CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. ONE EPISODE AT A TIME.
The Harbor, featuring Mike Smith and guests, facilitates the teaching of character development in classrooms by showcasing tangible life lessons through a school year’s worth of episodes with rich, raw and engaging video content. Designed for the classroom, Jostens Renaissance members have access to a downloadable critical thinking discussion guide to foster student-led discussions for each episode
All 160 episodes are listed below: Use the “Browse by Keyword” link below to see topics covered and filter episodes by topic.
All of The Harbor episodes are copyright Jostens 2015-2020.
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PRIVILEGE
Students demonstrate how privilege impacts many of our opportunities, and Mike urges us to have conversations about how those with more privilege can use it to help those with less privilege.
EVENTS VS. INTENT
Mike suggests that event organizers keep their focus on the intent behind their event — and to measure their success not upon attendance, but upon whether or not their attendees were impacted in the way that they intended.
EXPANDING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Mike sees perspective as a soft skill that can be practiced and developed — and one that’s essential to becoming a good leader and accomplishing your…
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Through the Internet and social media, it’s easy for anyone to share their opinion, but sometimes, it’s not as easy to listen. Having a dialogue rather…
CARLOS NAVARRO
Carlos Navarro immigrated from Cuba to the United States. On this episode of The Harbor by Jostens, Carlos describes the culture shock and struggles of coming…
CHANGE YOUR WORLD
Mike tells the story of how he befriended a boy named Calvin, an “invisible” student who ultimately shaped Mike into the person he is today.
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