with the scum of the earth, and became as they were. So I got what I deserved," said Harold Morris. 
 

Teacher's Guide for The Law of the Harvest & Twice Pardoned
Middle School Edition
High School Edition
Written By Dawn Woody, NC Center for Character Education

Thought provoking lesson plans in this book are provided for all of the ten chapters in Harold Morris' book the Law of the Harvest.  Lessons provide a journal prompt, reading comprehension and discussion questions, and the opportunity for student reflection as well as an extension activity. This guide has been carefully written to engage students and to broaden and deepen their understanding of the basic principle in life, that you always reap what you so.