Curated OER
Decision-making and Teen Parenthood
In these two lessons, students discuss how to make a rational decision. They listen to a guest speaker about their decision to delay parenthood. They review a handout together as a class.
Curated OER
Personal/Social Development
Learners use real life situations to use their problem-solving skills. They, in groups, explore why rules are a part of life.
Curated OER
Big and Small Decisions
Fifth graders design a restaurant and investigate how group members work together when making decisions.
Curated OER
Reality Ethics
Students suggest ethical decisions to problems and determine the basis and authority for them as ethical decisions.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Dealing With Peer Pressure
Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. When people your own age try to influence how you act, it's called peer pressure. It's...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rock Concert
This clip asks students to place themselves in the parents shoes and respond to their teenager's request to attend a rock concert and to think about the concerns parents have when making their decisions.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Social Animal
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own...
US National Archives
Docsteach: u.s. V. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction
Learners will analyze specified passages from the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Libellants of Schooner Amistad to explore the concept of jurisdiction and how a case travels through the federal court system.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Dealing With Pressure
Be aware of the pressures around you, learn how to resist peer pressure, and keep a "pressure journal" to record and think about the ways in which you are faced with peer pressure every day.
Other
New Internationalist: Making Decisions
From a 1984 article published in the New Internationalists, "Slow Train to Patna," the author describes a train journey in Bihar, India, where passengers explore the world of community action.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Legal Information on Divorce
This page provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the legal types of divorce; also provides links to state statutes & recent federal decisions.