Purpose: To show the affect of our influence upon others.

Materials: Obtain six small objects, such as wooden spools, wooden craft beads, or plastic film containers. Tie a piece of string to each object and suspend it from a rod. Arrange the six items on the rod so that they are touching each other. When you swing the first object so that it hits the others, the last object should swing away from the group.

Lesson: It is usually not too hard to see the way our actions affect the people who are near to us. We do something nice for someone, and we see their smile or we hear the words, "thank you." But what we often forget is that what we say or do affects not only the people near to…