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Overcoming Obstacles

Exploring Alternatives and Considering Consequences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Before making important decisions, it's imperative to consider alternatives and the possible consequences of choices. The third instructional activity in the fallout shelter activity begins by asking participants to consider the possible...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Gathering Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What facts are essential, and what facts are irrelevant when making a decision? As class members continue with the Fallout Shelter exercise, groups develop questions and interview the 10 volunteers acting as candidates for the bomb...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Starting the Decision Making Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The takeaway from a lesson on decision-making is that the more significant the consequences, the more complex the decision. Class members brainstorm a list of factors they consider when making decisions and then create a flow chart of...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Making and Evaluating Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's time to decide. Class members review the decision-making process (define the issue, gather information, develop alternative, and analyze the consequences). Groups then decide which of the six characters they have chosen for the...
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Curated OER

Post-Nuclear War Survival

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use critical thinking and discussion to solve a problempresented in a hypothetical dilemma.
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Social Studies School Service

“Duck and Cover” (Civil Defense)

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Bert the Turtle models for viewers the 1950s Civil Defense Duck and Cover strategy that was supposed to protect citizens from a nuclear blast. After viewing the video, watchers are asked to consider the motivations of the producers of...